Alioops, I would definitely complain about the neighbours' dogs. That is so inconsiderate. I have a dog myself (who barks only when the neighbour's cat gets into ourr yard once every week or soo, and then only does 2-3 barks and that's it). But I can't understand people that let their dog bother the neighbours all night. I would feel guilty.
We have a neighbour's dog who yaps all night most nights, too. Makes me so angry. It used to keep DD awake. I think he barks at bats. Lucky, it's not our immediate neighbours so there is a little distance. But it makes me so angry. Not at the dog, but at the owners. They're never home, so the dog is pretty neglected and just plain bored.

Turkish Delight, I can so see where you are coming from. DH is dreaming about buying a house and he was showing me a 5 bedroom, 2 loungeroom, dining room, 3 bathroom mansion. i said: Only if we can get a cleaning lady. I have enough work to do with 3 bedrooms. Thanks.
But I think you might have made a typo with your square meterage. 34sqm is tiny. The average loungeroom is probably about 25-30sqm. A bedroom that is 5m long and 4m wide is 20sqm.

One otherthing that annoys me about our place is DH's "toys" A few surfboards and fishing rods are normal. But then he takes up half the driveway with a boat (small runabout), half the garage with a trailer,... No space to put some shelving for storage. Oh, and he only just sold his VW beetle that he was doing up and is talking about getting another old car. We don't have the space (let alone the time or money).

Sasa