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For a three-bedroom house, say you were looking at installing it in six rooms (each bedroom, a kitchen, living room, and dining room — Quilt doesn’t recommend them in bathrooms) — it could cost close to $40,000.

Nobody is going to do this. Not unless they're duped into it.

In NYC to get 3 condensers and 6 internal units PRE-REBATE my top line price was close to $40k. So it doesn't seem far off of what I was quoted 2 years ago?

Plus, you don’t really need six units. My system (Mass) has 5 for a 3 bedroom house. $29k in 2021 prior to rebates.

You can get a DIY Mr Cool Mini-split (12K BTU) on Amazon for less than $1800.

The whole no-bathroom thing likely won't work well in a cold climate because the pipes in the walls/floor would freeze.

I cannot recommend Mr Cool enough. Very easy to install if you’re handy, also reliable. I’ve installed dozens of them and they’re all still working flawlessly.

A split for a single room should not be more than a $1000.

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