What will it cost to fit a home EV charger?
A starting figure before you call an installer. Pick the charger, the install complexity and your region — and we give you an indicative UK fitted price range for a 7 kW home charge point, with the usual extras broken out. A budget to plan around before the quotes come in. Free, no sign-up.
A guide, not a quote. The ranges are typical 2025/26 UK fitted prices — the charger, the electrician's labour and a normal install, inclusive of VAT — drawn from published averages. They exclude a three-phase or DNO supply upgrade, long trenching across a drive, or solar integration. Every install is different: the only real number is a site-surveyed, written quote from an approved installer, and you should get at least three. Nothing you type leaves your browser.
The charger sets the kit; the cable run sets the labour.
Tethered or untethered. A tethered charger has a cable permanently attached — plug it straight into the car, no faffing with a separate lead. An untethered unit is just a socket on the wall: you bring your own cable, the unit is neater on the wall, and it's future-proof if your next car uses a different connector. Untethered is usually a touch cheaper and the more popular choice.
7 kW is the right size for home. Almost every UK home is on a single-phase supply, which caps a charge point at 7 kW — and that's plenty, adding roughly 25–30 miles of range an hour, so a full charge happens easily overnight. 22 kW needs a three-phase supply most houses don't have, and there's little point at home where the car sits parked for hours anyway.
A smart charger plus a cheap EV tariff is the real saving. A smart charger schedules charging into the cheap overnight window of an EV tariff — often around 7p/kWh against a daytime rate nearer 25p. Over a year that gap dwarfs the small premium a smart unit costs over a basic one, which is why most installs are smart.
What drives the install cost. The unit itself is a fairly fixed price; the variable is the run of cable from your consumer unit (fuse board) to where the car parks. A short hop on the same wall is cheap; a long run round the house, through a wall, or trenched across a drive adds labour and materials — and an older board may need upgrading or an earth rod fitting for the charger's protection.
The grant, and who qualifies. The EV chargepoint grant takes £350 off, but since 2022 it's only for people in rented homes or flats — most homeowners in houses are no longer eligible. If you live in a flat or rent, it's worth claiming; check eligibility on gov.uk before you count on it.
Keep your charger's details in one place.
Stead holds the make and model, the install date and warranty, who fitted it and your EV tariff notes — so the cover doesn't lapse, and the paperwork's to hand for a fault, a claim or a sale.