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The original was posted on /r/fuckhoa by /u/NiceMastodon on 2023-08-10 12:16:42.

Long story short i live on the second story of an old condo building. I want to vent out my kitchen hood exhaust. I got permission. Then permission was taken away because other people complained about the low profile termination vent i had for my tankless water heaters. That was back in January.

Since then they’ve been going back and forth and taking polls deciding how to move forward. They are adding a new rule that you can only vent out the alley. Sucks because it’s a long run of ductwork, and two holes in brick instead of one, but I’m still game. I gave them my new proposal three months ago. They have 4 weeks to get me an answer according to the rules and regs. Instead they just kept asking for clarifications, engineerings reports, saying maybe they want more than just the engineering report etc.

The material fact is, they had 4 weeks to lallygag and make their requests, not three months. My plan is just to move forward at this point without their permission since they’ve long since exceeded their 4 week time limit and have given me no answer.

The big question is: Do i warn them? The turn around time is fast, i’m already having the work done early this Friday. I’ll email the condo management the COI (required) early on Friday, before they ever get in, and hopefully the work will be done before anyone can notice. At least the exterior (shared space) hole will be done before anyone can make a move. My mind says “don’t you dare say a word,” and my heart says give them a chance.

What do I do?