I Built a Legal Alternate Exit

They blocked my driveway without warning — so I created a legal alternate exit instead of

arguing. While I was away for a few days, they quietly placed heavy barricades

across my only access point and zip-tied an “HOA authorized” notice to it, clearly expecting

me to panic, get frustrated, or come begging once I returned home.

Instead of confronting anyone face to face or escalating the drama, I spent my first

night calmly pulling out old paperwork—original property surveys, county plats, historical zoning

maps, and access records—and that’s when I realized my house and driveway existed decades

before their subdivision or HOA rules ever did. The next morning, I went straight