The South Shore: bigger houses, bigger systems
From Great Kills down to Tottenville the lots get larger and the houses get newer, and the question shifts from “fix the boiler” to “how do we heat and cool three floors evenly?”
Neighborhoods
- Great Kills
- Eltingville
- Arden Heights
- Annadale
- Huguenot
- Prince's Bay
- Woodrow
- Rossville
- Pleasant Plains
- Richmond Valley
- Charleston
- Tottenville
The houses here
Much of the South Shore was built out in the decades after the Verrazzano opened — detached single-family homes on bigger lots, a good share of them large enough to need more than one zone. That means more than one thermostat, longer duct runs, and households big enough to run a standard water heater dry every morning.
What we do most here
- Multi-zone central air — systems that keep every floor at the temperature you set
- Heat pumps — one system for heating and cooling, where the house is a good fit
- Zoning and smart thermostats — wired properly, so each zone answers to its own control
- Tankless water heaters — for households that keep running out
Worth asking about a heat pump
Newer, well-insulated homes are the best candidates for a cold-climate heat pump, and Con Edison’s Clean Heat program can cover a meaningful share of a qualifying install. We’ll tell you straight whether your house is a good fit, and put the rebate in the written estimate.