Comfort and resale value both matter for residents of older homes, but so does avoiding a major investment in a system that could sit unused for most of the summer.
One homeowner in Ann Arbor, Michigan, took to Reddit’s r/HomeImprovement community to ask whether central air was worth a roughly $10,000 price tag for their 1927 house, when the system might only be needed for fewer than 20 days a year.
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According to the post on Reddit, the previous owner had once received an estimate of about $10,000 to add air conditioning.
The original poster explained that the house has ductwork for heat already in place even though it does not have AC. They wrote, “I think having AC installed could add some resale value — I may not recover all the costs though… Should I install AC and when?”…