Would you buy house directly opposite primary school?

[Bakingnovice]

We've seen a lovely house but its right opposite a primary. It's a v good primary but we are worried it'll be really noisy all day with drop offs and break times. The house is double glazed and really lovely. It's just being that close to a school is putting my hubby off. Would you buy a house right opposite a primary?

If your dc will go there - yes! The noise and parking won't be an issue.

We used to be opposite one before having Dcs. It meant we couldn't go out or come home for half an hour in the morning or evening because the road was gridlocked at school run time.

Lots of good points to consider. I'm not that bothered about the noise but I have a feeling that I might hate it in twenty years time when my Dc have flown the nest. We are going back for a second viewing so will check out the parking problem.

We live right opposite the busy back entrance of a primary school and I love it. I would positively choose to live in such a position again. Of course, there are loads of advantages for me as my DC go there. I don't really see any disadvantages. Yes, it is ridiculously busy down our street at 8.45 for 15 min and at 3pm for 15 min but other than that it is quiet and peaceful. If I happen to walk down the street at playtime I can hear the children playing, which is lovely, but I don't notice it in the house at all. Weekends and evenings, and of course school holidays, it is extremely peaceful. So much better than living opposite a shop or a pub, or even a row of houses in my opinion.

We live opposite a school. School drop-off's drive me nuts as the parents are incapable of following road rules. I am never here at the end of the day as I am picking my children up from their school - a mile down the road.

It is noisy at breaktime and there are very occasional events after hours. To be honest, I quite like listening to the children playing and having fun. It's certainly no imposition.

I'd definitely buy across the road, but not next to a primary - that would be too noisy.

I used to live opposite a primary and by luck it was rare for parents to park across drives. With regards to the noise the school had a staff car park at the front then the building then the playground behind that. Due to the distance we didn't hear the children at lunch and playtime. Have a good look at the school, do the children play in front. Where's the entrance itself, how big is it? All these things will affect the noise levels.

I wouldn't be bothered about the general playground noise but traffic and parking would drive (!) me nuts. Is it likely that the school may expand in the future? Worth thinking about as any future expansion would mean even more traffic. Also, many schools rent out halls/ playing fields throughout the year so there is no guarantee you would have 13 out of 52 weeks of peace and quiet. Our primary school has a huge week long kids club in the summer holidays and it is very noisy. Can be heard miles away.

Does the school have plans to expand? My children attend a primary where there are 90 children per year! Plus a nursery, that's over 700 pupils

It is very noisy, parking is so bad that they have speed bumps and they are reducing the speed to 20 mph plus marking driveways with white lines to prevent parents abandoning parking cars over driveways.

There are fetes, evening zumba classes held in the gym, music evenings, parent's evenings and kids clubs in the holidays plus football club/orchestra/art club etc after school too.

Personally I wouldn't want to live that close to a school. The parking alone makes getting out of the driveway almost impossible. People start parking at 8.20am and again at 2.30pm.

I've lived opposite a primary and wouldn't touch it with a bargepole.

But I am very noise sensitive.

I think the sound of children playing is lovely and I hope I still feel that way when I am old.

The car parking would be my bug bear.

I lived opposite a primary school and never had trouble with people blocking our drive. There were single yellow lines outside, and a high proportion of the children seemed to walk to school (shock, horror) so I never saw any of the parking wars you read about on here.

I live between 2 primary school. And yes it is busy at drop off/ pick up times but When I worked I just left 10min earlier to miss the traffic.

My mum lives right next to one of the schools and her garden backs on to the school grounds and yes it is noisy at break times (20mins in the morning and 1 at lunchtime) other then that there isn't any noise. Her main complaint is the security lights can be too bright at night.

It doesn't really bother us as we have live near schools since I was 5 so maybe we just used to it.

I am opposite a primary.

The noise is not a problem

The drop off/pick up is a bit of a pain in the arse with dreadful driving and parking including people very occasionally blocking my drive/parking on my drive but the school are very helpful.
We also have things like coaches picking up the children for swimming lessons which can block the road. Hopefully that is not rlevent because of the drive.

I would park near the house/school at drop off and watch to see how it works in practice rather than theory.

I really like it actually. Sometimes seeing kids running out with a picture to show their mum or somesuch is lovely.

Forgot to say about litter - yes kids do drop litter (but to be honest this happens everywhere where I live, not just by the school). The advantage is that being near a school the council send road cleaners out a few times a week who pick any litter, so actually our street is the cleanest in the area!