Rental Property Investor · Durham, NC · Member since 2016 · 7k+ posts · 7k+ votes
7y
@Thuy Pham-Satrappe. I doubt it makes much of a difference for resale value. The buyer is just going to look at it as a new furnace, they probably won’t care which type of new furnace it is
Rental Property Investor · Durham, NC · Member since 2016 · 7k+ posts · 7k+ votes
7y
@Thuy Pham-Satrappe. I doubt it makes much of a difference for resale value. The buyer is just going to look at it as a new furnace, they probably won’t care which type of new furnace it is
HVAC Tech · Fort Wayne, IN · Member since 2015 · 423 posts · 223 votes
7y
@Thuy Pham-Satrappe @Caleb Heimsoth has a good point, a new furnace is a new furnace. Usually flippers just re install the furnace efficiency the house is set up for.It can be just as expensive installing an 80% furnace if your taking out a hi eff furnace. You would have to go through the trouble running a metal flue, when you already have PVC right there. Short answer, if the house had to 80% if you're trying. Save money just put at 80% if it has a high efficient, replace with a high eff.
Real Estate Agent · Southington, CT · Member since 2008 · 5k+ posts · 3k+ votes
7y
@Thuy Pham-Satrappe In my experience rehabbing properties in a cold weather climate, paying more for a high efficiency new furnace will not translate into selling the property for more money.
The fact that in general the furnace is new will though. Just do the 80% efficient option and save the $1000. There will be something else that comes up where that $1000 can be used I am sure.