New neighbor moved in a week ago, already complaining about us.

My husband and I have lived in our apartment for a year. We just re-signed our new lease the day before yesterday because for the most part, it has been a pleasant, quiet place to live.

We really only have two neighbors- one below and one to the side. The problem is that our old side neighbor just moved and a new one moved in.

Within a week of their arrival (I’ve never even met them, just heard the movers), they complained to the office about us being noisy. The one that specifically gets me is “slamming doors and dogs hitting the walls”.

It took me awhile to figure out why they thought our dogs were hitting the walls- then I realize their bedroom is where our entry/exit hallway is. And yes, when the dogs go out, they can bump into the wall as we get them leashed up because it’s a narrow hallway.

But given that it has already been a week and they’re already complaining, I’m tempted to just move. I asked the office about going back on the lease signing. I don’t want to deal with having to feel like we need to tiptoe around our own home. For the most part, we are pretty quiet. We don’t slam doors- they just apparently think the door closing (it’s a soft close door) next to their bedroom is too loud. It’s our front door- we need to go through it.

Am I overreacting to read the signs early and just say we’ll find somewhere else to live? I’ve been looking for a detached house where this will be less of an issue.

We have two very high energy active dogs so they are going to make noise. Our old neighbor was just really awesome I guess.