7 St Matthews Close, Lightcliffe, Halifax, HX3 8UG
About 7 St Matthews Close
7 St Matthews Close is a five-bedroom detached house in Lightcliffe, Halifax, Halifax (HX3 8UG). It has a recorded floor area of 184 m² (around 1981 sq ft) and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2016) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 92).
At 184 m² the property is well over the postcode median (117 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2016–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £706,000 is 16.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£305/sq ft) was about 28.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £605,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
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Planning history
7 St Matthews Close has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£706,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.8% per year over 4 years.
£605,000
Growth on file: 0.8% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
4 March 2021Most recent
£605,000
+3.4%over 4 years28 September 2016
£584,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in HX3 8UG: £350,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in HX3 8UG
15 St Matthews Close, Lightcliffe, Halifax, HX3 8UG
Sold Mar 2024
£350,0005 St Matthews Close, Lightcliffe, Halifax, HX3 8UG
Sold Jul 2022
£630,00029 St Matthews Close, Lightcliffe, Halifax, HX3 8UG
Sold Nov 2021
£298,00021 St Matthews Close, Lightcliffe, Halifax, HX3 8UG
Sold Aug 2021
£328,00014 St Matthews Close, Lightcliffe, Halifax, HX3 8UG
Sold Oct 2020
£310,000
Versus other St Matthews Close homes
7 St Matthews Close outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,288
Street avg £2,571
Floor Area
184 m²
Street avg 129 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.7 t/year
Street avg 1.9 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 7 years
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
St Matthew's Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Lightcliffe C of E Primary School. 15 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.4dB







