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to think if you live near a school

35 replies

borderslass · 17/09/2010 15:26

you should expect some noise

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thegoodishlife · 17/09/2010 15:29

I was waiting for this one to pop up here.

YANBU at all. Infact was having a discussion with my mum about it yesterday and we agreed that the sound of children playing is far, far better than many other things you could hear!!! FGS just let children be children. If you don't like it, move. Some people just like to moan because they have nothing better to do.

Dione · 17/09/2010 15:30

Oooh, nasty. I spent 5 years living in a house where the back garden was next to a primary school playground. It was noisy, but how could it have been anything else. Short of keeping all the kids inside there is nothing that the school can do and this would be clearly wrong. Besides, the kids don't come in until 8.45 and they leave at 3.00pm. It's not like living nextdoor to a nightclub.
So YADNBU.

AMumInScotland · 17/09/2010 15:31

It's like people who move into the country and complain about the tractors, or the church bells. Duh! Take a look (and listen) round the neighbourhood before you move in!

nikkershaw · 17/09/2010 15:32

crazy all parents should keep kids away until breaks are reinstalled

SmellsLikeTeenSweat · 17/09/2010 15:33

How sad. Bloody stupid people not being able to cope with half an hour of children's noise. How incredibly selfish.

pagwatch · 17/09/2010 15:33

I live opposite a school. The kids playing at break times is one of the bonuses. I love it. I also love passing all the children as they head to school/head home from school.

The inconsiderate wanky parents blocking my drive or parking on it are another matter entirely

Cocks

belgo · 17/09/2010 15:34

YANBU.

Children should be allowed to make noise. As long as it's not girls screaming, which would drive anyone mad.

scrappydappydoo · 17/09/2010 15:36

There must be more to this - its sounds to mad to be simply about kids making too much noise?

Alibabaandthe40nappies · 17/09/2010 15:40

That is awful, surely the council should just tell people to like it or lump it?

When you move into a house you are aware of whether there is a school or not. If you don't want noise then don't buy it/rent it.

Who are the complainers? SAH parents? Old people? Unemployed?
If it is people working nights/shifts then I'm more sympathetic, but even more reason to chose your home with care.

Chil1234 · 17/09/2010 15:41

I'm amazed anyone took the complaints seriously and passed them on. You'd think someone at the council would have the bottle spine and balls to say 'sorry love, it's a school, what do you expect?'. (Don't things have to reach certain decibel levels before action is taken?) My parents live backing onto a primary school. Biggest problem they have (like pagwatch) is inconsiderate parking.

nickelbabe · 17/09/2010 15:41

YANBU - why would you move into a house near a school if you don't want to hear children playing???
madness.

i can't believe the police/council took the complaints seriously, and i can't believe the school is sticking it either.

ShinyAndNew · 17/09/2010 15:42

YANBU I live opposite a park. I am woken every Sunday morning by squealing children. I prefer not to wake up at all on Sundays, but seeing as I live across from a park, sleep ins are rare.

It hadn't occurred to me to complain to the council about the noise.

Bingtata · 17/09/2010 15:42

That is mad. I was sitting in the garden earlier thinking how nice it was to hear the children at the school nearby enjoying themselves.

I've worked long term nights too and that kind of noise wouldn't even bother me then - I have the option of ear plugs.

musicmadness · 17/09/2010 15:45

I think the only possible defence to the people who complained would be if the school was built after the houses. If I was already living somewhere then something noisy (not specifically a school but including them I guess) was built next to me I would be fairly pissed off.
Surely if you move next to a school you expect to here children at certain times of the day though?!
Either way I'd be angry if I was a parent at the school and it was my kids that were being forced to stay inside all day. I'm wondering if there isn't more to this than playtime noise TBH.

auntevil · 17/09/2010 17:25

With you on the inconsiderate parking pagwatch. My elderly neighbour loves the sound of the kids playing - she thinks its a sign of life and youth.

Minxie1977 · 17/09/2010 17:29

The talk of being served a notice just shows how we're turning into a 'sue' society. Noisy children - whatever next!?! yaDDDDnbu!!

hmc · 17/09/2010 17:31

YANBU

anonymousbird · 17/09/2010 17:42

Extraordinary, assume it is not a new school?? So school there when they moved in??!

On a much smaller scale, some tosser in our village threatened to do this to the football team after he moved into the house that is closest to the village football pitch. Said it was noisy on Sunday mornings... Needless to say it didn't go anywhere.

What do people expect?! Did they visit in the dark with ear defenders on when they viewed their proposed property?!?!?

YANBU

BertieBotts · 17/09/2010 17:43

I live near a school too and I also love hearing the children playing. DS does too - I imagine as he gets older it will be really positive for him, help to make school seem exciting rather than scary as that is the school he'll most likely go to.

purplewednesday · 17/09/2010 17:50

YADNBU.

I am surprised at the school giving into this instead of challenging the neighbours.

if i was a parent there i'd definitely start parking over the neighbour's driveways...Grin

preghead · 17/09/2010 17:53

WHo are these tossers at home in the middle of the day? Unless they are shift workers who shouldn't have moved next to a school then they should get off their arse, get out of the house for half an hour during break times and get a life - YADNBU.

cumfy · 17/09/2010 17:56

Whose idea was it to cancel breaks ?

The environmental officer even says:
We are not satisfied that a statutory noise nuisance exists

Unless it was a PR ruse to generate media publicity to get complainers to back down (entirely possible :)), sounds like there is a bunch of headless chickens running the school.

oldraver · 17/09/2010 17:57

We used to have an open air swimming pool at the end of our street. Its now been close dand I miss the sound of the kids in the summer

Litchick · 17/09/2010 18:00

Joyless bastards.

My MIL lives adjacent to a primary school and she loves it. When they have break time the LOs often come to the railings to talk to her.

TheCrackFox · 17/09/2010 18:05

YANBU

What a bunch of miserable bastards. I take it they never played outside when they were at school? The council should tell them to fuck off. Surely this is against the Human Rights of the children involved as playtime is laying down the foundations of their future health.

Actually I cannot tell you how angry this has made me. Angry