[quote=spdrun]All I can say is that I’d rather cut off my sack with a rusty Cossack dagger than be subjected to HOA board rules in a detached house (different story for a condo in an apartment building, of course).[/quote]
+1
Not that I don’t have empathy for Happs’ situation (been there, done that, and have had to put up with much, much worse), it’s just that HOAs tend to be far too intrusive, IMHO.