Wednesday, no car.
Thursday, back.
Friday, back.
The following Monday, the homeowner happened to see the son walking toward it.
“Excuse me.”
The son turned.
“What?”
“This your car?”
“Yes.”
“You’ve been blocking my driveway.”
The young man glanced behind him.
“No, I haven’t.”
The homeowner pointed.
The coupe’s rear bumper extended halfway across the entrance.
“I can’t back out without driving over the grass.”
The son shrugged.
“You can get around.”
“I shouldn’t need to.”
The son laughed.
“Man, it’s not that serious.”
The homeowner kept his voice calm.
“Then it shouldn’t be difficult to park somewhere else.”
The son’s smile disappeared.
“My mom said this section is guest overflow.”
“Whose guest?”
The son stared.
“What?”
“Whose guest are you?”
He did not answer.
The homeowner continued:
“This is not overflow parking.”
“Yes, it is.”
“No.”
“My mom runs the HOA.”
“That does not change my deed.”
The son rolled his eyes.
“I’m not doing this.”
He climbed into the coupe and drove away.
The homeowner thought the conversation ended it.
He was wrong.
The next morning, the coupe returned.
The homeowner emailed the HOA management address.
Short.
Professional.
A vehicle belonging to a relative of the HOA president has repeatedly obstructed my driveway. Please confirm whether the HOA claims any parking right within my recorded driveway boundary. Attached are photographs and the recorded parcel survey.
The response came from the HOA president herself.
Not the management company.
The vehicle is using temporary guest overflow adjacent to the community right-of-way. Your driveway remains sufficiently accessible. Continued hostile challenges to routine association operations may result in enforcement review.
The homeowner read it three times.
Then sent it to his attorney.
His attorney called.
“Hostile?”
“I wrote four sentences.”
“Very aggressive punctuation?”
“One period per sentence.”
“Monster.”
The homeowner smiled.
Then the attorney became serious.
“Do not argue.”
“Send one response.”
“What?”
“Ask her to identify the exact covenant or easement provision authorizing parking within your driveway.”
The homeowner did.
The answer came twenty minutes later.
Board authority over common-access areas is broad and does not require individualized homeowner approval.
No citation.
The homeowner wrote:
Please provide the recorded document identifying any portion of my paved driveway as a common-access area.
No reply.
The car returned the following day.
That was when the situation stopped being irritating and became deliberate.
The homeowner had an early appointment.
He opened the garage at 6:50 a.m.
The red coupe was already there.
He had to cancel the appointment.
He photographed everything.
Then walked to the president’s house.
She answered wearing exercise clothes.