Corner block - good or bad?

[Scrummy Mummy]

Did I miss the "official" Ms A announcement? I was looking out for it.

[Aliya]

Wont be one . But I like the idea of children mowing the lawns lol

[Scrummy Mummy]

You can certainly get them to eat it from a very young age

[Aliya]

wonder how long a grazing toddler would take to keep the lawn down

[BoD]

I think you would need about 10 toddlers for your place, plus a couple to keep for spare parts

[Joy]

I think the safety issue is a major one for a toddler. The less street the better - I would go for either a small street (definitely no corner) or a Cul de Sac or similar situation where there is no through traffic.

Maintenance of a pool is very expensive, so that is something to consider as well. The running, cleaning, filling, etc. is at least here in the United States excessively high. If you do the cleaning yourself and it is a decent sized pool, figure at least 1 1/2 to 2 hours maintenance per week. (Getting chlorine, cleaning the pool, scrubbing the sides if there is algae, etc.)

[Bender]

One upside of a corner block: less fences = less hassle with neighbours when the time comes to have fences fixed or replaced. Our neighbour is being a pain in the a**e at the moment.

[Pinklepurr]

My best friend lives on a corner block, she loves it, still has two neighbours like everyone else, I can't quite work out why people say you don't have the same. She recently renovated the house by building out onto the front garden, it looks great. Back garden has loads of space and is great entertaining etc. The one advantage she has is that her house is raised above street level so no one cuts across etc. It really depends on the street corner that you live on whether you get extra noise. As for the security bit, well (touch wood) she hasn't been burgled in all the time she has lived there (over 20 years now I work it out) and brought up her son by herself there. A lot of the security depends on how the house is situated on the block and the access etc from the street, but then that is the same with any house really.

I have lived in a corner house too, and really liked it, it does give you a much less closed in feeling, especially in an estate that has houses built closely together as so many of the new ones are.