Air Conditioning Como

Como and Oyster Bay are houses almost entirely, so ducted is the usual quote. A compact single-storey 1960s home near the station starts from ~$11,000, a four-bedroom family home on the Oyster Bay slopes is $13,000–$16,000, and the rebuilt waterfront homes on the point, with two or three levels and long runs between them, are $16,000+. A single-head split for a bedroom or a study is $1,800–$3,200 installed, and a multi-head with 3 heads is $5,500–$8,500. Repairs are $280–$3,500 depending on the fault, and the price is fixed before work starts. An annual service costs $189 for a split, $329 for a multi-head with 3 heads, or $349 for ducted.

Yes, all of Como in 2226, and Oyster Bay in 2225 with it: the point around the Pleasure Grounds and the Como Hotel, the streets around Como station and Como West, the Scylla Bay side, and every street of Oyster Bay from the Georges River Road ridge down to the foreshore and the bay reserves. We come in via Georges River Road or across from Sutherland depending on where the day starts, and on the steepest waterfront streets we plan the carry-in with you rather than discover it on the day. Same-week response for most work, breakdowns first in a heatwave.

For an original 1960s home on the Como West or Oyster Bay streets, zoned ducted at $13,000–$16,000 is the answer: bedrooms and living on separate zones, run at roughly $1–$2 per hour whole-home. A rebuilt waterfront home wants a zone per level, often four or five in all, with the top-floor bedrooms able to run alone overnight and the glazed river-side living area handled separately during the afternoon. Because the evenings here are humid rather than hot, we size for dehumidification, which means not oversizing. For a smaller home or a rental, a multi-head with 3 heads at $5,500–$8,500 covering living and two bedrooms does the job.

Como sits in a river bend with water on three sides and only a faint sea breeze reaching it, so on a still summer night the air over the river stays warm and wet and the house holds it. A system that is oversized will short-cycle, cool the room fast and switch off before it has pulled any moisture out, which is why some Como homes feel clammy with the air conditioning on. We size to the actual load, set the system up so it runs longer at lower speed, and put return air on the level where the humid air collects, usually the upper bedrooms. The estuary air is mild on the outdoor unit; a standard coil with an annual clean, part of the $349 ducted service, is enough.

Your address and a photo of each main room, plus one of the ceiling on the top level and one of the outside where the condenser could go. Because Como and Oyster Bay blocks are mostly slope, a photo of the driveway and the side access tells us how we get gear in and whether the unit sits on a bracket. Let us know the number of levels including any garage or rumpus under the house, whether the roof is pitched or flat, and whether you are on the water, since the rebuilt homes on the point are a different design job from a 1960s cottage. We send a fixed-price quote, and a site visit confirms it before anything is ordered.

Yes. Every refrigerant task on a Luxe Air job in Como or Oyster Bay is carried out by ARCtick-licensed, insured technicians. On the multi-level waterfront homes here the line sets from a lower-level condenser to a top-floor fan coil are long, and that is where rushed brazing or a skipped vacuum turns into a slow leak a couple of summers later. When the install or repair is signed off you receive the compliance paperwork, and we record the system so the annual service is scheduled against it.