A woman with a
disability has been living without air conditioning since
January, and right now, in the middle of a record-breaking
summer, that makes her condo a no-can-do.
She and her contractor
have come up with multiple ways to fix it, but she said that
the HOA has shut them down. Living without air conditioning
since January, hot is all Linda Cook knows.
“In the morning, you know, I feel like a fried egg,” Cook
said.
She told WINK News that it has been going on since Jan. 2.
“I noticed that the fan kept running. There was no cool air
coming out,” Cook said. “What they confirmed was that I have
a refrigerant leak.”
Cook found out the majority of her A/C wiring was built
underground, which doesn’t make for an easy fix. She found a
contractor willing to do the job, but she said her
homeowner’s association has blocked every idea he’s come up
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“My contractor had
worked all of this out, and they don’t even think they
looked at the whole thing, but they said no,” Cook said.
Multiple proposals later, Cook told WINK News that she felt
stuck in a sea of red tape, as her thermostat climbs in
these sweaty summer months.
“I always thought that an HOA worked, worked with the
homeowner, you know, worked with the residents and helped
you resolve things, but they have just stirred everything
up,” Cook said.
And with life already harder for her than most, she feels
helpless against it at all.
“Withholding air from, you know, a senior disabled with
health issues. How can that be legal?” Cook said. “I’m
disgusted. I’m disgusted with the way that they have
conducted themselves.”
Cook told WINK News that she’s also worried about mold
growing in her condo with no air flow.