Yes, it is pretty crazy. I have an HOA and I have my own property over 2 acres, but it's also mixed in with mobile homes and per the HOA. If I have a window unit, it has to be covered with some kind of lattice around it, or I can't have it up.
@@jamesdax We have plenty of evidence of the good ol’ saying “give them an inch.” Just look at the world we live in today. Some years ago, some actor said something that someone didn’t like. Instead of the actor ignoring the whining twerp, he or she apologized for hurting their feelings. Since then, actors, etc., have had to apologize and grovel to all of the whiners or “get cancelled” (I think cancelled would be best - don’t apologize for how you feel/believe.) What part of what I said wasn’t true!?
@@Shadowx157 well, let me clue you in, i didnt know this, use your brain here, all over the usa counties collect property taxes, in dem blue states they had MASSIVE taxes, here in Virginia we had them but much lower. So People in blue states paid a lot more, BUT, they got to take them off their fed taxes, as did we in Virginia, Now that tax did no go to the Fed, it went to the county /state, so the state govt in some form got that money, but the people in the state wrote it off, so in effect, they got free fed money, but the fed still had its bills, sol the state with lower property taxes were in effect subsidizing t he richest people in the bluest states, people like deniro, who used that to fund thinks like dem political endeavours. Trump killed that, so dont try to mislead me on trump :)
Find the Institute for Justice see if they’re willing to create a case or class action against the community or landlord that wishes to endanger the residents whom rent there.
They are worse because the keep poor people poor by changing the rent for any little thing and they can't do a thing about it. Or move be you need better credit to move to home rental properties so it keeps these trailer park renters in their place never able to save up and move.
@@ThePencilNerd The new renters rights laws say they have to maintain what you had when you rented it. So the rental had central air when you rented it they must repair it if it breaks down.
@@armandogonzalez0814 yea you can maintain the aesthetic appeal without denying people a bit of dignity in the heat ,,i lived in a trailer park when i was a kid back in the 80s ,,that same trailer park is still there today and over half of the trailers are the same old things that have been there since the 70s
Window units on trailers in a tailer park have zero effect on aestetics.....its a freaking trailer park, not a gated community of mansions. I think management needs to get over themselves.
@@oliverwilliam6931 Its not other tenants complaining about it. Not to mention, why would the other people care about the shared electric bill just because someone is using a couple of window ac units vs a central air unit?
This is likely intentional. They want permanent installations because they think they will look better. If I were in her situation, I'd likely install them under the floor, flush mounted to the skirt with a register in the floor above. Might take some creative positioning to find a suitable spot on the floor for the vent.
Welcome to being poor in a crap neighborhood in America. I fixed up my house and made it look nice and the landlord kicked me out and sold the house. Never trust anyone.
@@justinlang313happened to me 2 months after signing lease. Wanted me to leave within 30 days because they sold house. I told them to kick rocks and stayed till my lease was up. Very important to look in the lease before you sign it. If it says you have to leave within XX amount of time in case they decide to sell, then don’t live there or don’t sign. Texas actually has very good rights for tenants. Remember that when you want to rent your house out. Not so good right to owners of property
@@justinlang313 That pretty much the risk these days, that renters face, whenever there what called a seller's market or low inventory market in real estate. A lot of these landlords are going to see renting out not as profitable in that case, then just selling their property, and washing their hair of the renting business all together.
Hmm sounds like it wasn't your house. If being poor in America is so bad, maybe do something with your life instead of just watching CZcams videos all day.
Why should those residents have to spend money they probably don't have to replace perfectly good AC units? Mobile Home parks are every bit as tyrannical as HOA's. Full stop.
Actually, feeling comfortable isn't the only thing an AC does. It saves lives. I live in a place where not having an AC means people could boil alive in their homes. I wish this woman all the best in getting relief.
Put them in any way! Then class action sue the landlord. Bring great attention to this place. Hell it's a trailer park not beverly hills. Disgusting petty management.
@@Dario36515 For a healthy adult, quite possibly. For a frail elderly adult or someone else at risk from the heat, health and safety are part of the problem and a higher court might not see a ruling supporting the landlord is appropriate for the situation.
@@garypiatt4666 OH Yes they are! She pays the electric bill so it shouldn't make any difference to the Park! Raising the rent for this should be illegal!
@@genehasenbuhler2594 They are NOT preventing her from cooling the trailer. She should have bought the approved A/C units- which she still can do. Rules are for everyone- obey the rules.
@@garypiatt4666 not when the approved is too expensive for people on fixed incomes! You obviously are a real piece of work! GFY and have a wonderful day!
@@genehasenbuhler2594 Love your attitude- a liberal no doubt! So, in your opinion, those on a fixed income (or low income I bet) should be allowed to break the rules!? Does that go for rules of society too!? Laws!?
And costs nearly twice the amount to run. It uses already conditioned air to process the refrigerant cycle making untreated air come into your negative presure conditioned space. May be fine up n9rth but not in an area that has humidity and heat.
@@martyadams3915we have humidity up north too. We don’t get dry heat here in Massachusetts, yesterday was 91% humid here. Today is 77%. We’re not the west coast. Those maybe will work out west? They have dry heat.😊
I don't understand how they can change a policy on someone already living in a unit who already has purchased and used window AC with no problems in the past. I can understand if they made this rule and then someone goes out and buys one. But that isn't the case here. The resident was using them no problem, bought more bc there was no problem and now is being told she has to buy a different (less efficient) type? Maybe if the central air is not keeping up, the management company should upgrade the central air units then.
Usually trails don’t come with Central air units you would have to purchase that on your own, which is quite expensive. That’s reason you actually purchase air conditioner because the central air unit is too expensive to actual purchase too bad they couldn’t have caught it when they actually bought the unit because then maybe they would’ve been a chance to actually take it back to the store to at least get your money one and you can always get those units that you knowdon’t hang out your window portables AC where you can just take to your window and it’s all a indoor unit only that you need is a vent for your window and when you get cold, you just take it out also which should piece of cake because the unit is on wheels for an indoor use only and you just have to tape it out the window to close your window for winter time when it gets cold
You sign a new contract every year or so technically, so they tack it on and most people don't read it because they think it's the same and most people don't have the ability to move.
A police officer told my mother it was against the law for her landlord to prevent A.C... the heat was the first thing he asked about after walking up the steps.
@@DS-ld8ns 1 - Midea (Model #: MAW06R1WWT) & a Toshiba (Model #: RAC-WK0612CRRU covering about 665 sq ft. I know it's not a proper unit for the displacement of heat but you have to do what you have to do sometimes. Get what you feel in your heart is right. You'll know + stack that with R5 panel board an you're set. The Midea is mine but the Toshiba is the landlords, the building I live in used to have central heat an air but thru many negligent years someone ganked it I know because I had to pull the floor when the toilet flange came undone from no hooks from the floor joists it was just relying on primer an glue. An we all know how clean we are. No permits either. It happened so fast I noticed after the bugs started showing up by the masses!
You wasn’t listening, they changed it after they signed it. Open your ears and listen fully. They do those things, because they know they can take advantage of poor people. They’re probably looking to sell off the property anyway that’s what they do. Hope you’re never in that position.
Check in your area to get some help getting a 110v Mini-Split A/C unit, they run under $1000 and would basically stick it the management. They will look way worse than a window unit.
Mount the window ACs underneath the trailer and duct them into the trailer's ducts. We did this at a few beach cottages around here and they worked great. Best part was when the AC would croak, you'd go down to Home Depot, pick up another one, slide it in where the old one was and you're back in business for $500 instead of $5,000 for central air. Very quiet too.
Interesting idea... Did you also somehow duct in the return to the return duct so that they weren't creating positive pressure? I would be interested in seeing that.
@@WalterKnox yep, closed circuit. They built a metal transition from the supply and a separate one for the return which went to flex ducts in a hallway closet.
@@grayrabbit2211 Yep. A lot of the new units also have wireless connectivity so you can control them with a wireless control or your phone. Quite a neat solution. I could get a 24k BTU unit for around $700, which is 2 tons, which is the same size as the central unit used to be. There is even already a 240v line running to where it would go. That seems like a solution a lot of lower income people, or people who just like DIY projects and saving money should know about.
Places have been doing that for years. If you don't pay for electric they will charge a fee for AC because it takes so much energy to run all summer. Or they will say it doesn't look good to have it hanging out window. One option is a portable unit with just a hose at window and nothing hanging outside and barely noticeable. It stinks but they did warn the tenants a year ago. But the fee is just greed. If it doesn't look good how does collecting a fee help with that?
First sense when do trailer parks not let you place a a/c in windows second I would plug them in right there on the ground and find a way to make the air flow from up under the trailer and not let the scum lord know
Get a Dr. Written and Signed Note. Send Copy by Mail, then registered mail, and Hand Delivered with Witness. Put the Window AC’s in. Pay your normal rent. If they take you too Court, show all your evidence.
@@rn2787 First of all, many trailers are owned by the "renters". What they are renting is the LOT. Second the AC units they are referring to are like mobile dehumidifiers, but with hoses off of them. They take in outside air, use it to cool the inside air, then exhaust the even HOTTER outside air back outside.
You can buy portable A/C units at any local store, Walmart, Costco and or even hardware stores. When set the unit up. Make sure buy foam to fill in the gaps when install exhaust vent to the windows or sliding door you exhausting hot air to outside. Then you can use cardboard from inside to block more hot air from coming in. And help seal up any cracks in window. I just use tape to hold on so can be pulled down. I have my portable A/C unit exhaust out mu slider door, then use foam/carboard to cover it up and help seal it better with some tape. Un fortunately if I leaving my condo for long time. I have take all down again and lock and close the sliding door. Yeah my condo here Alberta Canada do not allows windows A/C units. At some point world governments are going have to act. You can’t deny ppl to A/C durning HOT summer months. Cus earth is heating up more. Ppl could die without A/C units. For me I have to have cool AC in my condo or I’d have asthma attack.
That totally stinks!! you can’t use a window a/c in the trailer. Come On!!! It’s Hot!! It doesn’t matter if the a/c sticks out the window!! You got to keep cool if central a/c is not working!!
An indoor unit costs about $400. A window unit also costs about the same (or even more sometimes) and it’s very loud which could affect your neighbors. I’d rather get an indoor unit (which is allowed) and avoid $80 monthly charge, which keep increasing btw 🙄
Suffering from heat exhaustion is a health risk. The owners of the mobile home court ought to be made to suffer without air-conditioning to see what it's like. Let them provide central air-conditioning to tenants.
Find a cheap handyman and install it to your existing duct work under the mobile home on that skid. You can see about wiring it to the breakerbox by a pro so you can turn it off and on, and still be protected with the gfci if shyt goes south in the wiring. BUT in no way would this be code, but i would do it before i died of heatstroke in a aluminum microwave oven because some Ahole decided it looks bad, and the window cannot support it, which is why most people install window units in mobile homes on 2x4 T-frames to take most of the load off the window, or just go to whomever you pay rent to, and see if a central air option can be worked out. Either way i wish you luck...
Total bull crap!!! She rents the plot and therefore no one has the right to trespass on that lot. Furthermore the mobile home park is also private property. This management company is out of control, like most of the HOA's!! People can't afford a traditional single family home and have to make due within their means. The management company can simply require each owner to have liability insurance to over any issues. Disgusting...😡
That is total BS. That person does not deserve to be a manager. Many people have respiratory problems such as asthma and they need to have AC. Portable units are okay, but in my opinion they are bulky, and like a dehumidifier you have to empty it every so many hours.
She could sell her window units and use the money to purchase a couple of indoor units. That kind has a small vent at the window but they do not protrude out the window.
Not allowing window units is a health risk, and charging extra for "aesthetics" is ridiculous. That entire trailer park should sue for making the trailer park lethal to people who can't afford an outside air conditioner.
Tape trash bag around the back and get a dryer hose and stick it out the window. Then just set it on it side and turn it on. You can run it inside. The only reason people don’t is because of the heat that blows out the back. If you funnel that out the window, you are perfectly fine running an ac inside the house
Nevermind the ones that stay inside aren't as efficient. If they want to charge for window ac units then they need to install AC. This is absolutely ridiculous.
Portable air conditioner... That's the answer it has wheels it stays inside your house and it has an exhaust that can be put out your window doesn't look bad and it has a drainage tube that can be hanging out the window
Same with the last four apartment complexes I've lived in. Basically management thinks an AC unit makes an apartment look trashy. Oh I'm sorry that me wanting to be as comfortable as possible during the summer. Annoys you,maybe if management decided to install some AC units just as they install central heating. We wouldn't have these problems. I have $300 AC unit in my closet that could turn an entire apartment. As cold as a meat locker,but I can't install it due to this ridiculous rule!
Since when has a trailer park been concerned that much with looks? If a trailer can’t have one, who can?! I grew up in a trailer with a couple window units.
Idgaf if an apartment complex or leasing office has an issue with window AC units. Unless they’re willing to pay the $300 difference for a portable, they can suck it. Would they rather constantly deal with dead residents due to heat stroke?
That's ridiculous.!!!! For aesthetic purposes. ? I guess they would rather smell the remains of tenants that have passed due to the heat. Why would the rent go up unless management or the property owner has to pay for the electricity.?
One thing that might help is cleaning the indoor and outdoor coils,( or if it’s a package unit both coils are outside). This can improve the air conditioners efficiency and cooling. Shut off power to it and take some household degreasers and hose it off be cautious to not douse electrical components with the water hose. Really dirty units may require it twice.
I wonder what their thoughts are on Portable Air conditioner units? all it does is add a little gap on any window to allow the exhaust house to vent the hot air outside, I purchased one off Amazon for less than 200$ last year and so far its still doing its job without any issues.
I lived in a place Yes communities took over, sold my 2015 16x80 7 years ago for the remaining balance of $5,000 just to escape the insane fines and rules they imposed when they took it over
@Ismoked4451 true some AC is better than none. Here in Texas especially how humid it's been these past days you need a ac with lots of BTU. Don't forget her house is a trailer insualtion is not the best.
@@jcc9thSI1917 BTUs ain't gonna help if she can't put a 5k unit in lmao, that's why I said a portable ac unit, since they also act like dehumidifier as we'll so it'll keep it fresh with a standing fan moving the air around.
Sounds like the hvac unit is about to go out to me. I had a single wide mobile home with an old hvac unit. That unit could not keep the house cool. It was only 750 sqft and i still needed 2 window units to help.
Amazon sells a mesh cover that can be used on working units. Decreases dust, bugs and debris while making units appear more eye appealing. May please landlord and tenants. About twenty dollars.
Now understand this. I am NOT an expert, in any sense on this matter so take what I say as mere observation. My mother lives in a Trailer park that, recently, changed hands (ownership) and began to implement changes to their leasing policies. To clarify one little detail? My mom OWNS her trailer. The new owners, of the park, began taking over other trailers as "tenants" either moved out or agreed to the new policies. That happened as people completely moved out. (Many of the trailers there were some form of land contract or lease to own if they were not purchased) As the owners took back plots they began replacing or updating the trailers to then lease them out. The leases changed for these units and plots. One of the item in the lease did concern "Window Units" or installation of HVACs. If you were just renting the trailer you were NOT permitted to use window units without notification. The reasoning, as I gathered, was that these units are heavy and, often, improperly installed. Basically just shoved into the window without the use of any kind of hardware or support, The claim was? Doing that could place undue stress on the walls and frame of the trailer damaging it. The owners offered installation of the window units or HVACs. This incurred a fee, however, and your lease would see a rate change, namely increase in rent, to the rental units. Those who owned their trailers were free to do what they wanted without any rent increase. Perhaps this has become a common trend? One has to understand that if you rent the trailer you cannot do whatever you want to it just because you pay money. I feel for this lady. I really do, but I think the owners, of that park, are more worried about these window units damaging their property (walls and frames of these trailers) than they are about appearances. And be Honest? You know you do see an awful lot of window A/Cs just shoved into the windows in houses. Just resting on window frames with no hardware or support. I do believe the trailer park owners do have that in mind.
This has got to be illegal. And in a state where there is a whole city that is unconcerned about what a neighbors house looks like, much less if they have a roller coaster next door.
You can get the inside units that just have a small exhaust that goes in the window like a window fan. They cost s bit more and you'll need 2 for a trailer but it works and isn't really cosidered an ac unit as much as an dehumidifier but its very cool has an ac mode its a way to get around the ac rule because it doesn't hurt the property its not attached and its technically a health product.
Also they make air conditionings now that you just make sure that you hook it to a hose that sticks out the window so that the whole unit doesn't. Portable air conditioning you just put something in the window and put the hose to vent and it doesn't hang out. You can also install a mini split since it's a trailer and that would cost money but it would solve the issue.
I will sue saying it's a medical issue and they need there units or then management will pay for the cases of heat exhaustion and the medical bills that go with it.
The indoor portable A/C units suffer from a defective design because pushing exhaust air out, causes an equal amount of hot humid air to be sucked in from the outdoors. It will make you miserable, don't buy the indoor portable units. A good A/C unit will recycle indoor air and will have some part that is visible outside the house (window mounted or split).
Sell the 3 window units and get an inside portable unit, Cook outside on the grill instead of indoors, Do people of this trailer have a brain, Get a cooler fill it with ice have fan blow over ice, the ignorance level of these people is amazing no wonder why they are there in the first place, PS actually really read if you can read the bylaws before moving in, or hire someone to read the contract for you.
Ridiculous! People have gotten so petty these days! Don't want them sticking out? It's a trailer park for Christ's sake! Let the Woman have Her A.C.!
And, then someone will want a few chickens- it’s just a trailer park.
Then goats- just a trailer park.
Rules are rules.
You agrees - go by them.
@@garypiatt4666nope
Yes, it is pretty crazy. I have an HOA and I have my own property over 2 acres, but it's also mixed in with mobile homes and per the HOA. If I have a window unit, it has to be covered with some kind of lattice around it, or I can't have it up.
@@garypiatt4666 lmao. you are really something that not allowed to say here but yeah, you are that.
@@jamesdax We have plenty of evidence of the good ol’ saying “give them an inch.”
Just look at the world we live in today.
Some years ago, some actor said something that someone didn’t like.
Instead of the actor ignoring the whining twerp, he or she apologized for hurting their feelings.
Since then, actors, etc., have had to apologize and grovel to all of the whiners or “get cancelled” (I think cancelled would be best - don’t apologize for how you feel/believe.)
What part of what I said wasn’t true!?
When someone has a medical emergency and they are held liable I am sure this will change.
why, she signed a rental agreement and it says, no window units.
Move!
@@vg23air Yeah & the 1% are supposed to pay taxes (like Trump), rules for some people huh
@@Shadowx157 well, let me clue you in, i didnt know this, use your brain here, all over the usa counties collect property taxes, in dem blue states they had MASSIVE taxes, here in Virginia we had them but much lower. So People in blue states paid a lot more, BUT, they got to take them off their fed taxes, as did we in Virginia, Now that tax did no go to the Fed, it went to the county /state, so the state govt in some form got that money, but the people in the state wrote it off, so in effect, they got free fed money, but the fed still had its bills, sol the state with lower property taxes were in effect subsidizing t he richest people in the bluest states, people like deniro, who used that to fund thinks like dem political endeavours. Trump killed that, so dont try to mislead me on trump :)
@@Shadowx157 trump pays his taxes, there is no evidence he failed to do that, dont like the tax code then change it
Sue the landlord for inhumane treatment.
Unfortunately it's expensive and no guarantee that she will win.
Find the Institute for Justice see if they’re willing to create a case or class action against the community or landlord that wishes to endanger the residents whom rent there.
@@mia4md She can also go around the neighborhood to gather signatures and present those as evidence to build up her case in her favor.
It’s a trailer park. Seriously aesthetics?
Trailer parks have gotten pretty anal, investors buy them for cheap. Then HOA them, so that they don't turn into dumps.
Word
Like putting lipstick on a pig.
@@WilsonPendarvis-tn3wm Excel
@@spencers4121It is still a trailer park with each home depreciating by the year.
These property managers are getting as bad as HOA’s.
They are worse because the keep poor people poor by changing the rent for any little thing and they can't do a thing about it. Or move be you need better credit to move to home rental properties so it keeps these trailer park renters in their place never able to save up and move.
If she's renting, it ought to be the responsibility of the owner to keep the air working correctly.
They are renting a lot.
Here in Arkansas. Nope. Landlords are allowed to rent out barely functional houses. They do not have to fix anything.
@@ThePencilNerd The new renters rights laws say they have to maintain what you had when you rented it. So the rental had central air when you rented it they must repair it if it breaks down.
Those laws are why landlord provide nothing now.
@@user-ro7ps1rr3p Yes it does, she said it just does not cool the mobile home well.
That should be illegal
It is I think
Concerned about aesthetics in a trailer park? You gotta be kidding
As a resident of a trailer park, I am committed to maintaining the aesthetic appeal of my dwelling and the surrounding community.
@@armandogonzalez0814 yea you can maintain the aesthetic appeal without denying people a bit of dignity in the heat ,,i lived in a trailer park when i was a kid back in the 80s ,,that same trailer park is still there today and over half of the trailers are the same old things that have been there since the 70s
@@armandogonzalez0814delusional low IQ animal with nothing in life. Gotta make a hobby out of nothing 😂
The trailer is from the 70s😂it looks like shit anyway😂
@@nunyabuziness8421 there's a lot of those trailers around still ,, it's surprising how uppity people in trailer parks can be
That landlord is evil.
Unfortunately most of them are.
That’s what’s known as a slumlord!
Sadistic more like
Window units on trailers in a tailer park have zero effect on aestetics.....its a freaking trailer park, not a gated community of mansions. I think management needs to get over themselves.
Except for the shared electric bill that the other tenants have to pay because of her window unit
@@oliverwilliam6931 Its not other tenants complaining about it.
Not to mention, why would the other people care about the shared electric bill just because someone is using a couple of window ac units vs a central air unit?
@@michaelvaus Maybe because she's using both of them
@@oliverwilliam6931 Other people there want units too.
@@oliverwilliam6931most trailers have there own meters the bill would be in your name atleast that’s how the one I lived in was
Mobile homes are not insulated well! This isn't a matter of esthetics it's a matter of well being. This is fckn TEXAS for fck sake!
Tin roof will bring in the heat
The landlord said the window, but they didn't say anything about the the wall!!
Don't forget the floor and ceiling 😂
But they will next year
They will just change it, and now you have a hole in your wall.
This is likely intentional. They want permanent installations because they think they will look better.
If I were in her situation, I'd likely install them under the floor, flush mounted to the skirt with a register in the floor above. Might take some creative positioning to find a suitable spot on the floor for the vent.
@@rs232killer they’ll ban that the following year
Be a real shame of the management office caught fire, a real shame.
Oh, as if this is the solution. Good grief.
likely insured but if some windows were to break or their a/c got damaged a few times might be a real shame just hate to see it
A real shame🤓
@@grumpyoldlady_rants How would it not be?.
@@grumpyoldlady_rants Sometimes it is.
Welcome to being poor in a crap neighborhood in America. I fixed up my house and made it look nice and the landlord kicked me out and sold the house. Never trust anyone.
That’s a valuable lesson. Never put time or money into a rental that’s not yours.
something similar happened to us, renting a home for years then out of nowhere the owner told us he was selling it and we had to go. Renting sucks
@@justinlang313happened to me 2 months after signing lease. Wanted me to leave within 30 days because they sold house. I told them to kick rocks and stayed till my lease was up. Very important to look in the lease before you sign it. If it says you have to leave within XX amount of time in case they decide to sell, then don’t live there or don’t sign. Texas actually has very good rights for tenants. Remember that when you want to rent your house out. Not so good right to owners of property
@@justinlang313 That pretty much the risk these days, that renters face, whenever there what called a seller's market or low inventory market in real estate. A lot of these landlords are going to see renting out not as profitable in that case, then just selling their property, and washing their hair of the renting business all together.
Hmm sounds like it wasn't your house. If being poor in America is so bad, maybe do something with your life instead of just watching CZcams videos all day.
Killing people over how something looks is just insanity!
Why should those residents have to spend money they probably don't have to replace perfectly good AC units? Mobile Home parks are every bit as tyrannical as HOA's. Full stop.
Actually, feeling comfortable isn't the only thing an AC does. It saves lives. I live in a place where not having an AC means people could boil alive in their homes. I wish this woman all the best in getting relief.
The boiling point of blood is 212 degrees so get real
Put them in any way! Then class action sue the landlord. Bring great attention to this place. Hell it's a trailer park not beverly hills. Disgusting petty management.
Sadly she wont win the judge will say the landlord home the landlord rules especially if thats on the lease
@@Dario36515 For a healthy adult, quite possibly. For a frail elderly adult or someone else at risk from the heat, health and safety are part of the problem and a higher court might not see a ruling supporting the landlord is appropriate for the situation.
Not allowing people to cool themselves should be a criminal offense!
They are NOT forbidding her from cooling herself- go by the rules.
@@garypiatt4666 OH Yes they are! She pays the electric bill so it shouldn't make any difference to the Park! Raising the rent for this should be illegal!
@@genehasenbuhler2594 They are NOT preventing her from cooling the trailer.
She should have bought the approved A/C units- which she still can do.
Rules are for everyone- obey the rules.
@@garypiatt4666 not when the approved is too expensive for people on fixed incomes! You obviously are a real piece of work! GFY and have a wonderful day!
@@genehasenbuhler2594 Love your attitude- a liberal no doubt!
So, in your opinion, those on a fixed income (or low income I bet) should be allowed to break the rules!?
Does that go for rules of society too!? Laws!?
Sounds Like Texas No AC Prisons.
That’s a nightmare.
Arrest the owner for reckless endangerment.
In a trailer park, but they are worried about “aesthetics” 😅
The landlord should be jailed!
What is wrong with these rental companies? I’m seeing a lot of SADISTIC BEHAVIOR by landlords and HOA’s as of late
You can get an indoor ac unit. I have one. Just has a flap attached to the window. Cools my tin box just fine
And costs nearly twice the amount to run. It uses already conditioned air to process the refrigerant cycle making untreated air come into your negative presure conditioned space. May be fine up n9rth but not in an area that has humidity and heat.
@@martyadams3915 Yeah I just watched a video on it
@@martyadams3915we have humidity up north too. We don’t get dry heat here in Massachusetts, yesterday was 91% humid here. Today is 77%. We’re not the west coast. Those maybe will work out west? They have dry heat.😊
@@martyadams3915 They sell double hosed portable units, one hose brings air from outside other hose shoots out the hot air
Those aren't great in high humidity states like texas
Unbelievable they can even get away with this.
this country is a joke.
I don't understand how they can change a policy on someone already living in a unit who already has purchased and used window AC with no problems in the past. I can understand if they made this rule and then someone goes out and buys one. But that isn't the case here. The resident was using them no problem, bought more bc there was no problem and now is being told she has to buy a different (less efficient) type? Maybe if the central air is not keeping up, the management company should upgrade the central air units then.
HOA more then likely.
Usually trails don’t come with Central air units you would have to purchase that on your own, which is quite expensive. That’s reason you actually purchase air conditioner because the central air unit is too expensive to actual purchase too bad they couldn’t have caught it when they actually bought the unit because then maybe they would’ve been a chance to actually take it back to the store to at least get your money one and you can always get those units that you knowdon’t hang out your window portables AC where you can just take to your window and it’s all a indoor unit only that you need is a vent for your window and when you get cold, you just take it out also which should piece of cake because the unit is on wheels for an indoor use only and you just have to tape it out the window to close your window for winter time when it gets cold
You sign a new contract every year or so technically, so they tack it on and most people don't read it because they think it's the same and most people don't have the ability to move.
Sounds like the rule violates the law. Should be looking into that.
A police officer told my mother it was against the law for her landlord to prevent A.C... the heat was the first thing he asked about after walking up the steps.
You're only required to provide heating by law.
Mobile home in Texas in the Summer. That thing will turn into an oven.
The management there should be ashamed.
grab a ac unit that doesnt stand out they like 100 bucks. if you really want i can trade you for one of those window units as a favor.
😂😂😂
a hundred bucks? sure buddy, portable units are about $300 and the cheapest window units are $150 now.
@@LygerTheCLaw guess what i have isnt a portable unit that i paid 100 bucks for. 150 for the cheapest mad u smoking some good stuff at those prices.
@@Ismoked4451 What do you have , let us know.
@@DS-ld8ns 1 - Midea (Model #: MAW06R1WWT) & a Toshiba (Model #: RAC-WK0612CRRU covering about 665 sq ft. I know it's not a proper unit for the displacement of heat but you have to do what you have to do sometimes. Get what you feel in your heart is right. You'll know + stack that with R5 panel board an you're set. The Midea is mine but the Toshiba is the landlords, the building I live in used to have central heat an air but thru many negligent years someone ganked it
I know because I had to pull the floor when the toilet flange came undone from no hooks from the floor joists it was just relying on primer an glue. An we all know how clean we are. No permits either. It happened so fast I noticed after the bugs started showing up by the masses!
That's an unjust policy!😢🥺
It is a policy for all of the residents- they all signed the agreement.
You wasn’t listening, they changed it after they signed it. Open your ears and listen fully. They do those things, because they know they can take advantage of poor people. They’re probably looking to sell off the property anyway that’s what they do. Hope you’re never in that position.
Wasn’t in the lease. New policy.
@@dudzinski324 The policy was from over a year ago. So, was in place prior to this cooling season.
@@garypiatt4666You can't put anything you want in it. We can still make it illegal to prevent people from using window air conditioners.
That's crazy and messed up especially with damn summer coming up too....
Check in your area to get some help getting a 110v Mini-Split A/C unit, they run under $1000 and would basically stick it the management. They will look way worse than a window unit.
Rip out the landlord's pedestal mounted AC because "Aesthetics".
Mount the window ACs underneath the trailer and duct them into the trailer's ducts. We did this at a few beach cottages around here and they worked great. Best part was when the AC would croak, you'd go down to Home Depot, pick up another one, slide it in where the old one was and you're back in business for $500 instead of $5,000 for central air. Very quiet too.
Interesting idea... Did you also somehow duct in the return to the return duct so that they weren't creating positive pressure? I would be interested in seeing that.
@@WalterKnox yep, closed circuit. They built a metal transition from the supply and a separate one for the return which went to flex ducts in a hallway closet.
@@grayrabbit2211 That is an interesting idea. Basically the same way a package unit works.
@@WalterKnox That's essentially what a package unit is.. In this case, a much less expensive, easier to replace package unit.
@@grayrabbit2211 Yep. A lot of the new units also have wireless connectivity so you can control them with a wireless control or your phone. Quite a neat solution. I could get a 24k BTU unit for around $700, which is 2 tons, which is the same size as the central unit used to be. There is even already a 240v line running to where it would go. That seems like a solution a lot of lower income people, or people who just like DIY projects and saving money should know about.
Places have been doing that for years. If you don't pay for electric they will charge a fee for AC because it takes so much energy to run all summer. Or they will say it doesn't look good to have it hanging out window. One option is a portable unit with just a hose at window and nothing hanging outside and barely noticeable. It stinks but they did warn the tenants a year ago. But the fee is just greed. If it doesn't look good how does collecting a fee help with that?
They really said "burn up or PAY UP. " 🙄
First sense when do trailer parks not let you place a a/c in windows second I would plug them in right there on the ground and find a way to make the air flow from up under the trailer and not let the scum lord know
It is probably an HOA, they do bleep like this. It dont look purty.
Yeah a portable a/c with the exhaust hose running out somewhere they can't see.
Get a Dr. Written and Signed Note. Send Copy by Mail, then registered mail, and Hand Delivered with Witness. Put the Window AC’s in. Pay your normal rent. If they take you too Court, show all your evidence.
Your CZcams Juris Doctor degree is really paying off.
The only way this would work is if they were paying your electric bill.
You can get an indoor floor mounted unit for the same price as window and it has hoses that go out of the residence.
Those things are worthless.
@@1jw298 The SINGLE hose (not dual or hose-in-hose) are. The other two types are more effective, but cost more.
Not the greatest but when it's hot if you can cool off one room it is what it is!
You can't alter anything if you don't own the unit ie trailer.
@@rn2787 First of all, many trailers are owned by the "renters". What they are renting is the LOT. Second the AC units they are referring to are like mobile dehumidifiers, but with hoses off of them. They take in outside air, use it to cool the inside air, then exhaust the even HOTTER outside air back outside.
*You own nothing and are happy!*
You can buy portable A/C units at any local store, Walmart, Costco and or even hardware stores. When set the unit up. Make sure buy foam to fill in the gaps when install exhaust vent to the windows or sliding door you exhausting hot air to outside. Then you can use cardboard from inside to block more hot air from coming in. And help seal up any cracks in window.
I just use tape to hold on so can be pulled down. I have my portable A/C unit exhaust out mu slider door, then use foam/carboard to cover it up and help seal it better with some tape.
Un fortunately if I leaving my condo for long time. I have take all down again and lock and close the sliding door. Yeah my condo here Alberta Canada do not allows windows A/C units.
At some point world governments are going have to act. You can’t deny ppl to A/C durning HOT summer months. Cus earth is heating up more. Ppl could die without A/C units.
For me I have to have cool AC in my condo or I’d have asthma attack.
Buy a floor model and put the exhaust hose in the window....$300.00
Those are less efficient as it uses inside air to do the work that the Outside part normally does.
Better than nothing.
But...... This is sick!!!
They are a waste of energy
@@crazywarp36The dual hose units are better but still not great.
@@gregorymalchuk272 True. Although the dual hose units aren't as common
So buy an indoor AC unit.
It’s a mobile home community. Wall units are pretty much part of the mobile home culture.
Aesthetics?
What are the aesthetics of being a cruel and arbitrary landlord?
Manager needs JAIL TIME..................................
That totally stinks!! you can’t use a window a/c in the trailer. Come On!!! It’s Hot!! It doesn’t matter if the a/c sticks out the window!! You got to keep cool if central a/c is not working!!
No response should be legal admission of guilt for cases like this!
The rule didn't just show up over night, it was in place when she moved in. What did she do during previous summers?
An indoor unit costs about $400. A window unit also costs about the same (or even more sometimes) and it’s very loud which could affect your neighbors. I’d rather get an indoor unit (which is allowed) and avoid $80 monthly charge, which keep increasing btw 🙄
Suffering from heat exhaustion is a health risk. The owners of the mobile home court ought to be made to suffer without air-conditioning to see what it's like. Let them provide central air-conditioning to tenants.
Texas…. do away with mandatory water breaks and now no air conditioning?🤡👍
Find a cheap handyman and install it to your existing duct work under the mobile home on that skid. You can see about wiring it to the breakerbox by a pro so you can turn it off and on, and still be protected with the gfci if shyt goes south in the wiring. BUT in no way would this be code, but i would do it before i died of heatstroke in a aluminum microwave oven because some Ahole decided it looks bad, and the window cannot support it, which is why most people install window units in mobile homes on 2x4 T-frames to take most of the load off the window, or just go to whomever you pay rent to, and see if a central air option can be worked out. Either way i wish you luck...
Most mobile homes have a plug in at each end of the trailer already,
Use a portable AC unit. Problem solved.
Total bull crap!!! She rents the plot and therefore no one has the right to trespass on that lot. Furthermore the mobile home park is also private property. This management company is out of control, like most of the HOA's!! People can't afford a traditional single family home and have to make due within their means. The management company can simply require each owner to have liability insurance to over any issues. Disgusting...😡
Get a portable unit. They are the same price as a window unit. Only the hot air exhaust is placed in the window
That is total BS. That person does not deserve to be a manager. Many people have respiratory problems such as asthma and they need to have AC. Portable units are okay, but in my opinion they are bulky, and like a dehumidifier you have to empty it every so many hours.
She could sell her window units and use the money to purchase a couple of indoor units. That kind has a small vent at the window but they do not protrude out the window.
Get an interior portable AC unit and vent it properly, they work well and not too expensive. Easy to vent with a window vent kit.
Not allowing window units is a health risk, and charging extra for "aesthetics" is ridiculous. That entire trailer park should sue for making the trailer park lethal to people who can't afford an outside air conditioner.
Tape trash bag around the back and get a dryer hose and stick it out the window. Then just set it on it side and turn it on. You can run it inside. The only reason people don’t is because of the heat that blows out the back. If you funnel that out the window, you are perfectly fine running an ac inside the house
Good advice
There are units on wheels where she could just have the vent in the window when in use.
Nevermind the ones that stay inside aren't as efficient. If they want to charge for window ac units then they need to install AC. This is absolutely ridiculous.
Portable air conditioner... That's the answer it has wheels it stays inside your house and it has an exhaust that can be put out your window doesn't look bad and it has a drainage tube that can be hanging out the window
That is absolutely horrible. People can have a heat stroke.
Should of bought portable units. You can run them at night and take the houses out during the day.
This is absolutely insane
Portable ac units.. They don't work as well and use more power but they don't stick out and aren't really that much more expensive...
Same with the last four apartment complexes I've lived in. Basically management thinks an AC unit makes an apartment look trashy.
Oh I'm sorry that me wanting to be as comfortable as possible during the summer. Annoys you,maybe if management decided to install some AC units just as they install central heating. We wouldn't have these problems. I have $300 AC unit in my closet that could turn an entire apartment. As cold as a meat locker,but I can't install it due to this ridiculous rule!
Damn she’s going to burn up if they can’t have ac. Sounds like she has a breathing problem
This is ridiculous because usually it is the renters who pay for their light bill.
Since when has a trailer park been concerned that much with looks? If a trailer can’t have one, who can?! I grew up in a trailer with a couple window units.
Idgaf if an apartment complex or leasing office has an issue with window AC units. Unless they’re willing to pay the $300 difference for a portable, they can suck it. Would they rather constantly deal with dead residents due to heat stroke?
That's ridiculous.!!!! For aesthetic purposes. ? I guess they would rather smell the remains of tenants that have passed due to the heat. Why would the rent go up unless management or the property owner has to pay for the electricity.?
She should just get a portable ac, problem solved.
She can get a portable inside unit. 🤷🏿♂️
One thing that might help is cleaning the indoor and outdoor coils,( or if it’s a package unit both coils are outside). This can improve the air conditioners efficiency and cooling. Shut off power to it and take some household degreasers and hose it off be cautious to not douse electrical components with the water hose. Really dirty units may require it twice.
I wonder what their thoughts are on Portable Air conditioner units? all it does is add a little gap on any window to allow the exhaust house to vent the hot air outside, I purchased one off Amazon for less than 200$ last year and so far its still doing its job without any issues.
Yeah that's exactly what my family did. They work great.
I lived in a place Yes communities took over, sold my 2015 16x80 7 years ago for the remaining balance of $5,000 just to escape the insane fines and rules they imposed when they took it over
Don't over complicate the situation, you have 3 window units, sell them on market place and get a portable ac unit 👌
They won't do her any good the portable units don't cool as good.
@@jcc9thSI1917 its a mobile unit i believe 1 should be well. i know based off experience. tell you what some ac is better then no ac.
@Ismoked4451 true some AC is better than none. Here in Texas especially how humid it's been these past days you need a ac with lots of BTU. Don't forget her house is a trailer insualtion is not the best.
@@jcc9thSI1917 BTUs ain't gonna help if she can't put a 5k unit in lmao, that's why I said a portable ac unit, since they also act like dehumidifier as we'll so it'll keep it fresh with a standing fan moving the air around.
🎉 turnttttt
Sounds like the hvac unit is about to go out to me.
I had a single wide mobile home with an old hvac unit. That unit could not keep the house cool. It was only 750 sqft and i still needed 2 window units to help.
Amazon sells a mesh cover that can be used on working units. Decreases dust, bugs and debris while making units appear more eye appealing. May please landlord and tenants. About twenty dollars.
Now understand this. I am NOT an expert, in any sense on this matter so take what I say as mere observation. My mother lives in a Trailer park that, recently, changed hands (ownership) and began to implement changes to their leasing policies. To clarify one little detail? My mom OWNS her trailer. The new owners, of the park, began taking over other trailers as "tenants" either moved out or agreed to the new policies. That happened as people completely moved out. (Many of the trailers there were some form of land contract or lease to own if they were not purchased) As the owners took back plots they began replacing or updating the trailers to then lease them out. The leases changed for these units and plots. One of the item in the lease did concern "Window Units" or installation of HVACs. If you were just renting the trailer you were NOT permitted to use window units without notification. The reasoning, as I gathered, was that these units are heavy and, often, improperly installed. Basically just shoved into the window without the use of any kind of hardware or support, The claim was? Doing that could place undue stress on the walls and frame of the trailer damaging it. The owners offered installation of the window units or HVACs. This incurred a fee, however, and your lease would see a rate change, namely increase in rent, to the rental units. Those who owned their trailers were free to do what they wanted without any rent increase. Perhaps this has become a common trend? One has to understand that if you rent the trailer you cannot do whatever you want to it just because you pay money. I feel for this lady. I really do, but I think the owners, of that park, are more worried about these window units damaging their property (walls and frames of these trailers) than they are about appearances. And be Honest? You know you do see an awful lot of window A/Cs just shoved into the windows in houses. Just resting on window frames with no hardware or support. I do believe the trailer park owners do have that in mind.
Local hardware store should step in and get some of that sweet PR. Start a drive to get them portable units that have in and out ventilation.
This has got to be illegal. And in a state where there is a whole city that is unconcerned about what a neighbors house looks like, much less if they have a roller coaster next door.
She should use poortable air cooler , less price to buy and can bring anyy room she wants . 🙄😤😮💨🤨
You can get the inside units that just have a small exhaust that goes in the window like a window fan. They cost s bit more and you'll need 2 for a trailer but it works and isn't really cosidered an ac unit as much as an dehumidifier but its very cool has an ac mode its a way to get around the ac rule because it doesn't hurt the property its not attached and its technically a health product.
I had the same issue in an apartment in Northern Virginia. They claimed it looked "tacky" to have window units. It's a shame.
Also they make air conditionings now that you just make sure that you hook it to a hose that sticks out the window so that the whole unit doesn't. Portable air conditioning you just put something in the window and put the hose to vent and it doesn't hang out. You can also install a mini split since it's a trailer and that would cost money but it would solve the issue.
That's sadistic!!!
It is not even about power- it is about stupid looks.
I think a persons health is more important than the looks of a window unit.
Management needs to rethink this.
People attempting to control the lives of others.
Makes me sick!
Let her have her unit gosh darn it.
I will sue saying it's a medical issue and they need there units or then management will pay for the cases of heat exhaustion and the medical bills that go with it.
The indoor portable A/C units suffer from a defective design because pushing exhaust air out, causes an equal amount of hot humid air to be sucked in from the outdoors. It will make you miserable, don't buy the indoor portable units. A good A/C unit will recycle indoor air and will have some part that is visible outside the house (window mounted or split).
Sell the 3 window units and get an inside portable unit, Cook outside on the grill instead of indoors, Do people of this trailer have a brain, Get a cooler fill it with ice have fan blow over ice, the ignorance level of these people is amazing no wonder why they are there in the first place, PS actually really read if you can read the bylaws before moving in, or hire someone to read the contract for you.
Im sure there is a Karen in the management calling everything an "Eyesore."