Blocked drain. RANT

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   Sorry, this is going to be a rant, but I am SICK of the drain outside my front door overflowing with excrement, toilet paper, washing machine water etc.   It has been happening since EASTER, and we've had plumbers, insurance men, other plumbers, the landlord, coming and going looking at it, writing things down, taking photos, talking about it, blah blah blah.

It's not THEIR drain that is overflowing with sh*t.   I have two small children and it is unhygienic, unsafe and disgusting.  People who come to my front door see bits of floating stuff everywhere and it's me who has to get out there with buckets of soapy water and try to get it out of sight and away from where people walk.

What the hell do I do?

I've rung the council, they said it has nothing to do with them and I need to get onto my landlord.  I've rung the landlord and he said it's up to the insurance company now to okay the work (There is a cracked pipe under the carport and they need to dig it up and repair it).  I've spoken to the insurance people who reckon it's up to the plumber to come around and temporarily sort it out until the insurance claim is accepted.   And the plumber said he can't do anything until the insurance is sorted.

I understand that protocol must be followed and insurance must be sorted in order for the work to be done, but this has been weeks now and I'm sick of the sh*t.    I feel like moving, I feel like not paying rent, I feel like asking for them to put us up in a bloody motel until it's fixed but I just want it to be sorted.

What should I do?!

TIA, and also thanks for reading my rant.