plz help regarding house purchase in leicester

kippers

Western Park is lovely to live in. I walk to town when i go there, it takes about 25 mins from here. Dovelands primary school is wonderful, i can't fault it but New College Secondary school is a worry. It was on the news saying that it is improving but there is no way i'm sending my children to it! The other options are Bosworth Secondary School (there is a school bus which picks the children up but this costs approx £50 per month and travelling distance is approx 20-25 mins) or Fullhurst Secondary school which is ok-ish. Have a look at school results on line.

We have considered moving from Western Park because of the schools but we have decided to take a chance and opt for Fullhurst (however, we are just outside of its catchment area). We will move if our daughter only gets offered a place a new college.

Everyone i have spoken to in my daughters year at school feels the same about New College so pls do your homework about schools before you move. Only a very very small percentage of children go to New College when they leave Dovelands, i think this says it all.

ayeshasi

ok, what about this house?
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-7697496.rsp?pa_n=3&tr_t=buy

Are there good schools in that area? Looks like a lovely home, lets hope i get to see it when i go down there end of the month.

ayeshasi

ayeshasi wrote: »

ok, what about this house?
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-7697496.rsp?pa_n=3&tr_t=buy

Are there good schools in that area? Looks like a lovely home, lets hope i get to see it when i go down there end of the month.

anyone?????

kippers

This is off Scraptoft lane in Leicester which i think is a good area. I don't know anything about the schools though....does anyone else know the area to help Ayeshasi?

CB1979_2

kippers wrote: »

This is off Scraptoft lane in Leicester which i think is a good area. I don't know anything about the schools though....does anyone else know the area to help Ayeshasi?

i know leicester's a dump.

and assuming the schools are rubbish too.

all the locals speak with a funny accent, and generally they're all a bit backward (obviously there are a "few" exceptions to the rule)

but i don't know the areas exactly.

mr.broderick

CB1979 wrote: »

i know leicester's a dump.

and assuming the schools are rubbish too.

all the locals speak with a funny accent, and generally they're all a bit backward (obviously there are a "few" exceptions to the rule)

but i don't know the areas exactly.

You from leicester cb?

CB1979_2

mr.broderick wrote: »

You from leicester cb?

why's that, your mum asking again?

will you tell her I'm not interested

sorry OP

mr.broderick

CB1979 wrote: »

i know leicester's a dump.

and assuming the schools are rubbish too.

all the locals speak with a funny accent, and generally they're all a bit backward (obviously there are a "few" exceptions to the rule)

but i don't know the areas exactly.

Outrageous post.
Kind of typical of your mentality.

shaun40400

hi spent most of my 1st 25yrs in the earl shilton Hinckley area ,.although ive lived in the irish republc for the last 23yrs.the whole area
like all areas has good and bad.
hinckley to big for my liking i prefere the large local villages,stanton sapcote eth
leicester and coventry are 40min away by car,stagecoach services are available one or twice a day!lots of good schools in the area for all ages' space and fresh air by the bucket,good access to the whole country m1 m6 m5 via local 69.
obviously i dontl live thier any more but do go home twice a yr to see relitives
earlshilton and barwell were built on the back of the boot and shoe and hosiery trades now mostly gone.earlshilton boarders barwell divided by the white line down the middle of the street,loads of shops of all types with in reach.....big must is a car!!!!!!!!
i would still recomend the area to anyone with a family.

Alibat

Hi there.

I won't comment on any of the houses you've linked to as I think homes are such a personal and individual thing. What suits one won't suit another, but on reading your thread one thought has struck me over and over. Why buy somewhere that means driving through the city centre to get to work? Why not buy somewhere on the Highfields side of town? Sitting in a traffic jam day in day out is going to get very old very fast so why put yourself in that position when you don't have to?