When I bought this house, I bought it in pretty much an as is condition.
Outside of an issue with the roof, part of the deal was that I was getting a great price because I was doing the renovations.
That worked for me because I was just so completely sick of renting. It didn’t seem to matter whether I was renting an apartment, condo or going in on a house, there were always issues. Many of those issues were often HVAC related. There is nothing worse than coming home at the end of a long week to have the heat pump not cooling. This happened in a few of the places I rented. The central air conditioning would be on and running but it ran all the time. Normally, that was due to the fact that it was old HVAC equipment and it needed regular HVAC maintenance. Yet, those things never got maintained by an HVAC professional. Instead, it was the handyman of the complex that would come out. He’d get it cooling again but then it would happen again a month or so later. So I took this house as it was. But that meant I had to rip out all the ductwork and replace the central air conditioning equipment as well. That ended up being a big chunk of my renovations budget. Yet after talking with the HVAC contractor, he suggested that I might be better off with a ductless multi split system. This would save a bunch with the ductwork issue and my house was small to three ductless heat pumps was all that I would need. It’s worked out so great.
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