I used to have a friend who lived in the Barbican. She had a studio flat that was very light and airy with a great balcony. It depends how old your kids are, but I wouldn't have thought it was the greatest place to bring them up. Wouldn't you prefer somewhere with a garden and good parks nearby? The Barbican is fab for young professionals who work and play in the city but I'm not sure it's the right place to raise a family.
I used to have a friend who lived in the Barbican. She had a studio flat that was very light and airy with a great balcony. It depends how old your kids are, but I wouldn't have thought it was the greatest place to bring them up. Wouldn't you prefer somewhere with a garden and good parks nearby? The Barbican is fab for young professionals who work and play in the city but I'm not sure it's the right place to raise a family.
How do schools come into it if you talk about leaving London and coming back in 5 years. Are you talking about Primary schools? I think there are many goods primary schools in London but not so many secondary schools.
I live in Muswell Hill and it is an area with good primary and secondary schools but catchments areas are a big factor, 300 applications for 200 primary places this year.
Most Barbican properties are rented out and even then many occupants simply use the flats as weekday pied-a-terres and return to the country pile at weekends. Great for City workers but rubbish for families I would have thought. Go and check a couple out - light and airy they may be inside, but the trip to the front door involves a trek through towers of concrete, subterranean carparks and miles of corridors resembling the world's most soulless hotel.
Well I did say I was confused, it's for school 11 - 16 ( + 6th form college)
Each area dictates a lifestyle. Poole has the outdoor pursuits, no culture and no serious restaurants. Barbican's the opposite, Muswell hill justs seems a rip offand a bit smug , Telegraph Hill's a bit front line.
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