AC Type Impact on Rent

[Michael Shea]

Hello All,

I'm finishing an ADU in San Diego, one of the last construction items is AC. The home already has ducts for its forced air heating, but no cooling yet. Cost to add AC to the ducted system is about 6k, which really has me wondering how much that's going to increase my rent.

I’d rather hold cash for the next move, but don’t want to cheap out on the otherwise premium-rental adu. Which brings me to the forum. What do you all think: should I add the AC unit or cheap out with window units? And what would the impact be on rent price and demand?

adu is about 600 sf.

thank you!

Mike