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For condo HVAC in Falls Church, 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 Falls Church under Virginia Class A contractor license 2705192276, and SwiftPro is rated 5.0 stars across 1,130 reviews. Condo HVAC replacement in Falls Church, where MagicPaks with heat kits and hydro-air systems are the units we’re called on. 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 Falls Church
Almost half of Falls Church’s owner homes are in apartment and condo buildings, packed into a small city, and the ones we’re called to in 22041 and 22043, around Bailey’s Crossroads, Seven Corners and the streets off Route 7, are mostly one of two systems. Either a MagicPak, which is cooling and heat in one cabinet, or a hydro-air system, where a water-heated coil does the warming.
A MagicPak is a single box in the wall or on a pad. The heat comes from a strip of electric elements, called a heat kit, and the heat kit has to be swapped with the unit or the new cabinet won’t run. In March we replaced a Falls Church MagicPak and its heat kit together, so the owner didn’t end up with a new cooling side bolted to a worn-out heater.
Hydro-air is the other half. A hot water coil in the air handler gets its heat from a boiler or water heater, and the air handler can be replaced without touching the boiler. What matters here is the coil’s pipe size and where the building’s isolation valves are. Some buildings need the whole riser shut, and some let us valve off a single unit.
Six in ten owner homes in Falls Church were built before 1980, and the buildings that age were piped for hydro-air and sized for one cabinet. About a quarter date from 2000 on, which is where a closet air handler with a standard heat pump is more common. Our first job is to open the panel and read the plate.
Neighborhood by neighborhood
Census figures for the owner-occupied homes in each place, and the kind of condo system we usually find in buildings that age.
| Place | Median home built | Most homes are | Heated with | What condo system you’ll usually find |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Falls Church | 1957 | single-family houses, about 6 in 10 | gas, about 7 in 10 | Through-the-wall units or a water loop. |
| Bailey’s Crossroads | 1980 | condo and apartment buildings, about 6 in 10 | electricity, about 5 in 10 | A First Co or MagicPak in a closet. |
| Idylwood | 1975 | condo and apartment buildings, about 4 in 10 | gas, about 5 in 10 | Through-the-wall units or a water loop. |
| City of Falls Church | 1964 | condo and apartment buildings, about 5 in 10 | gas, about 7 in 10 | Through-the-wall units or a water loop. |
| Lake Barcroft | 1958 | single-family houses, about 6 in 10 | gas, about 8 in 10 | Through-the-wall units or a water loop. |
| Seven Corners | 1972 | condo and apartment buildings, about 5 in 10 | gas, about 6 in 10 | Through-the-wall units or a water loop. |
| Pimmit Hills | 1961 | single-family houses, about 7 in 10 | gas, about 9 in 10 | Through-the-wall units or a water loop. |
By the numbers
From the Census Bureau’s 2020 to 2024 survey. Median year built and heat count owner-occupied homes only.
ZIP 22046, plus a few City addresses in 22042 and 22044.
22041 to 22044: West Falls Church, Idylwood, Lake Barcroft, Seven Corners and Bailey’s Crossroads.
The signs
On a Falls Church MagicPak, a unit that cools fine but gives weak heat in January is usually a burned-out element in the heat kit. Heat kits are matched to the unit, so a replacement cabinet is often the better choice on an older one.
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.
With a MagicPak, ask whether the quote includes the heat kit, the disconnect and the thermostat. A quote that leaves any of them out means a second visit later.
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
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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 Falls Church: Arlington, McLean, Vienna, Alexandria and Fairfax.
Questions
A MagicPak is one cabinet and no separate furnace or boiler. A hydro-air system has an air handler with two water pipes running to it. The model plate on the cabinet says which, and a photo of it is enough for us to start.
Sometimes. If the building has an isolation valve at your unit, no. If the valves are only on the riser, the management office has to schedule it, and we coordinate the shutoff window.
$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 Falls Church 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.