Originally Posted by 96grimreaper

HOA....it's like a bad word for car guys. The last one had bylaws that said no washing vehicles in the driveway and noxious sounding vehicles are not allowed. Well, big ol' X for that neighborhood.

It's ridiculous here, almost everything says 20x20. Not sure where they are measuring from but the last 20x20 only had 18' 4" from the back of the garage to the door. Unfortunately the split two car garages with 2 separate doors always seem to have at least 2 more feet than a single door garage. I do have those fancy power fold mirrors now so if I have to settle for that I'll be ok.

Originally Posted by 96grimreaper

HOA....it's like a bad word for car guys. The last one had bylaws that said no washing vehicles in the driveway and noxious sounding vehicles are not allowed. Well, big ol' X for that neighborhood.

It's ridiculous here, almost everything says 20x20. Not sure where they are measuring from but the last 20x20 only had 18' 4" from the back of the garage to the door. Unfortunately the split two car garages with 2 separate doors always seem to have at least 2 more feet than a single door garage. I do have those fancy power fold mirrors now so if I have to settle for that I'll be ok.

Originally Posted by tooadvanced

So I do foundations for a living and I'll tell you how they get the 20x20. It's outside of wall dimensions. Take off the 6 or 8 inch walls on both sides and you get a 19x19 or 18'8". I hate it too. I got a spec home so I got the "20x20". My bro had his house built and I told him to get the 4 foot extension on his

Originally Posted by Manuellabour247

Our neighbors just put their house up for sale. Lol. When we were looking at houses, first thing I told our realtor was that absolutely no HOA's or you'd see me on the nightly news. She thought it was funny until I walked out of 2 different houses. I can't stand being close together in a city.....but couldn't afford the amount of land I wanted. Haha.