Essential Plan
$60/month with two visits per year, seasonal tune-ups, priority scheduling, and $720 annual equipment credit.
HVAC Maintenance Plans
Most HVAC Emergencies Are Preventable. Maintenance Plans Prevent Them.
617 HVAC maintenance plans start at $60/month in Cambridge, Boston, and surrounding areas. Research shows maintenance plans reduce emergency calls by up to 75 percent.
What Maintenance Plans Includes
Vital Plan
$100/month with four visits per year, smart sensor monitoring, video proof inspection, detailed system reports, and $1,200 annual equipment credit.
Optimal Plan
$150/month with six visits per year, mold testing, results review, ductwork cleaning, and $1,800 annual equipment credit.
Our Engineering Guarantee
Emergency Prevention
Research shows maintenance plans reduce emergency calls by up to 75 percent.
Equipment Credit
Every dollar invested in your plan accumulates toward your next 617 HVAC equipment purchase.
Priority Scheduling
Plan members receive faster scheduling access when service is needed.
System Visibility
Vital and Optimal plans include deeper reporting, smart monitoring, and video proof inspection.
The Maintenance Protocol
01
Choose Your Plan
We help match Essential, Vital, or Optimal to your system age, home needs, and air quality goals.
02
Seasonal Service Visits
Your plan includes scheduled visits before major heating and cooling demand periods.
03
System Review
We inspect electrical components, airflow, filtration, refrigerant, system operation, and visible risk areas.
04
Reporting and Recommendations
You receive system health notes and recommendations before small issues become failures.
05
Credit Toward Future Equipment
Your monthly plan investment accumulates as a credit toward future qualifying equipment.
The Three Plans
Essential: $60/month
Essential includes two professional visits per year: one before cooling season and one before heating season.
Every visit includes a complete electrical component inspection, full system check across all components, filter changes for proper airflow, system cleanup to remove accumulated dust and debris, and priority scheduling.
Annual equipment credit: $720.
Best for homes with newer, well-maintained systems looking for basic preventative coverage and priority scheduling access.
Vital: $100/month
Vital includes four visits per year with quarterly inspections so no season catches your system unprepared.
Everything in Essential is included, plus smart sensor installation in your ductwork and HVAC system. Sensors monitor air quality, refrigerant levels, system health, and humidity in real time between visits, not just during them.
Refrigerant leaks, airflow problems, and humidity imbalances get flagged before they cause failures or health issues. Vital also includes a detailed system health report after every visit and video proof inspection of ductwork.
Annual equipment credit: $1,200.
Best for homeowners who want to understand their system's condition throughout the year, not just twice a year. This is the most popular plan.
Optimal: $150/month
Optimal includes six visits per year: service every other month and the most comprehensive coverage available.
Everything in Vital is included, plus mold testing, professional air and surface sampling from your ductwork, mold test results review with a 617 HVAC technician, and professional-grade ductwork cleaning with HEPA filtration.
Annual equipment credit: $1,800.
Best for health-conscious families, homes with children or occupants with respiratory sensitivities, homes with renovation or construction history, or homeowners who want the highest level of monitoring and the cleanest possible air.
What's Not Included: Available as Add-Ons
Filtration, humidity, ventilation, and air quality upgrades are available separately and can be added during any maintenance visit when our technicians assess what your system needs.
Filtration upgrades include automatic self-cleaning filters, washable filter systems, whole-home air filtration systems, and UV germicidal light systems.
Humidity and ventilation options include whole-home humidification, dehumidification systems, ERV systems, HRV systems, makeup air systems, and ductwork sealing.
Air quality services include video inspection, mold testing, ductwork cleaning, and indoor air quality testing before and after.
The Annual Equipment Credit
Every dollar you invest in your maintenance plan accumulates as a credit toward your next 617 HVAC equipment purchase: furnaces, AC units, heat pumps, mini splits, ERV systems, or other qualifying equipment.
Essential: $60 x 12 = $720/year credit.
Vital: $100 x 12 = $1,200/year credit.
Optimal: $150 x 12 = $1,800/year credit.
A customer on the Vital plan for five years accumulates $6,000 in credits. When their system reaches end of life and they need a replacement, that credit reduces the installation investment significantly.
Why This Works
HVAC systems fail gradually, not suddenly. The components that cause emergency calls, including capacitors, contactors, refrigerant connections, ignitors, and heat exchangers, all give early warning signs before they fail completely.
An annual inspection catches those signs. A quarterly inspection catches them earlier. Smart sensors catch them between visits.
The Somerville customer on our Heating Repair page had a six-year-old furnace that failed because it was never serviced. Six years of accumulated neglect required an expensive repair that basic annual maintenance would have prevented.
The Cambridge customer on our AC Repair page paid $1,750 per year for five years having refrigerant topped off while the actual leak was never found. Quarterly refrigerant level monitoring catches charge loss before it becomes a performance problem.
From the Check Blog
The latest Check articles can support this page with pricing, maintenance, prevention, and long-term equipment planning answers.
Related Services
- AC Repair - Need a repair now? Video proof diagnosis before quoting.
- Video Inspection - See what's inside your ductwork.
- Air Quality - Testing, filtration, ERV, and humidity solutions.
Service Area
617 HVAC maintenance plans cover Arlington, Bedford, Belmont, Boston, Brookline, Burlington, Cambridge, Concord, Lexington, Lincoln, Medford, Natick, Needham, Newton, Norwood, Somerville, Sudbury, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Wellesley, Weston, Westwood, Winchester, and Woburn.
Service Area
Serving Greater Boston and nearby communities.
617 HVAC provides this service across the Boston area, including these local communities.
- Arlington, MA
- Bedford, MA
- Belmont, MA
- Boston, MA
- Brookline, MA
- Burlington, MA
- Cambridge, MA
- Concord, MA
- Lexington, MA
- Lincoln, MA
- Medford, MA
- Natick, MA
- Needham, MA
- Newton, MA
- Norwood, MA
- Somerville, MA
- Sudbury, MA
- Waltham, MA
- Watertown, MA
- Wayland, MA
- Wellesley, MA
- Weston, MA
- Westwood, MA
- Winchester, MA
- Woburn, MA
Most HVAC emergencies are preventable.
The question is whether you find the problem during a scheduled visit or during a Boston cold snap. Call (617) 362-1812 or text us. We'll recommend the right plan for your system, your home, and your goals.