House directly opposite primary school

Grumpelstiltskin

Did it fir 30 years. The biggest problem was parents parking just where they wanted, as said across my drive on a regular basis and not just for 5 minutes, they would park and spend 30 minutes talking to their friends outside the school gate totally ignoring the fact they had blocked someone's drive. The abuse I got when I pointed out what they had done was unbelievable.
The playground noise you get used to.

Doozergirl

UnderOffer said:

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. 

My kid's first school had this but there were only 60 children in the whole school and about 4 neighbours.  The school was there well before any of the neighbours were. 

I lived opposite a primary school in London and it was great because we weren't overlooked, the carnage would usually occur when we were at work and it was easy to park of an evening because no one lived on the other side of the road.   

jackieblack

Bear in mind that due to staggered start/finish times, playtimes and lunchtimes when the school reopens in September (due to Covid guidance), noise and disruption is likely to be lengthier than previously.
Also, schools will be encouraged to have spend more time outdoors and more Outdoor Learning.

I’ve lived opposite a primary school for over 20 years and the noise has never bothered me, but I work there 😁

Chilli6

Thanks everyone, this is useful to hear others experiences. 
Of course everyone's tolerances are different but just good to get a feel for what it might be like. Hasn't put me off so I'll view and go from there 

AnotherJoe

I back on to a school , so the traffic isnt a issue For me but,it is incredibly noisy at break times but other than that as you say very quiet apart from the odd occasion, for example the once a year summer fair, and sports dayS. A good trade off as far as I'm concerned. 

As long as it's a good school you'll find a ready market from parents when you come to sell, and as long as you don't need to leave at the dropping off / collection times The inconsiderate parking won't be an issue For you. I'd be more annoyed with noise from people with diesels And petrol engines leaving their engines running to poison the kids as they wait to pick up. 

zagubov

I used to live across the road from a primary school. Daytime noise wasn't an issue and parking in the evening was fine. Did leave me convinced we badly need a US-style school bus system.

inspectorperez

Is there parking within the school grounds for teachers and visitors?

Where I live, it's not just inconsiderate parking from parents, but also those working at the school. The difference is of course that those working within the school will be parked there all day.

If its a proactive school in terms of extra curricular activirties and events, you might also find buses parked from time to time during the course of the week as well as weekend parking by parents and others attending open day events.

I am quite sure the intensity of this sort of problem varies enormously from school to school, and I think I would have a few random journies past the school at various times of the day and week as well as researching any social media for clues as to potential problems.

Niv

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!

No guarantee there, my old primary school got pulled down for housing. 

Chilli6

inspectorperez said:

Is there parking within the school grounds for teachers and visitors?

Where I live, it's not just inconsiderate parking from parents, but also those working at the school. The difference is of course that those working within the school will be parked there all day.

If its a proactive school in terms of extra curricular activirties and events, you might also find buses parked from time to time during the course of the week as well as weekend parking by parents and others attending open day events.

I am quite sure the intensity of this sort of problem varies enormously from school to school, and I think I would have a few random journies past the school at various times of the day and week as well as researching any social media for clues as to potential problems.

It does have parking on the grounds for that so that's useful. I've been past alot over the years as it's a small town and never seen buses there. As its closed for summer it's not now possible to do the drive bys to assess how chaotic it is. I have seen it a couple of times some years back, at pick up time. 
Had a look on their fb page and one parking comment from last year asking people to park considerately. Also on local discussion page mentioned 3 times over a number of years, locals discussing people blocking driveways etc. Think it would be hard not to find that for most schools and doesn't seem a constant discussion. 
Current owners lived there 20 years so that must be a good thing

oystercatcher

You could always acquire some bollards to use at times when you know you might need access at the busy times. I'm sure mostly you could work around these though and I think I would find the playground noise quite pleasant.