IMO, you are screwed either way. In the case of Nailer's neighbor, the lack of CCNRs allows for the problem to exist.
Of course, with CCNRs, you often times can not do what I did yesteray....parked the TJ in my driveway and changed the water pump (not to mention the fact that I didn't use power tools).
The neighborhood I bought my house in , over 18 yeras ago, was at that time very nice. No home owner associations and no problems.
When demographics started shifting, most owners sold and moved into new developments. I am now surrounded with 7 income families (you know, the kind where all 7 people living in the house pool their income to make the mortage payment). The vast majority of them somehow believe I actually appreciate their ****ing music, their ****ing kids in my yard, and their junk ****ing cars parked all over the street.
