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A 7kW home EV charger costs £950 to £1,600 fully fitted in London; a standard install with a cable run of up to 10 to 15 metres is about £1,000 to £1,100. Add £450 to £1,200 if the fuse board needs replacing and £45 to £75 a metre beyond that run. Renters and flat owners can claim 75 per cent, up to £500.
| Job | London low | London typical | London high | UK typical | What moves the price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7kW untethered, standard install | £950 | £1,000 | £1,100 | £999 | Unit £550 to £700 plus £350 to £450 fitting; cable sold separately |
| 7kW tethered, standard install | £1,000 | £1,050 | £1,150 | £1,049 | £20 to £50 more than untethered for the built-in cable |
| Smart solar-aware unit (Zappi), fitted | £1,000 | £1,100 | £1,200 | £1,100 | Hardware £600 to £700 |
| Long cable run beyond the standard, per metre | £45 | £60 | £75 | Trenching or clipping through the building | |
| Add-on: fuse board replacement | £450 | £700 | £1,200 | Old board, no RCD or no spare way | |
| Standard install after the £500 grant | £450 | £550 | £700 | Renters and flat owners with private off-street parking |
A home charger is a dedicated 32-amp circuit from your consumer unit to a unit on the wall next to where you park, with the electrician notifying your network operator and issuing a Part P certificate for the new circuit. Every charger sold since June 2022 is a smart charger by law: it ships with an off-peak schedule that avoids weekday peaks and you control it from an app.
Two things decide the price in London. The first is the board: a flat with a 1990s consumer unit, no RCD protection or no spare way needs a board upgrade before the charger, and that is the £450 to £1,200 add-on. The second is distance: the standard price covers roughly 10 to 15 metres of cable, and every metre after that is £45 to £75, more if it goes underground.
If you rent or own a flat and have your own off-street space, the government grant pays 75 per cent of the job up to £500, through an authorised installer, until 31 March 2027. Households with only on-street parking can use the same grant for a charger plus a cross-pavement cable channel, with the council's agreement.
Prices last checked: September 2026. Based on the published 2026 prices of two London electrical firms, the fixed installed prices of Pod Point and Ohme, and GOV.UK grant pages. PROS AI does not yet have enough completed charger installs in London to publish its own averages.
In London, £950 to £1,600 fitted, with most standard installs at £1,000 to £1,100. The national fixed prices from Pod Point (£999 untethered, £1,049 tethered) and Ohme (from £999) are a fair benchmark; London firms match them for a standard job and add for a board upgrade or a long run.
Yes, that is exactly who it is for. The EV chargepoint grant pays 75 per cent of buying and installing a charger, up to £500, for renters and flat owners with designated private off-street parking, using an OZEV-authorised installer. It runs until 31 March 2027, and the cap rose from £350 to £500 in April 2026. Homeowners in houses are not eligible.
Only if the current one cannot take a new 32-amp circuit with RCD protection: rewireable fuses, no RCD, or no spare way. That is common in older London flats and adds £450 to £1,200. A modern board with a spare way needs nothing more than the new breaker.
Tethered has the cable built in, so charging is plug-and-go; it costs £20 to £50 more and the cable length is fixed. Untethered has a socket, so you use your own cable and any car can charge from it; it looks tidier on a shared drive. Both charge at the same 7kW.
In parts of London, yes. Sixty-one per cent of Londoners have no off-street parking, so the grant now covers a charger plus a cross-pavement channel that lets the cable cross the pavement safely, but only where your borough agrees; the channel itself costs £1,000 to £1,500 and takes a couple of hours. Enfield and Bromley run schemes, and more boroughs are joining.
Written by Shay Hazan, PROS AI.
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