Since my exterior air conditioning component was good for the summer, I bought a cover for the A/C component for the harsh winter weather.
I checked to see if it was doing any damage to the air conditioning components and learned that airflow could get through my up-to-date cover and into the exterior air conditioning unit.
The only thing the cover did was to keep all of the driving rain and sleet from getting inside the exterior air conditioning unit. I never provided a thought to the fact that the local HOA may not like my A/C component cover. When I got a letter from HOA (the homeowners’ association), I thought it was just for another meeting and put it off to the side. Our HOA was constantly sending me notices of meetings, up-to-date fees, or some work they were going to be doing. Sometimes I felt as if I was getting more letters from the HOA than I was bills. Two more weeks went by, and I got a knock on my door. The president of the HOA was there to say that I had to disaffix the cover I had over my air conditioning unit. I thought it was quite nice with its bright colors and flowers, however they thought it was gaudy. I told him I had learned nothing in my HOA contract telling myself and others that air conditioning units were never to have covers, which made the president bluster. She said it wasn’t the fact that I had an A/C component cover, however that it was so ugly. They didn’t guess the design I had chosen was how they wanted the properties to look. I told her that if they got myself and others a more up-to-date one, I would change it, however until then, they could get the hell off my property.