Kevin,

I was performing the inspection for the owners and they were not aware of the set-up until I found it. As far as the routing of the ducts goes, there was no reason the ducts needed to be on the downstairs zone. The HVAC equip. was in the attic and it appeared that there was plenty of room to configure the duct system and zones however they wanted.

The owners also complained of some rooms at various areas being colder/hotter than other areas. This complaint is pretty common on these one year old homes and often it seems to be related to direction the house faces, etc.; however, there have been times when the HVAC guys come out and do some tweaking to balance things out and it works.

Thanks for the reply,

Eric