My husband and I just bought our first home last October. It was a new construction home.The last few weeks we've been dying of heat. It's been 80 degrees in the house and it's only April! We thought that our air conditioning must not be working and called a repairman out to fix 'it', only to find that 'it' was nonexistant!! We were completely under the impression that air conditioning was supposed to be put in our home. We live in a desert, with large South facing windows in our kitchen, living room and bedrooms that get direct sun all day. No ceiling fans. We have a baby and our summers get into the 100's. Right now our house is almost 20 degrees hotter inside than it is outside. I'm freaking out. We're in the process of trying to get the builder to pay for our air conditioning, but I don't know what we'll do if they refuse. We can't afford to pay for central air right now, and we aren't allowed to use awnings. In the contract that we signed it said that air conditioning may not be installed until after we closed on the house. The way it was written it looked like the builder was planning on waiting until we bought the place to install the air conditioning. Now they're trying to tell us that our house was never supposed to have air conditioning, and that central air was an 'upgrade'. If we had known that there wasn't going to be air conditioning installed we would never have bought it. I'm worried sick about my baby getting too hot. Her room has a giant South facing window and I know that it's incredibly dangerous for babies to get that hot. Do you think that we have any legal recourse if they don't do the decent thing and install our air conditioning? We did not sign anything saying that it wasn't included in our home, and the Real Estate Agent who sold us the home said that it was identical to the mirrored properties which had air conditioning. Any advice would be great. Thank you!
Oh also any advice on how to keep it cool in the meantime would be greatly appreciated. As of now all we have is cellular blinds to protect us from the heat, they help a little, but that's about it.
Oh also any advice on how to keep it cool in the meantime would be greatly appreciated. As of now all we have is cellular blinds to protect us from the heat, they help a little, but that's about it.