Who we are, and where we're up to
Find My Aircon New Zealand is a referral site. Homeowners come to us for heat pump installs, ducted and multi-room systems, servicing and repairs, home ventilation, heat transfer, and underfloor, hydronic and gas heating. Each job is shown to installers who do that kind of work in that area.
We're new here. No installers have joined yet, so there are no reviews, job counts or success stories on this page, and we won't make any up.
How a job gets to you
A homeowner describes it
On our quote form: what they need, what's there now, how soon, and their postcode, then their first name, email and phone.
They agree to be contacted
Before sending, they agree to their details going to the installer who takes the job, so that installer can get in touch about it.
Installers in that specialty see it
If you cover the postcode and specialise in that kind of job, you see the job details, but not the phone or email. Every job is listed for the local installers who cover the area. How it reaches you: how jobs are delivered.
You take it, and it's yours
The first installer to take it gets the homeowner's name, phone, email and answers. You make contact, look at the house and give a written quote. From that first call, they're your customer.
Why jobs are split by specialty
A ducted heat pump in a ceiling space, a high-wall unit in a bedroom and a balanced heat recovery system are different jobs, and homeowners can tell when someone has done theirs many times before. So a ventilation specialist and a heat pump installer can cover the same postcode and still see different work.
It also spares you jobs you'd only turn down. How areas and job types are divided: how areas and job types are divided.
What we'll check before your first job
- Every electrical worker who'll connect heat pumps for you, on the EWRB's public register, with a current practising licence.
- For gas heating, your gasfitters' registration and licence class on the PGDB register.
- The refrigerant credentials your people hold under the industry arrangement: refrigerant credential we require.
- Public liability insurance: minimum public liability cover.
- That you're a trading New Zealand business: company check.
- The jobs you genuinely specialise in, because those are the jobs you'll see.
How this compares with job boards
Builderscrack says a posted job goes to the most suitable trade professionals in the area, and its help article says homeowners can speak with up to three tradies. Bark says professionals are only given a customer's details once they've sent a quote, and doesn't say how many can respond. NoCowboys calls itself online word of mouth: homeowners search for businesses, or post a job for businesses to approach.
Here, the homeowner's contact details go to one installer, whoever takes the job. You can check each of those descriptions on the companies' own sites.
What isn't decided yet
Some of this is still being set, and you'll have it in writing before you sign anything. What you pay per job: installer pricing. Contract length and notice: contract terms. Which areas open first: launch areas.
One thing is settled: a job no local installer takes within 48 hours may then be shown to heat pump installers elsewhere in the homeowner's region. What happens with a wrong number or a duplicate: credits for bad jobs.
What we'd do
If we were weighing this up
We'd give it a winter before deciding anything. Take the jobs that fit, keep a note of which turned into quotes and which into installs, and set that against what the jobs cost you. If it doesn't stack up after a season, walk away. We'd expect nothing less.