Would you choose to live this close to a school? **UPDATED**

SailorSam

I live almost that close to a local Comp, the people we bought off said they were good kids and no bother. After we moved in we found it to be different, they'd take short-cuts through the gardens both back & front; have fights outside; knock fences dowm, and the place was full of litter. Other neighbours had cars damaged and things stolen off their doorsteps.
It was with great relief when there were plans for a new school and this was to close, but when it did it was reopened as a 'boot camp', run by an ex-army Major who took all the older kids from around the Borough that other schools couldn't manage, and teach them to be trained killers.
The Council had not told anyone of their plans, they said they didn't have to 'cos there was no 'change of use' in the building, it was still a training establishment. We had lots of neighbourhead meetings with hundreds attending to try and get it stopped.
To be honest though these trained killers are less of a nuisance than the kids were.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/merseyside-residents-protest-against-boot-3431407

gazter

Our old home backed onto the sports field of a secondary school. It was actually quite reassuring to know that the field wouldnt be built on, and it was barely used. You could never hear anything from the school itself, break or not, but when they played sports you could. But that rare minor inconvenience was outweighed by a lovely view for most of the time.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

A house I used to live in was about 300 metres from a primary school.

The noise of children at playtime was very noticeable outside, particularly if the wind was in the right direction, but not noticeable inside through double glazing.

I'd be reluctant to live much closer though....

SailorSam

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

A house I used to live in was about 300 metres from a primary school.

The noise of children at playtime was very noticeable outside, particularly if the wind was in the right direction, but not noticeable inside through double glazing.

Isn't the noise of Childrens laughter something to brighten up a dreary day ?

Callie22

We back on to a primary school playground. I wouldn't want to live near to the entrance to the school as the parking issues would drive me insane, but tbh the noise of the school isn't that much of a problem. You do get noise at break and lunchtime, but as they're primary aged kids it's not that bad and they're generally pretty well supervised - I probably wouldn't want to live as close if it were a secondary school. For me, I miss the worst of the noise as I'm off at work. OH works at home but really isn't that bothered by the noise. The benefit to us is that it's very quiet in the evenings and at the weekends, and we get quite a few weeks in the year when there's very little noise at all.

One big caveat that I would add though is that if you share a boundary with the school then they can sometimes be difficult to deal with if there are any issues. Our situation is slightly unusual but we're currently having some problems with the school after they 'mistakenly' came onto our property and cut down some trees and our fence - bit of a shock when I came home from work and the massive hedge and our fence were gone! We're now having to deal with the local Council but we've been told that as lots of schools have now become 'self-governing' over things like grounds maintenance, there are increasing problems with them 'aggressively' managing their estates and not really taking notice of neighbouring boundaries or what's recorded on the land registry - there are apparently lots of cases of trees being cut down, boundaries being moved etc, particularly in towns. So that's something I would say you need to be aware of if your property is right next to a school and you share a boundary and I'd get as much as possible confirmed in writing when you purchase the house.

chris_m

SailorSam wrote: »

Isn't the noise of Childrens laughter something to brighten up a dreary day ?

The sound of laughter is one thing, that of screaming and shrieking is quite another.

WeAreGhosts

I stayed in a holiday let next door to a primary school and thought, naively, that I would only hear noise at break times. How wrong I was! They held classes outside, played loud music, screamed at the tops of their voices (kids scream more than they laugh these days), pick up and drop off times were a nightmare as parents would park anywhere (including over private driveways), there were classes going on after school also (Zumba - with the music!).
Drove me barmy. Couldn't wait to get home.

Secondary schools tend to be quieter IMO

Landofwood

Neither of those houses look like they are in a "ghetto".

Barclayloan_query

Landofwood wrote: »

Neither of those houses look like they are in a "ghetto".

Trust me, the junior school one looked lovely in the pics but driving for just 30 seconds down the nearby streets I could have furnished my entire house with dumped items - numerous fridges, mattresses, TV's, sofa's - some in front gardens, some in the communal car parks, some at the side of the road. If it was just one house then fair enough but these items were evenly distributed!

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

SailorSam wrote: »

Isn't the noise of Childrens laughter something to brighten up a dreary day ?

No.

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