cobbold road / wendell park / sewers / murder / school!!!
Hi friends!I'm new to the forum...My husband and I (and two young kids) currently live in North London, but really want to move to W12 for work reasons (and because we love the Sherpherd's Bush vibe).I'm sorry if this isn't what the forum is for, but...we've found a house we really like in W12 (on a street called Cobbold Rd, near Chiswick) but have got 'spooked' by a few issues. We were hoping that some of the members of this forum (locals who know the area better than us!) could help us to confirm/relieve our fears, before we take that scary step in making a offer (of bloody loads of our money!). 3 potential things we are worried about!!!1. The 'supersewer'. Does anyone know much about this? Apparently it's a new sewer system, which London needs, and is going to be bigger than the Channel Tunnel! www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12427748. And apparently the Thames Water have changed their mind recently to make the main receiving point of the tunnel right on the bloody end of Cobbold Road! http://documents.scribd.com.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/9b6yhdzji81851ez.pdf?t=1320152601This obviously worries me - presumably it'll smell and cause disruption while being built? (Channel Tunnel did!).2. This one might not be so bad, and maybe i'm being a worried mother, but we read about a murder on Askew Rd last year, which is the road beside Cobbold Rd. http://shepherds-bush.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/murder-on-askew-road.html People on this forum talking about crack dens and gang wars, and slightly worried for my kids - has it got better recently?3. Wendell Park School seems like a nice school, but I noticed exam results are getting worse and worse the last 4 years:http://www.education.gov.uk/cgi-bin/schools/performance/school.pl?urn=100340and it's now basically the worst primary school in Hammersmith & Fulham on the bbc league tables: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/education/school_tables/primary/11/html/eng_maths_205.stm?compare=Does anyone know why that is (e.g. is the headteacher changing?) and is it likely to get better? We don't want to pay for private school for our kids, especially for primary school!Sorry, I hope I don't seem like a total worry, but making offers for houses makes me nervous! Any comments on any of it would be much appreciated!S
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