AIBU to hate our neighbours?

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Long story but me, DH and 5mo DD are in a 1 bedroom flat. Above us in another flat are 2 adults, 2 kids (around 13 and 11) and their 2 dogs. When we 1st moved in landlord told us they had 1 dog who might bark when we come in until it gets used to us. Anyway ever since we moved in the noise has git worse and worse. From 5-6 in the morning til about half 10 at night there's noise. If it's not strange loud banging from them then it's barking, howling and fighting from the dogs. We've spoken twice to the neighbours about it and then complained to the landlord about it three or four times who have said they've sent letters but everytime we say something it just gets worse. DD is constantly being woken up by the noise, we know for a fact the dogs poo up there and they even let the dogs jump scratch and bark at our front door everytime they walk them. To add insult to injury the landlord has sent us a letter saying their increasing our rent yet claim the neighbours were perfect tenants until we moved in as if we're making it up. AIBU to feel pissed off or am I being a drama queen?

absolute your story almost had me in tears, those poor children, it's disgusting that social services have left them to it. I feel like a complete tit moaning about my situation when I could be living near people like that. I'm not saying you have to get involved as its not my place but would you consider phoning social services again? Sorry I just hate the thought of Children, especially tiny ones having to live with parents like that. I hope for your and your DC sake something gets sorted soon

We had a problem with an upstairs neighbours dog. It would bark and scratch at the door as soon as the neighbour left. (They were 2 floors above us) we got in touch with the noise pollution people and they wrote a letter and it did stop.

That's really sad awful.

Awful=absolute!

I know it's not worth ringing the RSPCA about the scraggy, neglected dog next door. If no-one gives a feck about two kids under 4 - it's even more certain no-one really gives a feck about a dog.

You say that but the RSPCA have got more chance of getting into the house and getting the dog out than social services do of helping the children. There is a lot less red tape.
Do try to keep bothering social services. Call the NSPCC too. I have been involved in cases where social services seem to decide that all is OK and walk away when anyone can see there is a real problem. In those cases I have just kept on reporting the problems. Does the older child go to nursery at all? It might be worth talking to them too.