@chai said:
The reasonable request from a lot owner to install an air conditioner compressor in the common area cannot be denied. At all times, the pump is considered the property and the responsibility of the lot owner.
Two points: The owner in question wants to change the compressor at the Owners Corporation’s expense. This owner does not consider the air-con to be their own private property. This was an illegally installed unit for which responsibility has transferred to the owners corp (unless the owner is lying).
On that basis, the Owners Corp has acquired responsibility for the air-con but, as I have said repeatedly, they don’t have to fix it. They can just remove it.
This is a different situation from an owner wanting to fix their own air-con at their own expense.