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

[drive-ability]

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..

[Dr Evil]

There was a case a few years back in San Diego where a woman had some roses growing in a common flower box next to her apartment. Thye had been there for a while when one day the HOA decided to tell her she needed to get rid of them because they were a safety hazard to the local kiddies due to the thorns. As if this wasnt enough, the HOA had boganvilla (sp?) planted as landscaping throughout the property and that plant has 1-2" spikes all over it. So, the lady pleaded to the HOA to let her keep her roses for a little while longer. Did I mention she had terminal cancer? Ya (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) She had been given lees then 1yr to live and said the roses, that she had planted a while ago, gave her some peace and asked if she could just have them there until she passed. HOA said go (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sheeplove.gif) yourself. The news got involved and they still said no. Rules is rules. The people on teh board were real pieces of work, too. I will never live in a HOA. Too much power to myopic minded people the do only respond to complainers.