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Here in Southern California I've come across old homes (usually fixers owned by little old ladies or their trusts) that have little or nothing in the way of heating. They are 70 or 80 year old houses with only small wall-mounted gas units, if anything, and next to no insulation and very old casement or double-hung windows.
If I was to buy one of them (since they are usually cheaply priced relative to nicer homes, but still expensive) how would I go about getting them into a livable condition? It gets up into the 100's in the summer and down into the 30's or 40's at night in winter. For 6K or so I can have a furnace and AC put in, but I have no idea if these are any good, or if adding just a heater/AC is the proper way to go. Especially since at that price I have no idea if the installer is doing anything other than just using some old rule of thumb to select and size the system.
Thanks
If I was to buy one of them (since they are usually cheaply priced relative to nicer homes, but still expensive) how would I go about getting them into a livable condition? It gets up into the 100's in the summer and down into the 30's or 40's at night in winter. For 6K or so I can have a furnace and AC put in, but I have no idea if these are any good, or if adding just a heater/AC is the proper way to go. Especially since at that price I have no idea if the installer is doing anything other than just using some old rule of thumb to select and size the system.
Thanks