I loved this pergola so much. We were fine keeping the cover off of it and only using cover for special occasions like the 4th of July which we did. But our HOA President came and took photos and an issue with it again. The Brookside HOA president, let’s call her Karen, decided it was a built structure with a cover and I was ordered under threat of Lien to take down the entire structure because she couldn’t understand that it was a shade and not a cover that prevents rain, or sun from coming through. God bless her.  I have now had to order multiple very bright and very large umbrellas for my yard as well as a lot of year round solar lights.