Raising a child in a pub?!

[Lj8893]

Hello,

I am 8 weeks (roughly) pregnant and myself and my partner live in a 1 bed flat in a city, we don't have any family or close friends here and are considering moving back to our home town where we know everyone!!
My partners mum runs a successful pub there and has offered my partner a managerial role there and the flat above to us as part of his work contract. It is a lovely large flat which we would never be able to afford otherwise.
The pros are this:
Lovely large flat
No rent/bills
Family and friends on the doorstep
Good job for my partner
He is able to do his own rota around me having a possible part time job somewhere after my maternity

Cons are:
Raising a child in a pub environment (although I will keep her/him separate from the actual pub!!)

Does anyone have any experience, advice, thoughts on this?!

It sounds ideal to me. I'd check out how intrusive the sound is at night upstairs, but other than that I can't see a problem.

Depends on the type of pub, if it's a nice locals pub with little trouble then fine, if it's full pf 18 year olds tanked up on alcopops on a Saturday night then maybe not so good!

Thankyou both.
I lived there for a while before we moved and the noise isn't bad at all, and the bedrooms are two floors up from the pub so no noise at all.
It is a small local town, and the pub does get busy on a Friday and Saturday night with youngsters and oldies!! But always a good atmosphere and as I said no noise in the bedrooms and very little noise in the living/dining areas.
Just having some people say it sounds a fair idea reassures me a little!

It sounds perfect, DH was brought up in a pub, he loved it.

My DC1 and DC2 were born in pubs, we moved out of the pub trade when DC2 was a toddler, it didnt do them any harm and they made loads of friends with the staff and regulars.

One of my closest friends (who is now very a successful adult - you'll just take my word for it!) grew up in a pub. I've lived and worked in a pub myself. Noise would be my only concern - so if that's sorted - no problem.

The only issue I can imagine being a problem is noise, as others say. Sometimes we can have a formless worry - but when we try to articulate it it vanishes - have you been able to write down/ list your actual worries? What are you concerned about happening?

If you have specific concerns then you can work out how to handle them.

Personally it sounds like a wonderful set up. You will be part of a community and there will always be friends and people around - motherhood can (sometimes) be isolating - if it's a nice pub that you could sometimes sit in during the day with a cup of tea (or wine!) then all the better......

There is a lot right with the opportunity - why not take it and if you don't like it you can move on...

Jamie Oliver grew up in a pub he has done okay!

My children grew up in a pub which we sold when they were 5/7. We lived in a house next door but they knew what the business was. They were kept out of the bar at nights but came in occasionally during the day. No problem at all although it is a hard life if you live upstairs and are constantly having to sort problems out.

Sounds fine to me. One of my school friends grew up in a pub and having fairly easy access to alcohol meant that it wasn't some big exciting thing to her, so a positive thing.

Oh everyone has been so helpful! Thankyou!
After reading all your posts and having a long chat with my mum (I may be becoming a mother myself but doesn't mean I don't still need my mummy's approval haha) I feel much more positive and actually quite excited about it all!!