I have to say that I wasn’t so sure that something so small could produce the sort of heating and cooling that the space required.
All it really took was having the HVAC company install a ductless heat pump for us to have an apartment that we could rent out. When we bought this house, we were excited that there was a mostly finished basement. This was a space we were going to take great advantage of. It could be guest quarters or maybe the game room I have wanted since my youth. But there is no HVAC down there except for one HVAC air duct and it doesn’t cover much. So that space ended up being wasted with just storing stuff we didn’t use but weren’t able to part with. Then the pandemic hit and not working inside the zone controlled HVAC of the office wasn’t the only change. Both of us had to take pay cuts just to keep our jobs and that led to some deep budget cuts. This is when it seemed like a rather perfect time to get some second hand furniture, decorate a bit and turn that finished basement into an apartment. The HVAC company came to put in quality heating and air with the ductless heat pump they installed. I have to say that I wasn’t so sure that something so small could produce the sort of heating and cooling that the space required. Was I ever wrong. The ductless heat pump is awesome and it’s just so powerful. However, it’s also super efficient and isn’t costing us all that much more to provide all the quality heating and air that the new apartment needs.