That is why I would never buy a house with HOA. They go the extremes that people cannot enjoy living in their own house in the way they like it. In some of them you cannot have fences or a big dog, dog houses, play houses, hanging your clothes to day, you are not allowed to fix or even wash your car in your driveway, it is like living in an apartment building when you actually have a house with a front and backyard with space to enjoy.