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Neighbors in a Home Owners Association have issues that I don’t follow the HOA rules...

So the neighbors called me an asshole today...

I bought a house 5 years ago that a real estate company built on speculation. Mine was the first house in a planned subdivision that they were going to build one house at a time or as people bought the individual tracks of land.

The area kind of hit a boom period and the other surrounding houses went up quick. In my contract to purchase my home their was no home owners association and because I was here first I don’t have to join any if the other neighbors decide to create. I’m grandfathered in is what it says in my contract.

They all seem to forget this though and continually try to give me HOA fines for breaking the rules of the HOA. This has ranged from days I have things delivered to my home (Amazon deliveries on Sundays), to when I cut my grass to me having vehicles parked in my yard and they aren’t happy I own an extra tract of land because I bought 2 to have a bigger yard so I could build a shooting range (I live in the south this is not that uncommon) .

The recent event though that led to them calling me an asshole is they came over to ask me to remove the eyesore in front of my garage. Now my home faces the road not anyone else’s house so they do t stare at my garage but apparently they still don’t like it.

I run a small hobby business of doing woodworking projects and I have a shelf outside my garage door full of various pieces of treated lumber that I may use one day. It’s not the neatest and cleanest area but it’s not a disheveled mess either.

So I told them if they lightened up and just left me alone about all the other stuff. I’d consider moving my wood pile if it bothered them so much. They proceeded to tell me that I needed to address all the HOA issues and take care of the wood pile. Along with stopping any deliveries on Sundays and getting my other truck out of my yard. They handed me what basically amounts to a ticket and I trashed it and told them to get the F off my property. They called me an Asshole for my unreasonable behavior and told me they’d be back

Edit: thanks everyone for the feedback I’ve been in contact with a real estate attorney about deed and whether or not they can still attempt to legally enforce anything. Also I’ve contacted one on a creating a cease and desist. I do have cameras on my property.

Edit: The vehicle in the yard is just 1 and it’s not an abandoned wreck it’s

1: Vergil (Devil May Cry 5).

2: Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy 7)

3: Master Chief (Halo)

4: Steve (Minecraft)

5: Link (The Legend of Zelda)

6: Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden)

Just now from the telegraph. Mans is speaking truths.

No word of a lie, I literally find at least 1 in 5 dips I buy take me about 5 minutes to unscrew.

I can't be the only one who has this issue surely? I'm a 29 year old man, these shouldn't be so difficult to open!

EDIT: AMA is starting now. Click here to go to the post!

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