To want to kill my new neighbours?

[VodkaKnockers]

I probably am but I need to vent.

They moved in on Sunday and there has been a bit of noise but as they are moving, I have not really bothered about it.

Today, however, their children have been running up and down the communal landing screaming since 3 o'clock. They have also had laminate flooring installed (usually a big no no in my flats) and the constant running up and down their flat is making my flat shake.

DS2 has been ill the last few days and we didn't get a lot of sleep last night and expect the same tonight. He is usually in bed at this time but there is no way he can sleep with all the racket from the neighbours.

I've tried to ask them to keep the noise down but they are not answering the door.

IABU aren't I?

3.00 am YANBU
3.00p.m YABU

No YANBU. Are they actually allowed laminate, there are rules on that sometimes. Worth checking out.

I know IABU but there doesn't seem to be any let up on the noise that has been going on for 4hrs now.

DS2 is going to be a nightmare tomorrow due to tiredness. Oh goody!

Perhaps they're not taking much notice of what the kids are up to because they're still unpacking and don't want them under their feet? I'd give them a couple of weeks I think.

surely the children will be excited and probably a bit hyper ?

would your own not be if they moved into a new house ?

can you ask them to be quite? although 7 o'clock on a Friday night you will probably appear unreasonable

They might not realise how noisy it is for you downstairs. I used to live in a flat below a couple with a toddler and when he was playing he was really noisy. It didnt particularly bother me as this was pre-kids for me and I was often out but one day the mum was in my flat have a cuppa and her ds was running around upstairs playing with his Dad and she was really embarrassed at how much noise he made.

I didnt explain that well - if I had been upstairs in the flat with the toddler he wouldn't have appeared particularly noisy but the noise of him running about used to echo all through my flat.

The little girl has now decided its quite funny to play with my letterbox while her mother stands chatting to her friend. Have asked to stop and just got an indulgent directed at said child.

I would go and be really friendly; bring round some welcome to the flats chooclates or something, and keep being friendly, then if they are still eing really annoying in a couple of weeks it will be easy to go and have a chat with them about it. If you pile in now it may cause tension for years...

It's possible that other neighbours might have been affected. Have you spoken about it to any of the others?

Not yet. Neighbours across from them also have a baby so I'm guessing they wont be enjoying the noise either