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WHITAKER GRANGE, NEW STREET, OSSETT, WEST YORKSHIRE WF5 8BT

1 beds 1 baths 850 sq ft Listed 26 Sep 2025 (-260d)

£249,999

Reduced on 2 Mar 2026

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Property details

Tenure

LEASEHOLD

Floor area

79 m²

Council tax band

C

Last sold

£189,000 Sep 2023

Price per m²

£3,165/m²

Local average

£132,500 (+88.7%)

Street crime

141 incidents within 1 mile (Apr 2026)

Key features

  • Homeowners' lounge
  • Guest suite & Laundry Room
  • Table service restaurant
  • Lift to all floors
  • Communal Gardens
  • Domestic assistance (1hr included in service charge - additional hours by arrangement)
  • Personal care packages available from the onsite CQC registered care agency
  • Estates Manager & YourLife team
  • 24-Hour emergency call system
  • To arrange an appointment to view telephone

Additional details

Parking
Yes
Garden
Yes

Description

A beautifully presented one bedroom, ground floor retirement apartment that is situated close to the restaurant that serves hot meals daily. This open plan apartment benefits from a peaceful patio area overlooking the communal grounds.

Summary - Our development of retirement properties in Ossett is only a couple of minutes from the town's centre, where you'll find a range of shops, boutiques and restaurants that are the perfect place to spend an afternoon. Elsewhere in the town centre, you'll find a range of banks, a couple of supermarkets, a pharmacy and a medical practice. If you fancy a tipple, then Ossett is also home to two breweries.

Exclusively for the over 70s, Whitaker Grange offers apartments designed to make life easier, with the reassurance that staff are on-site 24 hours a day. With a range of domestic and support services on hand when you need it, and a bistro style restaurant serving hot or cold lunches every day, this really is life made easy.

There's no need to worry about being weighed down by maintenance costs either as the service charge covers the cost of external maintenance, gardening and landscaping, window cleaning, buildings insurance, water rates, security and energy costs of the laundry, homeowners lounge with kitchen facilities and other communal areas.

Entrance Hallway - Front door with spy hole leads to the large entrance hall - the 24-hour Tunstall emergency response pull cord system is situated in the hall. From the hallway there are doors leading to the lounge, bedroom, shower room and also the walk-in storage cupboard/airing cupboard. Illuminated light switches, smoke detector, apartment security door entry system with intercom and emergency pull cord located in the hall.

Lounge - A bright spacious open plan lounge with the benefit of French doors opening onto a beautiful and peaceful patio area, with some space for outdoors furniture. TV and telephone points, two ceiling lights, fitted carpets and raised electric power sockets. Partially glazed door leads onto the kitchen.

Kitchen - Stylish fitted kitchen with a range of modern cream low and eye level units and drawers with a roll top work surface. Stainless steel sink with mono lever tap, drainer and splash back. UPVC double glazed window. Built-in oven, ceramic hob with extractor hood and fitted integrated fridge, freezer and under pelmet lighting.

Bedroom - A good sized double bedroom with a door leading to a walk-in wardrobe housing shelving and hanging rails, with a South Easterly facing aspect the bedroom window allows in plenty of light. Ceiling light, TV phone point, fitted carpets and raised electric power sockets.

Shower Room - Fully tiled and fitted with modern suite comprising of a walk-in shower, low level WC, vanity unit with sink and mirror above, heater and emergency pull cord for assistance. Chrome heated towel rail.

Car Parking - Please contact resales for availably.

Service Charge - • Cleaning of communal windows
• Water rates for communal areas and apartments
• Electricity, heating, lighting and power to communal areas
• 24-hour emergency call system
• Upkeep of gardens and grounds
• Repairs and maintenance to the interior and exterior communal areas
• Contingency fund including internal and external redecoration of communal areas
• Buildings insurance

The annual service charge is £11,198.72 for financial year ending 28/02/2027.

The service charge does not cover external costs such as your Council Tax, electricity or TV. To find out more about service charges please contact your Property Consultant or House Manager.

Leasehold Information - Lease: 999 years from 01/01/2023
Managed by: Your Life Management Services
It is a condition of the purchase that the resident is of the age of 70 or over.

Additional Information & Services - • Ultrafast Full Fibre Broadband available
• Mains water and electricity
• Electric room heating
• Mains drainage

Listed by

Bournemouth

McCarthy & Stone Management Services

Reference: 167471249

EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost

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Flood risk

Zone: 1

Risk: Low

Job (default Low)

Floorplans

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EPC Graphs

EE Rating

EE Rating

Price history

Event Date Price % change
Listed for sale £249,999 +32.3%
Sold 13/09/2023 (2 years ago) £189,000

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Crown copyright.

Sold Comparables

Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles (last 5 years). Data from Land Registry Price Paid.

Address Price Date Type
PROSPECT PLACE APARTMENT 21 NEW STREET, OSSETT, WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE, WF5 8BP £117,000 19/10/2022 Flat
PROSPECT PLACE APARTMENT 14 NEW STREET, OSSETT, WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE, WF5 8BP £170,000 25/07/2022 Flat
PROSPECT PLACE APARTMENT 15 NEW STREET, OSSETT, WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE, WF5 8BP £175,000 06/12/2021 Flat
PROSPECT PLACE APARTMENT 13 NEW STREET, OSSETT, WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE, WF5 8BP £145,000 30/09/2021 Flat

Area average: £151,750 (4 sales)

Capital growth trend

Land Registry outcode average: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago (from sold prices).

5y growth 29.1%
10y growth 47.4%

House Price Index (HM Land Registry — official index, not sold-price averages): Yorkshire and The Humber. Series: Flats and maisonettes. As of March 2026.

1y (index) -7.3%
5y (index) 5.9%
10y (index) 32.5%

Rental Range

Estimated market rent for Yorkshire and The Humber. Low = conservative, Realistic = average, Optimistic = best case.

Low £770/mo
Realistic £855/mo
Optimistic £941/mo

Based on Postcode area WF → Yorkshire and The Humber.

LHA (30th percentile) floor for Leeds: £673/mo (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026)

Location

Address

New Street

Nearby

Nearest stations, universities and amenities (distance from property).

Type Name Distance
Bus stop Prospect Road New Street 0.0 miles
Shop The Bakers Shop 0.1 miles
Shop Shawcross Printers 0.1 miles
Bus stop Station Road Prospect Road 0.1 miles
Train station Dewsbury 2.5 miles
Train station Unknown 2.7 miles
Hospital Dewsbury & District Hospital 3.4 miles
Hospital Fieldhead Hospital 3.7 miles
University College of the Resurrection 5.6 miles
University University of Huddersfield 8.0 miles

Street-level crime

Category Count
Violence and sexual offences 49
Anti-social behaviour 28
Public order 16
Criminal damage and arson 14
Vehicle crime 10
Other theft 8
Other crime 5
Burglary 4
Shoplifting 3
Bicycle theft 1
Drugs 1
Possession of weapons 1
Theft from the person 1
Total incidents 141

Within 1 mile during Apr 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).

Schools nearby

Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown. Data from Get Information about Schools and Ofsted.

Name Type Distance Ofsted
Ossett Southdale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Primary 0.2 miles Good — 6 Jan 2020
Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School Primary 0.3 miles (Inspected (no overall grade))
Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery Primary 0.3 miles Good — 8 Dec 2022
The Grange School Other 0.4 miles Good — 14 Mar 2024
Towngate Primary Academy Primary 0.4 miles Good — 30 Jul 2019

Rental Comparables

Residential lets from OpenRent and Rightmove for the area (same bedroom count). Use to validate rent estimates. Student lets are excluded.

Title Rent Beds Distance As seen on
1 Bed Flat, Thompsons Yard, WF5 £550/mo 1 0.05 miles OpenRent
1 Bed Flat, Blue Butts, WF5 £675/mo 1 0.34 miles OpenRent
1 Bed Terraced House, Fairfield Terrace, WF5 £750/mo 1 0.42 miles OpenRent
1 Bed Flat, Millfields, WF5 £545/mo 1 0.42 miles OpenRent
1 Bed Flat, Woodhead Close, WF5 £650/mo 1 0.47 miles OpenRent
1 Bed Flat, Clifford Court, WF5 £559/mo 1 0.57 miles OpenRent
1 Bed Flat, Horbury Road, WF5 £700/mo 1 0.63 miles OpenRent

Average rent: £633/mo (7 listings)

Rent-driven metrics

Based on OpenRent comparables.

Rent ratio 0.26%
Max investor price (0.8%) £81,250
Target investor price (1%) £65,000
Gross yield 3.1%
Cost-to-rent ratio 32.1×
Monthly cashflow £-425/mo 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term
Cash-on-cash ROI -7%
  • Rent ratio — Monthly rent ÷ purchase price (1% rule). 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak for cashflow.
  • Max investor price — Rent ÷ 0.8%; the price at which rent would be 0.8% of price (Stoke-style target).
  • Target investor price — Rent ÷ 1%; the price at which rent would be 1% of price (strong cashflow band).
  • Gross yield — Annual rent as % of purchase price (no costs).
  • Cost-to-rent — Price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables). Under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed.
  • Cashflow — Rent minus mortgage, 10% maintenance, £25/mo compliance. Assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term.
  • ROI — Annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).