Imagine enjoying fixing up cars as a hobby. It would be important to live somewhere where you were allowed to work on cars.

What would you do if you thought you had found the perfect place to live, but after moving in you were told you couldn’t work on your cars?

In this story, one apartment renter is in that exact situation.

He hasn’t found a way to get around the rules yet, but he did find a way to use the rules as an excuse not to be helpful.

Let’s see how the story plays out.

Flat tyre? Sorry, I cannot help ya.

Little back story, I live in an apartment block after moving several times, trying to find houses with garages where I can work on my cars.

First house I moved to after my parents house, didn’t have a garage so I was a little bummed but it was cheap, second house had a garage with concrete stairs which shortened the garage so my car wouldn’t fit anyway so I was disappointed again.

Finally moved to this apartment with a garage allocated to me that CAN fit my car, parts, tools etc.

It was awesome!

Everything was great at first.

Signed paper work and agreed to strata’s terms which do not mention anything about working on my cars etc.

I would regularly work on my cars, mates who would bring their cars and would generally keep to myself, not interrupting anyone.

Kids would run around, screaming, playing games etc (which was IN the agreement, no kids playing in common area) but thought nothing of it.

This would be so maddening!

2 months into my rent, I get some mail stating to cease ALL work on my cars in common property AND my garage and under no circumstance I can commence any more work on them or any car.

I was mad as I did not break any rules yet kids still run around, no problem.

So ticked off now that I cannot do my own maintenance work on my car etc and one of my cars is dripping oil so I am not allowed to fix it unless it’s away from my house, away from my tools etc.

Sorry for long back story, now here’s the compliance.

Now, a realtor dares to ask for help.

It’s been a month since I’ve worked on my cars, it drives me nuts because I have plans for my garaged beauty (to me) but cannot do work here.

I got out to my other car which parks outside and noticed a nice “realter” wrapped car with a front tyre which had gone flat.

The realter was the strata managers.

This lady started walking towards me and asks, “Could you help me change this tyre please? I don’t have a jack but I do have a spare tyre and I tried looking around for someone to help me”.

No way was he going to help her out!

I looked straight at her and said:

“I would absolutely love to help in a normal scenario but the thing is, your car is parked in common property, I have been explicitly told by your company to cease ALL work on cars on common property and my garage, so sorry no, I cannot”.

She looked puzzled at me and walked away again, possibly looking for someone else to help her.

Got in my car and drove away to continue my day. Feeling spiteful but they deserve it for not mentioning it to me before moving in.

That was the perfect way to be spiteful, but I guess he now needs to find another place to live.

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this story.

This person would’ve done the same thing.

Another person suggests a second stage to this revenge.

This is a good idea.

Not everyone would be so quick to comply.

Rules are rules!

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