Would you buy a house near childrens play area?

winniemocker

We are thinking of viewing a detached house on a modern estate. There is a childrens play area a couple of hundred yards away from this house, would this put anyone off buying the property?

Thanks in advance for any opionions

puddy

good question, what is the area like on a saturday night, does the play area have a locked gate to it?

whats it look like when occupied by children and parents, is it noisy from where the house is, you need to do some snooping around

Jowo_2

If its used for supervised play by young children with their parents, yes.

If its transforms into a meeting point for teenage under-age drinkers at night, or is popular with addicts and alcoholics, no way.

Sounds like its quite a distance away - why do you think it will impact you? What are the sightlines like? Can you hear or see anything from this property at this park?

bugbabe1970

No it wouldnt put me off. But then I have 3 children. (15, 13 and 9).

I lived next door to a school until i left home and there was nothing nicer than hearing the kids playing at break time.

I also lived in a detatched house on a Barrat estate that had its own play park. It was usually only used by the children who lived on the estate and I cant recall there ever being any problems. Depends where you live though I suppose.

Cannon_Fodder

If you had kids and wanted somewhere for them to play that was not in the road, then its a good thing.

If you had kids but were worried about them mixing with brats from the sink estate 200 yards the other side of the play area, then maybe not.

If you don't like kids, or more specifically the noise factor, then putting them all in 1 place 200 yards away could be better than them being next door on their trampoline.

Except if their parents don't want them to mix, so they are banned from ever leaving their own garden, are always out there, never a break...boing, boing.

On balance, better to have it than not. At least you know where the noise/trouble is likely to be - easier for the Police to patrol.

Sammy85_2

Have a drive by in the evening and see if its fully of drunken teenagers. We almost bought a house that backed onto a play area until we drove by in an evening. Not a chance.

redlady_1

Would I? Not a chance in hell even if it looked like my dream home.

bitemebankers

Not a chance...even if I had children of my own (got to think about resale value too).

TighterThanTwoCoatsOfPain

Seriously people... We're talking 200 yards away...

Would I buy one where the noise carried to me or I could see it?? Hell no!

200 yards away, subject to me still not being worried having checked it out at all hours of the day during the week and more importantly the weekend, then probably..

Would I buy a house next to an alleyway? Hell no! Would i buy one with an alleyway 200 yards away? Probably!

Tippytoes

Don't even think about it!!! Even if it looks OK now, you never know about the future. It could go from being a nice little playground for the under 5s, to a hellhole overnight. All it takes is one rough family to move in, or a group of yobs deciding to take it over. Don't do it.

pingu2209

I have a totally different view from most of the other posters to this. I lived on a new housing estate in Bristol (Emersons Green) for over 12 years. Most new housing estates are occupied by young families, so in terms of selling on, the majority of your buyers will be young families. New housing estates don't tend to be retirement centres!

As a mother with a young family I can see a massive benefit being near to a children's park. This is especially so because the gardens of most houses in new housing estates are really very small and not large enough to run around, so having a children's park near by is a fantastic benefit.

I do agree with some of these posters that children's parks can become the preferred place to 'hang out' for young teenagers, so yes you do need to check this out. Go round in the evening during the week and at weekends.

I don't believe it goes hand in hand that where there is a children's park that is an undesireable place to live. Where we live now, there is a children's park and recreation ground at one end of the village and it is the most desirable place to live. The houses there are at a premium.