Now that we're first time home buyers the fun begins. Our new place, shockingly, does not have A/C. Unlike in western San Francisco where you can count the days that get over 80 on your fingers most years, up here in central Marin county it's quite a bit warmer (which was one of the reasons we decided to move up here.) Also, the furnace in this place is original, so it's 43 years old and likely on its last legs, not to mention inefficient. I had originally intended to wait until we were a bit more settled before starting this project, but it's supposed to get up in the 90's for six or seven days in a row starting friday or saturday. Obviously we won't have a new system installed that quickly, but it's leading me to think that we may as well get this taken care of.

My question is, how does one go about selecting an HVAC contractor? Never having owned a place before I've never had to hire any sort of home improvement company.