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For condo HVAC in Arlington, a whole condo system replaced is $7,900 to $14,000, from our own condo jobs. Call SwiftPro, rated 5.0 stars across 1,130 reviews, at (703) 997-9757, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Price range
$7,900-$14,000
8yrs @ 7.99%
$112/mo
15yrs @ 9.99%
$85/mo
Monthly figures on the starting price, the whole price financed, on approved credit. The lender sets the final terms. How financing works
We install in Arlington under Virginia Class A contractor license 2705192276, and SwiftPro is rated 5.0 stars across 1,130 reviews. We cover condo HVAC replacement in Arlington, from water source heat pumps in the Ballston high-rises to First Co closets in garden buildings. By type, a First Co runs $7,900 to $12,500, a MagicPak $8,500 to $13,400 and a water source heat pump $9,100 to $10,300. Just the fan coil or air handler is $4,500 to $5,100.
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Two of our HVAC technicians in a mechanical room, the kind of tight space most condo systems live in.
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What it costs
From our own condo jobs, the same book as our condo HVAC page: the equipment, the crew, hauling the old unit out and starting the new one up. Every row is a real range we’ve sold, never a starting price.
Fan coil or air handler only
$4,500 to $5,100
or $75/mo at 0% APR for 60 months
PTAC replacement (per unit)
$2,600 to $4,400
or $43/mo at 0% APR for 60 months
Through-the-wall AC and coil only
$6,100 to $8,000
or $102/mo at 0% APR for 60 months
First Co system replacement
$7,900 to $12,500
or $132/mo at 0% APR for 60 months
MagicPak replacement
$8,500 to $13,400
or $142/mo at 0% APR for 60 months
Water source heat pump replacement
$9,100 to $10,300
or $152/mo at 0% APR for 60 months
Hydro-air system (AC plus water-coil air handler)
$11,000 to $14,000
or $183/mo at 0% APR for 60 months
System plus the water heater in the same closet
$12,000 to $16,000
or $200/mo at 0% APR for 60 months
Monthly figures: 60mo @ 0% APR on each starting price, the whole price financed, on approved credit. Longer plans lower the payment and cost more in total. The lender sets the final terms. How financing works
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Where you land in a range is mostly access: a closet off the hall on the first floor is the easy end, a top floor with no elevator or a condenser that has to go up by crane is the other.
Most condo systems are built to fit one closet or one wall sleeve, so the new unit has to match that footprint. We measure before we price, so nothing gets ordered that won’t fit.
What’s different in Arlington
More than half of Arlington’s owner homes are in apartment-style buildings, more than any town we serve. That makes condo HVAC here less one job than two. In the high-rises around Rosslyn, Court House and Ballston (22201 and 22203), most units run a water source heat pump tied to a water loop the whole building shares. In the older garden buildings off Columbia Pike and in 22204 and 22206, it’s usually a First Co packaged unit in a hall closet with its own condenser outside.
A water source heat pump has no outdoor unit. It trades heat with the building loop, which the association’s cooling tower and boiler keep in range. Swapping one means the building engineer closes the valves on your riser, we disconnect the hoses, slide the old cabinet out and set a new one in the same spot. In July we pulled a worn McQuay out of an Arlington closet and put a Daikin in its place, piped to the same loop.
The garden buildings are a different job. More than half of Arlington’s owner homes went up before 1980, and a First Co in a building that age is often the second or third unit in the same closet. The new one has to fit the closet door, the return grille and the line set that’s already in the wall, so we measure all three before you get a price.
Under Virginia law, unless your condo documents say otherwise, the unit that serves only your home is yours to replace, even where part of it runs outside your walls. The loop, the riser and the cooling tower belong to the association. That’s why the first thing we ask an Arlington owner is which building, so we know who else needs a call.
By the numbers
From the Census Bureau’s 2020 to 2024 survey. Median year built and heat count owner-occupied homes only.
The signs
In a Ballston high-rise, a heat pump that runs but barely cools while your neighbors are comfortable is usually your unit, not the building loop. A worn compressor or a reversing valve that sticks is the common call.
Older buildings often still run through-the-wall units or a water loop shared with the building. Parts for some of those are getting hard to find, which is when replacing beats chasing them.
A condo system that never shuts off in July, or a bedroom that stays a few degrees off the thermostat, is usually a compressor or coil near the end. Repairs at that age tend to come back.
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Choosing who replaces it
Questions to ask anybody who quotes your condo system, us included.
In an Arlington high-rise, nothing happens until the riser valves are closed and the elevator is booked. Ask whoever quotes you whether they’ve set up a swap through a management office before.
A First Co, a MagicPak and a water source heat pump are different jobs at different prices. Anyone who quotes without the model on the label is guessing.
In Virginia, unless your condo documents say otherwise, the equipment that serves only your unit is yours to replace, but changing the outside of the building needs the association. Ask whether they’ll work with the management office on roof access or a wall sleeve.
Two of our crew going over a work order before the day's calls.
From our Google reviews
5.0 stars across 1,130 reviews. Read them on our reviews page.
Elvis Diaz did an excellent job cleaning our condo’s HVAC system. He was very knowledgeable about maintaining the unit and the price was very reasonable.
Where we work
Next door to Arlington: Falls Church, Alexandria, McLean, Vienna and Fairfax.
Questions
If there’s no outdoor unit, the closet has water lines running into the cabinet, and the building has a cooling tower on the roof, almost certainly. The model plate inside the panel tells us for sure.
Inside your unit, often yes, but anything that changes the outside of the building or ties into the loop needs the association’s sign-off. We price what fits the building’s rules.
$7,900 to $14,000 for a whole system, from our own condo jobs. A First Co runs $7,900 to $12,500, a MagicPak $8,500 to $13,400, a water source heat pump $9,100 to $10,300. Just the fan coil or air handler is $4,500 to $5,100.
Under Virginia law, unless your condo documents say otherwise, the parts that serve only your unit are yours, even a condenser on the roof or your patio. Parts serving more than one unit belong to the association. Check your documents; we’ll work with whoever owns it.
Ready when you are
Call, or send the form at the top. We look at the unit, measure the closet, and you get the price in writing before anything is ordered.
SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing
4230 Lafayette Center Dr N, Chantilly, VA 20151
44679 Endicott Dr, Suite 211, Ashburn, VA 20147
SwiftPro Plumber & Water Heaters
4200 Lafayette Center Dr, Suite N, Chantilly, VA 20151
Virginia Class A contractor license #2705192276
SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing is a licensed, BBB Accredited (A rating), independently owned heating, cooling and plumbing company in Chantilly, serving Arlington and the rest of Northern Virginia. Virginia contractor license #2705192276. 5.0 stars across 1,130 reviews on Google, Angi, Yelp, the BBB and Facebook. SwiftPro maintains a dedicated HVAC team and a dedicated plumbing team.
From SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing in Chantilly. Housing figures are the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020 to 2024, for each place named; permit, water and sewer facts link to each office’s own page and were checked in September and October 2026.