Living near a secondary school

Paully232000

osaddict wrote: »

Hmm, I guess you're right, however, I guess I don't know unless I have a bit of a scoping mission - which is difficult at the moment.

Very true, I would agree with others and go and sit outside the school a few mornings and a few afternoons and see what happens.

Don't forget that the school may not be silent come 3.30pm, parents evening, plays, football and other sport practice etc etc

drusilla

Hi I live on main road with nursery, primary and secondary all in close proximity. The mornings can be annoying as people use the space outside to drop off their kids but from your link you should be ok.


The community late night pitch is a bit annoying especially in the summer but not too bad. As someone said it is great in the holidays as everything is very quiet.

You may have problems if they do a rebuild of the school as ours did. 2 years of building work is not fun.

On the whole though now everything is settled I like living here. In fact, my son starts the secondary in September. Hope this helps.

osaddict

With work commitments I'll be lucky if I can do a morning and an evening once unfortunately, I did try to see if others could help but the timing isn't so good with other goings on.

Does anyone approach neighbours when buying a house? - Are they likely to give an honest answer to 'would this be a bad idea' - I guess the fact that the properties nearby aren't all up for sale and don't appear to change hands regularly (there's not much Zoopla data) bodes well.

tanith

Don't bank on zigzags to stop people parking no one takes much notice at our local Academy. We live on the way to our local Academy (2mins) and its huge there is a bit of noise at certain times and as I say people do park on the zigzags to drop off and pick up but its never been a serious problem for us .

onlyroz

My parents live across the road from a school and it's fine - they don't get any litter and the kids seem reasonably well behaved. But I think it entirely depends on the school in question, and I would advise visiting at the school in/out times to see what it's like. I wouldn't think that parking would be such a problem for a secondary school because most of the kids should be making their own way there by that age, but buses and crowded bus stops could be an issue.

movilogo

At this point I withdraw my offer as I'm getting paranoid that nobody else has offered, in a market where most houses get a fair few offers (Essex/East London border).

Don't understand this - do you prefer other people offered and house off the market?

Parking will be an issue. Your driveway may be blocked at times. Some pupils will hang around till late evening (depends on the school though). There may be special classes on weekends too.

osaddict

At this point I withdraw my offer as I'm getting paranoid that nobody else has offered, in a market where most houses get a fair few offers (Essex/East London border).

^ What I meant is I suddenly thought, "Hmm, if nobody else is putting in an offer in a busy market are we really smart and everyone else is silly or have we missed something", we then Googled living by a school and decided that was probably it so we pulled out. ^

On reflection we still like the house and don't believe the school will be a problem for us, however, as we're concerned about resale we're thinking it only makes sense if we can get it for quite a bit under asking, so that we could price it accordingly if necessary when we come to sell it.

chris_m

osaddict wrote: »

In this property's defence it has crossing zig zags outside so nobody would block your drive.

You're obviously unaware of the real purpose of zig-zag markings. Many other people are also under the impression that they mean "No Parking".

However, in the vicinity of a school they denote the correct location for overpriced and unnecessary 4x4s to be temporarily abandoned because little Johnny, gifted though he might be, is incapable of walking any further than 50 yards.

pinkshoes

Schools HATE bad publicity, so if you do have any problems, then just contact the school!

The neighbours near our school (usually the old people) are very quick to call in when they spot a pupil out and about during school time!!

The only negative I can see is if its not a good school, then you would have problems reselling to those with children.

osaddict

I think it's a middle of the road school in so much as people wouldn't pay more to live there but wouldn't think it's some kind of no go hell zone!

I guess I'm just thinking, if the school does put you off as a potential buyer are you just going to look elsewhere? Or would if being say 15k cheaper make you reconsider. That I'm really not sure on. It's kind of import in my decision making process though!

This could of course all be academic if it's sold already!