House directly opposite primary school

Soot2006

I live right by a primary school.  I commute to work, so left early, before traffic/parking madness, but as a had a driveway it wasn't TERRIBLE on the odd occasions I got home late/came home early.  Children playing loudly doesn't bother at all. I quite liked it.  Meant we had a lovely huge area of green (school grounds) that wouldn't be built on,lots of trees, birds, etc. Empty overnight, empty at weekends and in summer, good bus links.  Worked for us!

FtbDreaming

I would happily live facing the school. I’d love not having to leave the house for school runs lol. However my oh is a bad Crank and he would be having murder every day with the parents at drop off and pick up times so I wouldn’t  consider it because of him! 

Davesnave

Niv said:

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. 

Fortunately, a not-so-cranky old prof at the Uni spotted our spare acre and persuaded the council to turn it into a nature sanctuary in 1973. Now, the mature oaks and other trees provide shade and trendy  'outdoor classrooms' so I think the area is still safe.

The old rounders field wasn't so controversial. That's a health centre!

Falafels

My back garden backs onto a school playground area. Parking by parents has never been an issue because I can go on my own drive; the sound of kids playing is nice, and at Christmas all the householders in our little cul-de-sac get a handmade card from the kids! I often see kids walking to school accompanied by their mums playing a litter-picking game, too.

Marvel1

Easy to say now you work during drop off and pick up, but things change.

No I wouldn't.

Petriix

I detest all this judgemental nonsense about parents driving their kids to school. The vast majority of people who can actually walk. Most people who drive do it because they have to; mostly on their way to work.

It can be incredibly stressful trying to get kids to school on time and then get to work. There is often poor parking provision outside schools, exacerbated by ill-conceived attempts to control traffic. New parking restrictions around my kids' school has forced people to park along a narrow stretch of road which makes it really dangerous when they cycle (which is our preferred travel choice).

Anyway, buying next to a school can have a significant impact on the desirability and value of the property depending on the reputation of the school. The 'outstanding' ofsted rating added up to £30k to prices in my area. I imagine that could quickly be reversed if the rating was downgraded.

Davesnave

Petriix said:

I detest all this judgemental nonsense about parents driving their kids to school.

Obviously, the need varies. As someone who had kids attending a comp on the other side of town, over 3 miles away, I would often drop them off, but never outside the gates. The girls had the bus fare, yet with no straight through bus, it was usually faster and more profitable to walk! My younger one would do the 7 miles there and back much of the time if the weather allowed.

In contrast, most of the kids at the primary school where I worked came from within a radius of 1/2 mile. I couldn't understand why so many didn't walk. We had 2 crossing patrols and the local streets were safe. Parents had developed an unofficial one way system, which was OK most of the time, but total bedlam when some unsuspecting van driver or similar newbie tried to go the other way. My kids walked from the age of 8. They had no intention of going in at 07.45, as I did!

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Petriix said:

I detest all this judgemental nonsense about parents driving their kids to school. The vast majority of people who can actually walk. Most people who drive do it because they have to; mostly on their way to work.

It can be incredibly stressful trying to get kids to school on time and then get to work. There is often poor parking provision outside schools, exacerbated by ill-conceived attempts to control traffic. New parking restrictions around my kids' school has forced people to park along a narrow stretch of road which makes it really dangerous when they cycle (which is our preferred travel choice).

Anyway, buying next to a school can have a significant impact on the desirability and value of the property depending on the reputation of the school. The 'outstanding' ofsted rating added up to £30k to prices in my area. I imagine that could quickly be reversed if the rating was downgraded.

 Not necessarily judgemental about the actual driving them to school. For some it may be necessary.
 I'm judgemental at the need to park as close to the school gate as possible even if it means parking on or across someone's driveway. Yes they've parked on my drive. plenty of room 3 mins walk away at the bottom of the street or just around the corner. Now that's lazy. 

lesalanos

Maybe you could ask some of the neighbours how the parking is?

martindow

As an ex-teacher I can say that at most of the schools I was at there were parking problems at either end of the school day.  Over protective parents choosing to drive short distances and very inconsiderate attitudes from some.  If everyone who lived within ten minutes walking distance had actually walked there would not have been many cars dropping off.