I paid 17K last summer, there were some unique installation factors, we got Trane, will never again buy Carrier due to premature failure of a past Carrier unit
Our price included permits, removal and haulaway of the old equipment, etc, landfill fee alone for the old equipment was couple hundred bucks
If you get several estimates you’ll know if $15K is par for your area, it helps if you know anyone who has a good experience with a good honest HVAC company
Do look up tax credits from the feds and your state (even local govt might have some as everyone had stimulus money to give away
This still puzzles me if it's a normal-sized unit. The local Trane contractor right now is advertising installed heat pump systems for approx. $3600 and up. So double that for normal advertising puffery and it's still less than half yours. Hope there was a good reason for the 17K.
removal and haulaway of the old equipment
Our contractor actually paid us $1,000 for the old equipment.