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Originally Posted by inigomontoya
We are under contract on a 15-year-old house with 3 heating/AC zones, and the home inspection found issues with 2 of the three air conditioning systems. We've gotten the seller to agree to contribute $10k toward replacing the AC units, but we had also requested that he have the heaters serviced and certified as being in good working order. The inspector didn't call out any major issues with the heaters, but they are as old as the AC units and so our realtor wanted to make sure we were protected.
They've come back and offered $500 to either have the heaters serviced/certified OR cover a year of home warranty. We've heard, though, that it might make more sense to replace everything all at once rather than just the AC units, as the new AC units won't be as efficient as they could be if the inside units / furnaces are not also replaced.
What would you do?
(a) Get the heaters serviced and just replace the AC units
(b) Take the home warranty and just replace the AC units
(c) Replace all of it
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I would negotiate the price of the home down by the amount it will cost
for you to replace these systems which would be more than $10K (imo). ( Home warranties are notorious for expiring a few months before you get the "big crash" on something. Ask me how I know.
) You don't say whether this is a conventional heating system, a heap pump system, or what part of the country you are located in for weather consideration.
This way the owner is off the hook for any responsibility, and you can choose the new system(s) you want and when you want to do them and you'll have your own warranties.
Bottom line in buying/selling property: keep the sale nice and neat; no need to complicate things.
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