If you have an HOA you're pretty much screwed....

My buddy lived in a neighborhood with an HOA. He had a dog and wanted to build a nice split rail fence. After the lumber arrived he received a call telling him not to built it or they would take him to court to have it removed. He contacted his lawyer who advised him to return the fencing lumber, which he did. Crazy thing is his neighbor had a split rail fence because he had a pool.....fence for pool = OK, fence for dog not OK. It's all about what's in the HOA..

From my experience you have three options, work things out with the guy next door (which will be much harder now after posting this thread), move or find another place to work on your car.

By the way, this is coming from someone who has a sprint car and works on it in his garage in clear violation of my HOA....luckily I have great neighbors who don't care and even help me out when I need it.

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