lawyers/neighbor/noise/Townhome associations, Baned from all auto activity Options

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My neighbor launched a lawsuit naming me and my association as defendants, the suit is based on noise from my garage. This is a condo/Townhome and we are attached. The short story is she hired the biggest law firm who enlisted a sound specialist to study the noise. This was a huge dog and pony show in there there sound specialist had recorded 3 weeks of sounds, in short my garage is now off limits to anything but parking. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) I suspect she put out between 5 and 7 thousand dollars to whip this together.
P.S. Its not over till the fat lady sings, however I wont spend a cent on lawyers.. The noises that made the cut were all from making parts, cutting, grinding and hammering. I'll just have to make the parts somewhere else, however I wont stop tinkering and didn't spend a cent.

This brat is gearing up to do a sound study based on household noise, she says we wake her up every night, so I suspect there will be a round two.. I would guess its going to be a much harder sell for her to get traction with this issue..

I hate condos x infinity but its made me 500K in the last 10 years but will be replaced by a farmhouse home in Washington state some time soon..

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I realize there are too sides to every situation and I do make a little noise from time to time but its never before 10 am or after 6 pm. Her lawyer's saying the CC&Rs say the garage is for parking and storage. My HOA board said I could do what I want but between the above hours. My impression is her lawyer would have to prove the CC&Rs state theres no repair etc in the garage. I think its a mute point because the board will cave in on me because its cheaper. I believe that 99% of any objectionable noise happens when she's not home, because I listen for her and plain accordingly.

Its my understanding she will next go after my wife, ya she says she makes too much noise getting ready for work.. Ya shes a jerk for sure. We have a normal 2 person home, no one plays loud music or anything inside the house. I'm sure there will be a sound study ramping up again pointed to the inside of the house (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif) I 'm not going to change anything in the house, let her spend her money on lawyers and studies, when its all said and done I let them diagnose the problem.

I have no plain to stop working on the car, I will just move all the noise makers to the back yard. That way she wont be able to here them..

You should have been there, big time attorney had the hole floor in a big time building. My board and our lawyer were all white. I almost asked the boards lawyer if he wanted her lawyers autograph Ha Ha Ha. My life is good and I could care less about all of this crap, I just let her spend her money and inch along with whatever the board asks me to do.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)