Expected price for a home charger?

[chamsters]

Hey folks,

i can't help but to think I'm being taken for a ride with the government grant thing and having electricians bump up their price by stupid amounts knowing that you're considering the grant in the price.

How much have people paid for their chargers, all in?

For e.g. - I'm being quoted for a pretty simple install consisting of:
* Maybe 5 metres of cable run
* ohme wall charger
* usual enclosure with RCD, mains tail, henley block
* earth spike

Total price of about £600 after VAT.

Is this an 'expected amount?'

 

[TheEVadvisor]

Price sounds about right. The electricians are playing it with the grant so they maximise their profits

 

[filbert]

Getting a quote and it's coming in around those sort of prices - although that's with an O-PEN unit rather than earth spike. Not sure what the regs say but thought earth spikes were frowned upon now?

 

[chamsters]

Getting a quote and it's coming in around those sort of prices - although that's with an O-PEN unit rather than earth spike. Not sure what the regs say but thought earth spikes were frowned upon now?

Hey - which unit are you looking at?

 

[filbert]

Hey - which unit are you looking at?

I'm looking at the EO-Mini - waiting to hear if this will push the price up past the 600 mark or not (it may do, I think the original quote was for an untethered Rolec Wallpod)

 

[chamsters]

I'm looking at the EO-Mini - waiting to hear if this will push the price up past the 600 mark or not (it may do, I think the original quote was for an untethered Rolec Wallpod)

ah i love the size of that. just doesn't work as well with my octopus tariff

 

[pevz]

I'm waiting for an Ohme install...

I paid £686 in total, but that included some extras as my install involves quite a long cable run...

 

[chamsters]

I'm waiting for an Ohme install...

I paid £686 in total, but that included some extras as my install involves quite a long cable run...

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mind if i ask what company? I've asked octopus and elecology. smarthomecharge not doing quotes

 

[pevz]

mind if i ask what company? I've asked octopus and elecology. smarthomecharge not doing quotes

It was SmartHomeCharge... so far they've actually been really good... although I haven't got an actual date for the installation yet.

 

[metropolis]

I Paid 359 for the Wallbox Pulsar Plus (installed) from Scottish Power (fitted) happy with it so far, it is tethered and has a ground spike

 

[Sphinxhunter]

I'm paying £660 Inc vat for a ohme black install with earth rod.

What's an enclosure and is it needed??

 

[chamsters]

I'm paying £660 Inc vat for a ohme black install with earth rod.

What's an enclosure and is it needed??

Special case / complex requirement? That seems high?

 

[crouchy]

I’ve paid £559 for a Pod-Point, no earthing rod required and they include 15m of cable on a standard installation

 

[NewbieT]

PodPoint straight forward install (3m T&E) by local firm in the North West.

£940-OLEV= £440 inc VAT.

 

[Subevo]

I paid around £450 for an Andersen A2 . £1250 - £500 olev - £300 Scottish grant .
My neighbour only paid £65 for a Scottish power charger last week after getting £800 in grants as above.

 

[Sphinxhunter]

Special case / complex requirement? That seems high?

Nope the charger is going less than a meter from my electricity meter, pretty much straight install. Happy to pay slightly more like £30 extra for the quick install but I feel like he's taking advantage? He's already applied for the OLEV grant

 

[mrobins64495]

Tethered Pod-Point for us £540 with 5m cable. Tidy job straight into the meter.

 

[Neilman]

I got stung for £1100 in mid-June with no grant from EcoPlugg for a Tesla Wall Charger with 7.5m tethered type-2 cable and 6m run from the charger to a new ":hager" distribution box with RCD. Won't get to try it out until 7th September.

 

[Procrastinate]

I’m currently gathering quotes ahead of receiving my M3 in September. Prices for tethered installation are ranging from about £700 up to £900 for the Andersen. We’re planning to move in the next 12 months so I think I’m going to stick with granny charging. Another alternative is to get a commando socket installed outside so I don’t need to run a cable under/through my garage door but I suspect the cost of parts and labour will still be several hundred pounds.

 

[gcm3]

We had a tethered PodPoint installed in May for £859 - £500 OLEV = £359 all in.

Looking now the price seems to have gone up to £909 - £350 OLEV = £559.

Whilst the final price has gone up due to the basic price that PodPoint charge going up by £50 and the OLEV grant going down by £150, why do people still pay more by going with a local electrician? Assuming you have a standard install I don't see why you would not go direct with PodPoint and use one of their installers. Ours did a VERY neat job and I'm really fussy about things like that!

Perhaps it's a reputation thing I'm not sure. And I also appreciate that installers will vary from location to location.