Do you guys not read your home owners' association contracts? When you or your parents sign that contract, it binds you to the rules and regulations of the community. That, my friends, is why there are home owners' associatons. If you want to have more freedom, like being a shade-tree mechanic, having loud pipes, painting your house gaudy pink and purple, parking fifty cars in your driveway and lawn, having 5 families living in one home, then go and live in the country somewhere where there are no covenants! Be wary! You might not, however, get a great return on your investment!!!