SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) July 29, 2005

Wells Real Estate Fund VII, L.P.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Georgia

0-25606

58-2022629

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


6200 The Corners Parkway, Norcross, Georgia		30092-3365
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (770) 449-7800

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

On July 29, 2005, the Registrant sent a letter to the financial representatives and on August 1, 2005 the Registrant sent a letter to the limited partners providing an update of the Registrant’s portfolio. Copies of the letters and Fact Sheet are attached as Exhibit 99.1, 99.2, and 99.3, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such exhibit and the information set forth therein are deemed to have been furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits


Exhibit Number		Exhibit Title
99.1		Letter to financial representatives dated July 29, 2005

99.2		Letter to limited partners dated August 1, 2005

99.3		Wells Real Estate Fund VII Fact Sheet data as of June 30, 2005

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


WELLS REAL ESTATE FUND VII, L.P. (Registrant)

By:	WELLS PARTNERS, L.P. General Partner

	By:	WELLS CAPITAL, INC. General Partner

		By:	/s/ Leo F. Wells, III
			Leo F. Wells, III President

Date: July 29, 2005

Exhibit Index


Exhibit Number		Exhibit Title
99.1		Letter to financial representatives dated July 29, 2005

99.2		Letter to limited partners dated August 1, 2005

99.3		Wells Real Estate Fund VII Fact Sheet data as of June 30, 2005

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