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HOA orders removal of emergency generator during ice storm blackout because it isn’t “aesthetic”

Rob Beschizza
Jan 31, 2026
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HOAs hate this non-aesthetic generator

A Nashville family rushed out to buy a generator after electrical blackouts threw their home into freezing darkness. No sooner than they set it up, though, than the homeowner association for their Wedgewood-Houston townhome threatened them with fines if they did not immediately remove it.

Caravello said her family se…

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