diff --git a/app/models/validations/sales/household_validations.rb b/app/models/validations/sales/household_validations.rb
index 8c03d9db9..ef241301c 100644
--- a/app/models/validations/sales/household_validations.rb
+++ b/app/models/validations/sales/household_validations.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Validations::Sales::HouseholdValidations
     return if record.hholdcount.blank?
 
     unless record.hholdcount >= 0 && record.hholdcount <= 4
-      record.errors.add :hholdcount, I18n.t("validations.numeric.valid", field: "Number of other people living in the property", min: 0, max: 4)
+      record.errors.add :hholdcount, I18n.t("validations.numeric.within_range", field: "Number of other people living in the property", min: 0, max: 4)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/validations/shared_validations.rb b/app/models/validations/shared_validations.rb
index 2d7ac0c9e..cdb0ac001 100644
--- a/app/models/validations/shared_validations.rb
+++ b/app/models/validations/shared_validations.rb
@@ -20,20 +20,16 @@ module Validations::SharedValidations
       next unless question.min || question.max
       next unless record[question.id]
 
-      field = question.check_answer_label || question.id
-      min = [question.prefix, number_with_delimiter(question.min, delimiter: ","), question.suffix].join("")
-      max = [question.prefix, number_with_delimiter(question.max, delimiter: ","), question.suffix].join("")
-
       begin
         answer = Float(record.public_send("#{question.id}_before_type_cast"))
       rescue ArgumentError
-        record.errors.add question.id.to_sym, I18n.t("validations.numeric.valid", field:, min:, max:)
+        add_range_error(record, question)
       end
 
       next unless answer
 
       if (question.min && question.min > answer) || (question.max && question.max < answer)
-        record.errors.add question.id.to_sym, I18n.t("validations.numeric.valid", field:, min:, max:)
+        add_range_error(record, question)
       end
     end
   end
@@ -108,4 +104,18 @@ private
   def person_is_partner?(relationship)
     relationship == "P"
   end
+
+  def add_range_error(record, question)
+    field = question.check_answer_label || question.id
+    min = [question.prefix, number_with_delimiter(question.min, delimiter: ","), question.suffix].join("") if question.min
+    max = [question.prefix, number_with_delimiter(question.max, delimiter: ","), question.suffix].join("") if question.max
+
+    if min && max
+      record.errors.add question.id.to_sym, I18n.t("validations.numeric.within_range", field:, min:, max:)
+    elsif min
+      record.errors.add question.id.to_sym, I18n.t("validations.numeric.above_min", field:, min:)
+    else
+      record.errors.add question.id.to_sym, I18n.t("validations.numeric.below_max", field:, max:)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 3dd612e8e..5dd6202b6 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@ en:
     other_field_missing: "If %{main_field_label} is other then %{other_field_label} must be provided"
     other_field_not_required: "%{other_field_label} must not be provided if %{main_field_label} was not other"
     numeric:
-      valid: "%{field} must be between %{min} and %{max}"
+      within_range: "%{field} must be between %{min} and %{max}"
+      above_min: "%{field} must be at least %{min}"
+      below_max: "%{field} must be at most %{max}"
     date:
       invalid_date: "Enter a date in the correct format, for example 31 1 2022"
       outside_collection_window: "Enter a date within the current collection windows"
diff --git a/spec/models/validations/household_validations_spec.rb b/spec/models/validations/household_validations_spec.rb
index 0d1be05ae..daa3feef1 100644
--- a/spec/models/validations/household_validations_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/validations/household_validations_spec.rb
@@ -463,14 +463,14 @@ RSpec.describe Validations::HouseholdValidations do
         record.hhmemb = -1
         household_validator.validate_numeric_min_max(record)
         expect(record.errors["hhmemb"])
-          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.numeric.valid", field: "Number of Household Members", min: 0, max: 8))
+          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.numeric.within_range", field: "Number of Household Members", min: 0, max: 8))
       end
 
       it "validates that the number of household members cannot be more than 8" do
         record.hhmemb = 9
         household_validator.validate_numeric_min_max(record)
         expect(record.errors["hhmemb"])
-          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.numeric.valid", field: "Number of Household Members", min: 0, max: 8))
+          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.numeric.within_range", field: "Number of Household Members", min: 0, max: 8))
       end
 
       it "expects that the number of other household members is between the min and max" do
diff --git a/spec/models/validations/shared_validations_spec.rb b/spec/models/validations/shared_validations_spec.rb
index abdde5f45..cba898bfb 100644
--- a/spec/models/validations/shared_validations_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/validations/shared_validations_spec.rb
@@ -18,42 +18,42 @@ RSpec.describe Validations::SharedValidations do
         record.age1 = "random"
         shared_validator.validate_numeric_min_max(record)
         expect(record.errors["age1"])
-          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.numeric.valid", field: "Lead tenant’s age", min: 16, max: 120))
+          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.numeric.within_range", field: "Lead tenant’s age", min: 16, max: 120))
       end
 
       it "validates that other household member ages are a number" do
         record.age2 = "random"
         shared_validator.validate_numeric_min_max(record)
         expect(record.errors["age2"])
-          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.numeric.valid", field: "Person 2’s age", min: 1, max: 120))
+          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.numeric.within_range", field: "Person 2’s age", min: 1, max: 120))
       end
 
       it "validates that person 1's age is greater than 16" do
         record.age1 = 15
         shared_validator.validate_numeric_min_max(record)
         expect(record.errors["age1"])
-          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.numeric.valid", field: "Lead tenant’s age", min: 16, max: 120))
+          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.numeric.within_range", field: "Lead tenant’s age", min: 16, max: 120))
       end
 
       it "validates that other household member ages are greater than 1" do
         record.age2 = 0
         shared_validator.validate_numeric_min_max(record)
         expect(record.errors["age2"])
-          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.numeric.valid", field: "Person 2’s age", min: 1, max: 120))
+          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.numeric.within_range", field: "Person 2’s age", min: 1, max: 120))
       end
 
       it "validates that person 1's age is less than 121" do
         record.age1 = 121
         shared_validator.validate_numeric_min_max(record)
         expect(record.errors["age1"])
-          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.numeric.valid", field: "Lead tenant’s age", min: 16, max: 120))
+          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.numeric.within_range", field: "Lead tenant’s age", min: 16, max: 120))
       end
 
       it "validates that other household member ages are greater than 121" do
         record.age2 = 123
         shared_validator.validate_numeric_min_max(record)
         expect(record.errors["age2"])
-          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.numeric.valid", field: "Person 2’s age", min: 1, max: 120))
+          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.numeric.within_range", field: "Person 2’s age", min: 1, max: 120))
       end
 
       it "validates that person 1's age is between 16 and 120" do
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ RSpec.describe Validations::SharedValidations do
         sales_record.stairbought = "random"
         shared_validator.validate_numeric_min_max(sales_record)
         expect(sales_record.errors["stairbought"])
-          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.numeric.valid", field: "Percentage bought in this staircasing transaction", min: "0 percent", max: "100 percent"))
+          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.numeric.within_range", field: "Percentage bought in this staircasing transaction", min: "0 percent", max: "100 percent"))
       end
     end
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ RSpec.describe Validations::SharedValidations do
         sales_record.income1 = "random"
         shared_validator.validate_numeric_min_max(sales_record)
         expect(sales_record.errors["income1"])
-          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.numeric.valid", field: "Buyer 1’s gross annual income", min: "£0", max: "£999,999"))
+          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.numeric.within_range", field: "Buyer 1’s gross annual income", min: "£0", max: "£999,999"))
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/requests/lettings_logs_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/lettings_logs_controller_spec.rb
index 1bb0afbf9..57311b70d 100644
--- a/spec/requests/lettings_logs_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/lettings_logs_controller_spec.rb
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ RSpec.describe LettingsLogsController, type: :request do
         it "validates lettings log parameters" do
           json_response = JSON.parse(response.body)
           expect(response).to have_http_status(:unprocessable_entity)
-          expect(json_response["errors"]).to match_array([["offered", [I18n.t("validations.property.offered.relet_number")]], ["age1", [I18n.t("validations.numeric.valid", field: "Lead tenant’s age", min: 16, max: 120)]]])
+          expect(json_response["errors"]).to match_array([["offered", [I18n.t("validations.property.offered.relet_number")]], ["age1", [I18n.t("validations.numeric.within_range", field: "Lead tenant’s age", min: 16, max: 120)]]])
         end
       end