Two years into renting this townhouse and I've been fine doing public charging plus a slow trickle off a regular outlet in the carport for the Bolt. My carport spot is maybe fifteen feet from the electrical panel closet for the unit, but there's no outlet anywhere near it, just the one inside the garage that the porch light runs off. That math worked when my commute was short. It stopped working a few months ago when the pharmacy chain moved me to a satellite location across town — more miles, more charging stops, more time I don't have.
I mentioned it to the property management company in passing and got "you'd probably need HOA sign-off for anything involving the panel," and then nothing for a month when I followed up. I'm about to send an actual written request instead of just asking in the hallway, but I don't know what I'm asking for exactly. Is there anything that says they can't just say no? And if they say yes, am I on the hook for every dollar of it — install, the electrician, the electricity itself — or is any of that negotiable? Trying to go in informed instead of just hoping they're reasonable.
