I don’t mind at all obeying rules and following the laws.
That’s sort of part of the social contract that we agree to when we’re part of a society. And there are all manner of rules and regulations outside of formalized state and federal laws. I just ran afoul of some rather inane HOA regulations pertaining to the HVAC equipment at my home. The rule is that residential HVAC cannot be seen from the street. First, this seems like such a random rule. I mean are we all trying to pretend that we don’t have heating and cooling in our homes? And since when did the sight of an HVAC cabinet alongside a home create such turmoil that it has to be hidden? Clearly, I was missing something with all this hide the HVAC business. Actually, I was completely unaware of any sort of regulations when it came to my very own HVAC equipment. So when I cut the privacy hedge a bit short on that side of the house, it came with unforeseen repercussions for sure. It wasn’t 24 hours later before I had a nasty little not from the HOA taped to the front door. I was told to build a fence to keep the HVAC from view or replace the hedge. What sort of logic went into this move is beyond me. I mean, the hedge will grow back. And you have to be at the perfect angle just to see the HVAC cabinet from the street anyway. I’m currently ignoring the threats from the HOA over this HVAC madness and just letting the hedge continue to grow and end all this idiocy.