<p>^^ The ouside air condition unit is only part of the airconditioning system. The other part is in your heater Unit, so heating and cooling all goes though the forced air duct. When you move the heater, you have to consider the re-routing of the air conditioning pipes, with an extra cost. Tha whole move is not a $5,000 job by all means.</p>
<p>I understand that it isn’t 5,000. Is it 20,000?</p>
<p>Don’t know. Better have lots of estimates…</p>
<p>very best prices where I live: around $10,000 for a brand new two zone system (one for upstairs and one down) with all new duct work… 18,000 sq ft w/15 registers</p>
<p>most recent quote: $4,000 for new system, duct work for one-story, less than 1000 sq ft, 3 or 4 registers.</p>
<p>each system is probably more than is needed for our square footage. I would have to look up tonnage/seer etc</p>
<p>artloversplus, You’re in the real estate business. $10,000, I would probably do it. $20,000, I don’t think I will ever get that money back. I do plan to live there until I die. But still…</p>
<p>^^ It all depends on the duct work and how you want to finish the emptied closet. How can I give you an estimate online without even looking at it and even I do, I am not an HVAC guy and cannot even work as such. a Real Estate agent/broker is just an intermediary, not a contractor.:)</p>
<p>It’s kind of a rhetorical question. I don’t really expect you to know. I just wanted you to bs me and tell me it will be less than 20,000. :)</p>
<p>My wife says it is up to me whether we do it or not…which means she wants to do it.
The empty closet is going to become air. Just taking everything out…walls and all.</p>
<p>new hvac system: $10,000
new tankless hot water system: $1,000
plumbing adjustments: ? no idea</p>
<p>building closet in garage/ removing closet in house: materials/supplies? no idea;
one weeks labor/w 3 men? $4,000 (where I live)
dumpster or disposal: $1000-$1500 (where I live)</p>
<p>$16,000 plus plumbing & materials/supplies/whatever I forgot to include</p>
<p>I question whether it makes sense to move the system you have rather than just start fresh?</p>
<p>It is easier to just do it now than live with it wrong. If you can afford it. That’s my new mantra.</p>
<p>Yeah, I know, and I do not want to BS you in or out of it by all means.:)</p>
<p>The cost will add up depends how you want to finish your emptied closet as well. After you removed the walls how to patch up and redecoate will have a price tag to it. For example, in my house, every thing is Hardwood floor, if I remvoe the closet, I have to patch/match the floors and how hard is to find the match is a problem and if I cannot, I have to refloor the whole room, that alone could cost me 2000 and what about the ceiling? so it goes.</p>
<p>alh, I appreciate the breakdown…</p>
<p>Looks like 20,000 </p>
<p>I think the cost of labor is close to double here…</p>
<p>At least I will have fewer walls to paint. :)</p>
<p>I agree that the costs would be closer to $20K than $5K.</p>
<p>How old are the units? A life expectancy of a heater is roughly 12 years, 15 tops. If they are older than a couple of years, replace them with newer, more efficient ones when you do the move. It might turn out that buying new units for the garage in the end will be less $$ than relocating the existing ones, but you’ll need estimates.</p>
<p>You are also looking at re-doing the floors where the closet is sitting.</p>
<p>artloversplus…I am already going to do the floors…so I figure maybe an extra cost of 500…for the floors…and the ceiling is going to be an additional cost.</p>
<p>Yes, bumsenburner, I am going to replace the heater.</p>
<p>so will it be a fixed contract? or do you do cost plus?</p>
<p>You also have the cost of moving the gas supply to the house to its new location. New equipment plus ductwork- sounds like the quote is in the ballpark. You should get 2 more - your usual 3. However, be sure to get the brands of equipment you want. Interesting to me- used to everything in the basement here… but did replace furnace and contemplate moving outside gas meter (what was I thinking when I chose location when we built???).</p>
<p>It’s going to be a fixed contract. The contractor has already spent 10 hours at my place for free. I think he already has already spent 20 hours on the project in total. For free. </p>
<p>He is very detail oriented. I hope there are no change orders…well as few as possible.</p>
<p>artlovesrplus…I love hardwood floors.</p>
<p>You’re in a condo so I assume that the other units are similar. Perhaps you could ask your neighbors if they’ve done this kind of project before, and, if so, what they did and how it turned out.</p>
<p>sounds like a wonderful contractor -</p>
<p>“…brands of equipment you want”</p>
<p>It was a surprise to me to learn brands come with warranties varying from 5 to 10 yrs and I didn’t look at anything really high-end.</p>
<p>BCEagle91, you’re right. That’s a good suggestion. </p>
<p>But it’s too late now. 
(There aren’t that many that are doing what we want to do). We talked to the HOA president. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t have started this thread except…I thought I read that in some parts of the country the cost is $5,000. I probably read what I wanted to read. :)</p>
<p>I like your renovation threads. It is interesting to read what others are up to. Especially how it always costs more than one could possibly have imagined! </p>
<p>How long till you move in?</p>