Buying a House Next to a School

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McKneff wrote: »

I used to live in a village, and 2 doors away from a graveyard, it was very quiet there:D

Wouldn't there be a lot of noise from the coffin?

partialycloudy

I live next door to an Infant/Primary school at the moment.....what I would say to you is, DO NOT DO IT!
You would imagine by leaving my house at 6.30am and coming home at 5.30pm it wouldn't cause any issues...BUT....there are constant social/school events, parents evenings etc. They also hire out the hall for Gym/weight loss classes and for PARTIES! Our road is constantly filled with park cars, we have no drive so have to also fight for parking. My husband has got into arguements with parents trying to bully us out off spaces.
It is a nightmare, and would never buy near a school again!

pacific4130

!!!!!! wrote: »

Wouldn't there be a lot of noise from the coffin?

Very good:T

fireyfirenze

partialycloudy wrote: »

I live next door to an Infant/Primary school at the moment.....what I would say to you is, DO NOT DO IT!
You would imagine by leaving my house at 6.30am and coming home at 5.30pm it wouldn't cause any issues...BUT....there are constant social/school events, parents evenings etc. They also hire out the hall for Gym/weight loss classes and for PARTIES! Our road is constantly filled with park cars, we have no drive so have to also fight for parking. My husband has got into arguements with parents trying to bully us out off spaces.
It is a nightmare, and would never buy near a school again!

I think this is sort of the definitive answer I was looking for! Definitely taken into account everyone elses replies too though. I dont think we will go and look at it anymore, it might be perfect but I want to buy and stay there for a long time - so I dont want to risk it being too noisy.

Thanks everyone x

DRP

RuthH8 wrote: »

My friend lives about 5 doors down from the primary school we both work at and is really fed up with inconsiderate people parking over and opposite their drive. She says the noise aspect doesn't bother them. As a school we have sent out numerous letters asking parents to be considerate, but there is just no telling some people, who could easily park slightly further away and use their legs a little more!

is that a problem? (is the road particularly narrow?)

whatmichaelsays

partialycloudy wrote: »

BUT....there are constant social/school events, parents evenings etc. They also hire out the hall for Gym/weight loss classes and for PARTIES!

People having fun? Can't be having any of that. Down with PARTIES!

J_i_m

Yes well Nearly no one wants to be a misery guts.. Yet we probably all appreciate quiet enjoyment of our homes.

I live near a middle school, not in the same street but within about a mile distance.. And even then with open windows I can hear the break time hustle & bustle.

As a person who is easily agitated by children noise, I'd definitely struggle living next door to a primary school.

lou72

Hi
We live in the same road as a primary school, our garden backs on to the school field. We have never had any problems with parking as we all have driveways and never been blocked in. Admittedly I'm at working during school hours but hubby works shifts and hasn't had a problem sleeping. Depends how close the playground is to your house. Maybe ask a couple of people that live in the road to get their opinion.

phoebe1989seb

Our last-but-one house was next door to a nursery school that took 45 children from 6 months to school age. Both ours and the nursery properties were detached and they were only allowed to have around 20 (if I remember correctly) children in the garden at break times, but even so as I was at home most of the time I found the noise these kids made terribly loud - so goodness knows what a proper school would be like! Luckily it was only for a short period several times a day and we did have double-glazing at the rear so only heard the noise if out in the garden.

Parking was a bit of a nightmare during the busy times as we had no drives or garaging (conservation area with permit parking) but DH usually left for work at around the time the parents started dropping off and arrived home after the nursery was closed for the day.

A few years after we bought our house the nursery owners bought a second property in the road (opposite our house ) and expanded their business to take 90 kids in total, which we thought a bit much tbh, but as the houses in the road were all minimum of 6 beds and many were already flats or care homes, the council had no objections. After this though the noise nd volume of traffic was much much worse a you would imagine - but again nothing in comparison to a primary school

If the house was really perfect in every other way and I was going to be away from home when the school was open I would definitely consider it, but the extra-curricular activities/parents' evenings and other functions out of hours would possibly be a deal-breaker at the end of the day.....

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I would also not recommend buying a house next to a school. We used to rent a property which backed onto a school and the main gates were accessed via the private street with ours and other properties on. Parents were not meant to park there but they always did, they would always block our drive and you were never sure as to whose can belonged to whom, they weren't the regular cars if you see what I mean, and having kids and being nosey, if a car parks near our house I like to have an idea as to who is on our street lol!
The nursery playground backed onto our house - cue lots of squealing, crying, singing and plastic cars being drove up and down, but we could hear the main school just as loud. There was always late meetings, staff car parking there too, evening classes such as zumba and slimming world and then the dreaded holiday club!!! So just when you thought your holidays were safe...
Needless to say it was a factor in us moving house in the end.
And then I went and got a job in the nursery/school club lol!
But no, I wouldn't want to live next to a school again, and if you work nights then I would seriously think twice, or consider your offer if it means putting in double/triple glazing or other measure.
Good luck whatever you decide x