I have a swimming pool which I wanted to use more so I looked into adding a heater. I soon realized that a gas heater or an electric heater would be too costly to operate during the cooler months so I had to rule them both out. That only left solar heating but there were some hoops to jump through there.

The first hoop would be the homeowners association management company. I think we have all heard horror stories about HOA management people and how they are some kind of company that is out there specifically to be a pain in the rear and to administer fines for leaving garbage cans out overnight. So with trepidation I pulled up the HOA website and began my journey.

Well since the solar panels would be on the front of my house’s roof, I would have to get approval from an architectural committee. They had a form right there on line which I filled out and submitted. Somebody from the company called me the next day, told me a meeting was coming up at which they would review my request. I went to the meeting and found the board and management representative to be very down to earth. They approved my request without any delay. So all of my preconceived notions about the HOA had been wrong!

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