Sell a house with HVAC problems in Colorado Springs, CO: a dead furnace in winter, cracked heat exchangers, old boilers, no air conditioning and swamp coolers, what appraisers require, and how a cash buyer prices replacement. Written offer within 24 hours of our visit.
Heating is not optional in Colorado Springs, where nights drop below zero several times a winter and a house without heat freezes its pipes within days. That makes a failed furnace, a cracked heat exchanger flagged by a technician, or a boiler from the 1960s a sale-ending problem rather than a line item. FHA and VA appraisers require a working heating system, insurers ask, and buyers' inspectors red-tag units that Colorado Springs Utilities or a service technician has already shut down. Cooling is a smaller issue, but swamp coolers and missing air conditioning increasingly matter to buyers after the hot summers of recent years.
Colorado Springs Cash Buyers buys houses with HVAC problems across Colorado Springs and El Paso County, including houses with no working heat. We buy as-is and replace furnaces, boilers, air conditioners and ductwork after closing. This page explains the systems that fail here, what replacement costs, how to keep the house safe while you decide, and how the offer is built.
HVAC problems in Colorado Springs houses
Gas furnaces past twenty years with cracked heat exchangers, which technicians are required to shut down for carbon monoxide risk. Hot-water boilers and radiators in the Old North End and Westside homes that are efficient when working and expensive when not. Gravity furnaces still in a few pre-war houses. Asbestos duct wrap and insulation on older systems. Swamp coolers on roofs in the Southeast and Pikes Peak Park, often leaking into the attic. Undersized or absent air conditioning. Ductwork crushed in crawlspaces or disconnected in attics. Radon mitigation systems that were never installed in a county where radon is common.
What replacement costs
A new gas furnace is a four-figure job; furnace and air conditioner together are more. A boiler replacement is often higher. Ductwork repair or replacement, asbestos abatement on old duct wrap, a new flue and a permit and inspection through the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department add to it. We price the scope the house needs at what our contractors charge and include it in the offer; you do not pay for any of it.
Keeping the house safe while you decide
If the furnace is dead in winter, keep the house above freezing with space heaters on separate circuits, or drain the plumbing if the house will sit empty. If a technician red-tagged the furnace for carbon monoxide, do not run it; a CO detector is cheap and worth installing. Keep the gas and electric on through closing so we can inspect and so pipes do not freeze. Tell us about the heat situation first and we will prioritize the visit.
Disclosure
A red-tagged furnace, a known cracked heat exchanger, a boiler that has failed, and any asbestos the technician noted are known defects Colorado requires a seller to disclose. Share the service report if you have one. The information goes into the price and protects you after closing.
How we price HVAC problems
We look at the type and age of the heating and cooling equipment, the ductwork, the flue and venting, and whether the system runs. The replacement scope is costed and, with the rest of the renovation, our carrying and resale costs and a margin, comes off the renovated value of comparable homes near you. The written offer is delivered within 24 hours of our visit and does not change afterward, because our contract has no inspection period.
Next step
Send the address and tell us whether the heat works. We visit within a day or two, give you a written offer within 24 hours, and can close in about a week after a clean title search. We pay the customary closing costs and there is no commission.
Selling to us vs. a traditional listing in Colorado Springs, CO
| Comparison | Traditional agent | For sale by owner | Colorado Springs Cash Buyers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash offer | Rarely | Rarely | Yes |
| Sell as-is | Repairs expected | Repairs expected | Yes |
| Time to a contract | roughly two months in Colorado Springs now | Often longer | 24 hours after the visit |
| Agent commission | About 6% | Buyer's agent usually paid | None |
| Closing costs | Paid by seller | Paid by seller | Customary costs paid by us |
| Showings | Yes | Yes | One visit |
| Financing fall-through | Possible | Possible | None, we fund it |
| Price cut after inspection | Common | Common | No inspection period |
| Closing date | Lender's schedule | Buyer's schedule | Yours |
We buy houses in Colorado Springs for any reason, any condition, or any challenge
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