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I found a house in maplewood,right next to the clinton grade school. Do you guys think its a good purchase? Since its summer time, theres no way for me to check how the area is when school is in session. The house is literally right across the street from it. And how is the area? it's couple of blocks from the 107x bus on irvington avenue. please let me know if you have any information!! thank you !!!
ask the neighbors how they feel about living right next to a school. some of the pros I can think of are, more presence in the area during the school year can potentially mean less crime opportunities. flip side is - more noise in the morning and afternoon. definitely knock on some doors and ask though.
Generally, you're going to get a lot of traffic around school opening/closing each day. You might have people parked in front of your house (assuming that's allowed) a lot. For a handful of nights each year you'll have a ton of cars in the evening for things like concerts or back-to-school-night. If the school has fields, they might get use (and influx of traffic) for things like soccer games/practices at night and on weekend.
It wouldn't cross the house off my list, but need to be realistic about what to expect.
This would be a good case of a time where you go knock on a few neighbors' doors and ask them about their experience. (edit: just saw bradykp's post - knock on those doors!)
See if the town has plans to raze the school building, who knows what might next occupy the land.
Is the school building used for any other town activities like voting or club meetings?
night lights for sporting events?
Some recent and time honored complaints against schools by neighbors, not in Maplewood but from across the country. Loud music from marching band etc, kids take short cut across private property.
We live right across the street from an elementary school. It really isn't a big deal for us personally as we're not home during the daytime, when noise/traffic may be an issue. The only thing we've found a problem with is the last day of school, they hire a DJ and blast (I do mean BLAST) music for hours in the outdoor area.
Other than that, it's really quiet after 3pm or so, weekends and all summer. Summer, is delightful in my neighborhood - quiets as can be! We love it.
thanks for the responses!! we'll most likely be at work during the day and come home around 8-9. i think the only issue would be the night events and parades
anyone here goes to the clinton elementary school??
The FootBall field would be a issue on game days, they will be parking all over your street.
The baseball fields also may have some spill over parking also.
There seem to be a afterschool program, that mean lots of parents pickup after/when they get home from work.
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