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Originally Posted by BigNumbers
I ended up negotiating with the HVAC sub contractor and hiring them as a '3rd party' and they are putting it in and I am paying them. Ended up at $5k instead of $7K per.
So I save $4k and get the benefits of 'builder installed'. A good way to go, if you can get the leeway. Depends on your relationship with the builder.
As I mentioned earlier, I got super cheap AC in our current house for this summer, and it's been a godsend.
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They are pretty sticky on letting unauthorized subs do work on the house. They say for insurance reasons
. They said everyone has a friend of a friend's Dad that can install... So they had to draw the line.