Investor · Georgetown, TX · Member since 2016 · 54 posts · 13 votes
Hi friends. I'm looking at rehabbing a potential rental, but the house currently has window units for air and no heating. Can folks with experience provide some guidance on what I might expect cost-wise if I wanted to try to have central air/heat put in? It's a ~1200 sq ft home from the 50's on pier and beam, if that helps. I feel like it will need central air/heat to compare as a decent rental to other places in the area, but have never had something like that done. Cheers!
$5,000-$5500 is what I pay IF the electrical panel can handle it. Which I doubt it can. $2,000 for new service. From there it depends on if the entire house will have to be rewired to bring it up to code.
David you need to get quotes and find out cost. In GA today it hit 100. Some places have 2 to 3 weeks or longer back up times. When heat peaks these companies can charge just about anything as they have more business then they can handle.
The cold months for A/C's tend to be when the units are cheap and installation you get a deal.