experience living next to a primary school

hazyjo

Grumpelstiltskin wrote: »

I know that at some time there will be an accident when a child is injured or killed, I got sick and tired of trying to do something when I lived there and no one was interested so now I have moved I am pleased to be away from it.

There's that side of it too. A very young child in a pram died when some woman mounted the pavement in her 4x4 (she'd been drinking, I think). The family were walking to pick a child up from the school. There were loads of parents/kids about. Totally tragic and very upsetting for everyone involved and all us neighbours. Seeing the tape, the flowers, etc every time you walked past, my friend also worked at the school... and I saw the child's grandad most days (knew him well enough to say hello to, etc). Just awful. I suppose it could have happened anywhere, but half the kids have no road awareness and I saw so many running out, or getting bibbed (even the older ones at the nearby senior school were totally mental when it came to safety and I can't begin to tell you the number who climbed over the level crossing barriers when they were down to run across the tracks!). There must be so many accidents waiting to happen...

Jx

duchy

From a security point of view higher footfall past your house is a positive as parents tend to notice the unusual.

If you work fulltime office hours there will be very little impact except on parents evenings, school fetes etc. If you work shift-playtime noise might disturb you in the day.

If the school has facilities like a pool you may find there's a deal for local residents to use it outside of school hours and if you ever fancy doing an evening class it may be very handy

Of "what not to move near" a primary school doesn't even feature on my list and I work from home..

DRP

duchy wrote: »

From a security point of view higher footfall past your house is a positive as parents tend to notice the unusual.

If you work fulltime office hours there will be very little impact except on parents evenings, school fetes etc. If you work shift-playtime noise might disturb you in the day.

If the school has facilities like a pool you may find there's a deal for local residents to use it outside of school hours and if you ever fancy doing an evening class it may be very handy

Of "what not to move near" a primary school doesn't even feature on my list and I work from home..

agree - i would see a school as a positive as long as you have off-street parking.

I grew up living opposite a school.

THe only people i experienced getting irate are those curtain-twitchers whose blood pressure rises if someone parks outside their house etc..

Grumpelstiltskin

DRP How would you like it if you returned home and couldn't get on to your drive and couldn't park anywhere near to your house because of these people parking outside the school ?


I'll give you one experience, car parked across my drive, school finished majority of the children gone.


Exactly across from my drive a man ( our retired local MP ) and woman talking, not just for 5 minutes but at least 20 minutes.


Eventually the woman came across to the car and I asked her what she thought she was doing blocking my drive.


'Oh I was discussing council business with Mr X'


You couldn't make it up.

In_Debt_Bet

I lived in a flat which was close to an infants school, despite the fact that the car park was clearly marked as private property with each residents space being clearly marked parents paid no attention to this whatsoever, getting in and out was an absolute nightmare with parents being downright rude if they were asked to move their car.

The children also treated the front garden as a play area running around all over it and hanging off the trees, often damaging them and their parents made no attempt to control them. I would definitely not want to live close to a school again.

Bet.

clw1

I live 1 min walk from a primary schools (500 children) and it is very busy on the roads / parking from 8.40 - 9am and 3 - 3.30. Only once in the last 2 yrs has anyone parked across my drive but a few neighbours have had cars scraped by cars or kids going past. This is not a problem for me as we have space for 2 cars on the drive but something to consider depending on the size of your driveway.

Re noise - I don't mind the noise of children playing and it is only in the daytime but it might be annoying depending on your work pattern.

You don't mention if you have kids or what size the house is but if it is family sized then it might be worth checking out what the school is like - a good school will make a house easy to sell to a family in the future but a bad school could make it hard to sell a "family" home. (obv this depends on how long you intend to live in the house etc as schools can change alot in 5-10 years).

System

I lived opposite a school. Selfish parents who can think they can park anywhere. My maisonette overlooked the reception class' playground. Screaming 4 year olds!

Fortunately, both me and my ex worked 97% of the school days and left before the parents dropped their darlings and came home after they were picked up.

System

The main issue I have heard from anyone that I know living near a primary school is parking and the subsequent rudeness of parents when these issues are pointed out.

katejo

TCPPC wrote: »

Hi

One of the property i am looking at is 1 min walk from a primary school, had a quick look at the school website. There's about 450 pupils.

anyone had any experience living next to a school, what is it like, i guess it can be noisy but if you are out at work during the core working hours then i suppose it wont have major impact...well except the morning rush.

the row of semi detach homes have their own driveway and goes out to the mainroad where the school is. the only thing i would say saves it is the trees blocking the view of school (not fully) hope this paints a better picture

I live right opposite one and it doesn't bother me at all. The road is a dead end with very restricted parking and most parents walk the kids to school. I have double glazing so no significant noise problem. Iike watching the kids playing on the rare occasions that I am not at work. A secondary school would put me off more.

beefturnmail

I live 1 minute from a primary school. Like others have said you get a lot of people and children walking past and cars parked at opening time and leaving time, but it lasts at most 15 minutes each time. Noise from children playing is not much of an issue. Where I live is not a busy road, no train lines nearby etc, so outside of school opening\closing times (and in school holidays\weekends) it is quiet. Re parking been living here 4 years and have had to ask someone to move their car on maybe 3 occasions. They did so without problem\'rudeness'. I do have off-street parking though