House directly opposite primary school

Chilli6

I'm going to see a house that looks ideal for me. It is right opposite my old primary school, literally opposite the gate and playground. It's a desirable street/area.
I'm wondering who has experience of this?
I have thought about the pros and cons and think I'm OK with it. I don't have kids but used to like the sound of the playground when walking near my old house. 
Downside to viewing it now is I can't go and check it out at busy times as no ones there. 
Pros = quiet at weekends and most evenings (unless clubs/parents evenings) plus school hols
Nicer view than row of houses. 
Cons = noise at breaks, drop off, pick up
Extra traffic
Annoying parking (has a lovely big drive but I know others could block it

onwards&upwards

Do you work from home?  If you work a bog standard Mon-Fri working week you'll mostly be gone before it gets busy and home after it all gets quiet.  It will get crazy with drop offs and inconsiderate driving/parking between 8.30-09.00 and the same at the end of the school day for pick ups, but apart from that I think it sounds fine.  It won't get developed so you're unlikely to end up looking at ugly new build houses!

getmore4less

Some councils/police are proactive at stopping the carnage others allow a free for all.
this mainly becomes a problem if your normal movement times will coincide with the school runs
In our town all main routes get hit by school run traffic even though most of the schools are in residential.

I lived at the side of a school but most kids walked and I tended to miss the school traffic times, they did knock a hole in the fence to our parking area for a short cut to the shop.
 

Chilli6

onwards&upwards said:

Do you work from home?  If you work a bog standard Mon-Fri working week you'll mostly be gone before it gets busy and home after it all gets quiet.  It will get crazy with drop offs and inconsiderate driving/parking between 8.30-09.00 and the same at the end of the school day for pick ups, but apart from that I think it sounds fine.  It won't get developed so you're unlikely to end up looking at ugly new build houses!

I do work from home mostly so most days no need to get my car in and out. Does mean I'm home for noisier parts of the day but I'm doubting it's that loud inside the house. 

bouicca21

Personally I like the sound of children playing, though the noise from a playground can be astonishingly loud.  What I don’t like are the parents who drive their precious ones to school and park any old which way when they do it.

bellaboo86

There will definitely be lots of inconsiderate parking and extra noise at drop off and pick up times.  There’s also the playtime and lunchtime noises to consider as the sound will travel. 

Scotbot

If the school is used for evening classes it won't just be the drop off times that parking is a nightmare, however if it is right opposite there are likely to be double yellows. It will definitely put some buyers off so make sure the price reflects this.

SameOldRoundabout

I used to live directly opposite a primary school and nursery. It was great. We backed on to the playground but due to road layout the only parent parking was outside our house. I work daytime hours so never really had an issue with it as I wasn’t there at pickup time. Weekends are holidays were lovely and quiet on my street for obvious reasons. I think I would have been annoyed if I’d needed to be in and out at 9am/3pm as it was quite busy and people just abandoned their cars in the middle of the road, but as I didn’t I felt there were far more positives than negative! 

[Deleted User]

 I live opposite a school, children's centre and adult education centre.
Inconsiderate parking, right across the drive, double parking etc, lazy parents. This is what winds me up most. But weekends and summer is bliss, no cars or people. 
The noise isn't that bad unless the fire alarm goes off and they they all pile out. Playtime is low level kids playing and I don't get bothered by it. Pick up time noise isn't bad just aware of extra people. 
 Nothing like a senior school who make a racket screaming girls and boisterous boys. 

Davesnave

It's like any other significant peculiarity attached to a property; some won't mind and others won't even consider such a location, so you certainly won't get any consensus asking here.

I'd be OK with it; as an ex-teacher, I'm immune! I quite like the idea of the whistle going and not needing to gulp my tea down rapidly, having just spent half my break on a cut knee in the medical room. As it is, I love seeing the bus loads of kids passing here en route to our rural schools. The signs in the shops saying "Back to School!" in the last week of July also give me a warm glow, nowadays.

UnderOffer

I’d visit the schools website and see if the parent newsletters are published there. You may find from reading the Newsletter articles about parking and ‘reminders‘ to parents about being considerate, this would indicate if there is a reported problem in the area. I know my children’s primary had a note almost weekly listed in the Newsletter as the local residents constantly complained about parking issues.