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Buying with no central air and installing later
DH and I found a house that we love. Its heating system is "Forced air, Gas" and it does not have central air. Where we live, it gets hot in the summer and even though I would be okay with a window unit for awhile, DH has said that the house needs to have central air or it is a deal breaker for him.
So, my understanding is that since it has forced air heating, there is all ready duct work in place and it will be considerably cheaper to install central air than if it did not have the duct work. (Like, I think they basically just hook the machine up outside..?)
Does anyone have any experience with this? Is it worth it to install central air or will it be more of a hassle than it's worth? Any ball park figures? Can we have a central air installation person come over and look at it before we put in an offer? Can the inspector give us some kind of idea on the price? Does the fact that the heating is "gas" and not electric matter at all?
We were going to wait until June to seriously buy a house and we had just started casually looking to see neighborhoods, house styles, etc that we wanted and this place kind of fell into our lap. It is MUCH cheaper than we were looking to spend so dropping 2k$ on a central air install isn't a huge concern, if that's all it will cost. But, while we both love this house, we aren't afraid to walk away. We're still early in the process.
TIA.
Re: Buying with no central air and installing later
Not an expert but it shouldn't be that big of a hassle. I would call around and you might be able to get some rough estimates over the phone. Also they may be able to send someone out to provide an estimate as well once they can get into the house. We had a contractor come look at a foundation problem before we would bid on a house (we didn't bid because the quote was 2x the asking price of the house).
Have you gone to see the house in person? Honestly looking at them online is completely different than in person. If you go and still love it, then I think I would call an HVAC company to get a price quote. I would not wait for inspection to see what the inspector would guess. Arm yourself with as much info as you can ahead of time. Also, are you wanting to close in June or start looking in June? If its the first, I'd get looking. We had a confirmed offer to buy at the end of April last year and closed June 3rd.... First mortgage payment due Aug 1.
I don't think it would be that expensive either if the ducts are in place already.
They also have these individual units that can be put in each room. They are small and go on the wall. Pricing depends on how many units you want in each room. My coworker just did it and paid 3k.
I didn't know if an HVAC person would be allowed in the house to give an estimate. But if they can't get in to look around, then I don't think we'll bid because I am just too afraid it would look like it could cost 1,000$ and end up being 20,000$ and they have to rip out the ceiling and some walls because they didn't get inside to look properly.
Our plan was to start seriously looking at houses and make an offer in June. But since this place is so cheap, we won't need to save as much money so we could make an offer on this place if the HVAC thing works out. (It's 35% cheaper than the low end of what we were planning to spend.)
We are going to look at it in person this evening. I'm trying not to get too excited because I know this can be a loooong process.
Individual central air units? Do you know that they're called? Sorry, I know almost nothing about it and need to do some research lol.
Like this...
http://www.friedrich.com/products/commercial/ductless-split-systems/wall-mounted
Awesome, thank you.
Thanks for the responses, ladies!
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We did this when we bought an older home (1920s). We live in a hcol area and for both the central air and a heat pump it was around 6K. I am so happy we did it though. It makes the house more comfortable. I say if you love that house then go for it.
Installing A/C if you already have ducting shouldn't be a big deal. Talk with your agent, because I don't see any reason you couldn't put a provision in your offer that you get a quote on installing A/C. If the A/C installer sees issues that may make it cost more than it might otherwise, it may also give you a little more negotiating room.
Our house had A/C put in not long before we bought it and it didn't have duct work. It was installed in the attic and ducts run down from there - duct work for the first floor just went through closets. I think $5-10k is probably a reasonable guestimate, but you should try to get a true quote.
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