House right opposite a school

dizziblonde

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Think of the up to fifteen weeks a year of blissful silence! Plus, as previously mentioned quiet evenings and weekends.

The flaw in that plan is that most schools have tonnes of building work done in the holidays... which invariably overruns with amusing results the first week back in September when you discover yer classroom's kind of missing windows and a door.

dizziblonde

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

You don't even have to be opposite the school to be pestered by the little darlings.

I used to live on the way to the local high school and was plagued by crisp bags, coke cans and even the little blighters sat on my low front wall snogging.

The headteacher didn't want to know, saying it was nothing to do with him what the kids did outside school.

Remedy? Lawn sprinkler turned on most mornings and afternoons covering the affected areas soon cured the problem.:T

Yep - I've complained recently to the local "kill yourself to get into the catchement" secondary about the behaviour of some of their kids on the way home jumping into people's gardens, flinging stones around near people and cars... didn't want to know. I offered to take it straight to the local police and newspapers next time and mentioned very nicely that I was giving the school the chance to deal with it in-house first at which point the tune suddenly changed.

stormCat99

Davesnave wrote: »

You are welcome to your gated community for the over 55s.

Lol. Nowhere near the over 55s just yet

Just struck me as odd that someone was saying that an advantage of a house by a school, was that it is quiet in school holidays.

When any other house would be quiet all year round. I guess I can see it would be useful if your children attend the school but otherwise I'm afraid I would steer clear, for all of the reasons everyone else has posted.

MrsManda

I was worried about this when we were looking to buy our house as there's a school at the end of the road (about 8 houses along - it's not a long street) and I remember the chaos of traffic around my old school when we had parents evening or other event.

We decided to buy it anyway as it ticked all our other boxes and it turned out my fears were for naught the road gets busy for about 15 minutes at 8:40 and the same between 3:30 and 3:45pm. Other than that we haven't had any disruption which I do find a little strange given the memories I have of my own school and that of my sister's.

I think the size of the school and the age of kids probably makes quite a bit of difference because our local school is for 2-11yrs and only holds about 100kids.

Davesnave

boots_babe wrote: »

Lol. Nowhere near the over 55s just yet

Just struck me as odd that someone was saying that an advantage of a house by a school, was that it is quiet in school holidays.

Well it strikes me as odd that you think anywhere other than a retirement zone or the wide open countryside will free you from trampolining tykes whooping it up in the neighbours' gardens.

We live 100m from a gated development of self-selecting old fogies. Knowing the fun they have together,with all their petty bickering, I say give me a primary school any day!:rotfl:

stormCat99

You mentioned reitrement zones not me

Of course anywhere could have the peace and quiet spoiled for many reasons, but all I was saying really, was I wouldn't purposely buy somewhere that I KNOW was going to be noisy and disruptive.

So for me, that means schools are ruled out straightaway. Along with lots of other places, I'm not only singling out schools! If peace and quiet are a requirement then this house probably isn't the best choice for the OP from what they've said.

Hope you manage to find your dream home - keep looking and you'll find it. We looked at over 50 houses (lost count at that point) and thought we'd never find what we were after. But we did, so please don't lose heart

AAS

originalmiscellany wrote: »

It depends on what the school is really! If it's a primary or secondary, or if it's a "high achieving" or a low achieving are all things you need to be aware of.

I have to disagree - high achieving = more people driving their kids into the area = traffic nightmare. The only advantage may be a more desirable area because of the catchment for the scool. I work in various secondary schools including one with a fairly poor OFSTED rating and the kids are no different. Like everyone says it will be a nightmare for 2 x 20min periods but if they are not the times you go to/from work it will be fine.

PeterZ_2

Sagaris wrote: »

If it's anything like the schools round here, Hell on Earth at school start/finish times.
If you have a dropped kerb, expect to have it blocked by selfish parents - and you might even find a car parked on your driveway at times.

However nice it is, I'd avoid it like the plague! Although it will be nice and quiet during school holidays.

This is by far the best advice! We lived near a school for about 10 years. Exactly as described above, cars parked across the dropped curb to the driveway, selfish parents parking dangerously and a constant supply of empty crisp packets and drinks cans thrown in the front garden.

olibrofiz

Previously lived in a terrace house situated midway on a road with a primary at one end and a church at the other. T'was the church that cause the most disruptions, roads were heaving with parked cars for weekend services & some event every night of the week, they'd put traffic cones out as well for funerals & weddings so we had to park streets away and go out at 10pm to move the car closer.

Would rather live near a school than a church - only other thought about schools (where I live now backs onto a primary) is that the kids are screaming & playing morning, break & lunch times & after school, and we get lots of tennis balls & footballs in the garden (I just throw them back)

kiwi99

boots_babe wrote: »

If peace and quiet are a requirement then this house probably isn't the best choice for the OP from what they've said.

Hope you manage to find your dream home - keep looking and you'll find it. We looked at over 50 houses (lost count at that point) and thought we'd never find what we were after. But we did, so please don't lose heart

Thanks, its early days yet, so will keep looking.