Most EV charger cost guides quote you the price of the box on the wall and stop there. That's only half the number. The honest answer covers the charger unit, the installation labour, what happens if your consumer unit needs work, and — the bit most homeowners get wrong — whether you're even eligible for a grant anymore.
The charger unit itself
A 7kW home charger — the standard for UK domestic properties — typically runs from around £880 to £1,150 installed, depending on the brand and how much smart functionality you want. Simpler units built around time-of-use tariffs sit at the lower end; chargers with deep solar-diversion integration (splitting charging between solar, battery and grid automatically) sit at the top.
- Ohme ePod — from around £880 installed. Built for time-of-use tariffs, compact and simple.
- Easee Charge — from around £920 installed. Clean, mainstream, no-frills.
- Hypervolt Home 3 Pro — from around £1,050 installed. Slick app, full solar integration.
- Myenergi Zappi — from around £1,150 installed. The deepest solar/battery integration of the four.
Why the labour cost varies
Installation labour is where quotes genuinely diverge, because it depends on your existing electrics, not the charger you pick. A straightforward install — charger mounted close to your existing consumer unit, no cable run complications — is quick. Costs rise if the charger needs to go somewhere the cable run is long (a detached garage, the far side of a driveway), or if your consumer unit is old enough to need an RCBO added or a CT clamp fitted for load management. Occasionally a full consumer unit upgrade is needed. All of this gets assessed properly at survey stage, not guessed at over the phone.
22kW chargers: why almost nobody needs one
22kW (three-phase) chargers exist, but most UK homes are single-phase and simply can't take one without a grid upgrade — and 22kW installs typically cost £2,000–£4,000 more than 7kW. Unless you specifically know your property has a three-phase supply, budget for 7kW; it fully charges a typical EV overnight regardless.
Do you actually qualify for a grant?
This is where most homeowners get caught out by outdated information. The Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme — the grant that used to cover any homeowner with a driveway — ended in April 2022. If you own your home outright and have private off-street parking, you are not eligible for a grant towards the install, full stop.
What still exists, and runs until 31 March 2027, is the EV chargepoint grant for flats, rented accommodation and landlords: up to £500 per socket (raised from £350 in April 2026), available if you own and live in a flat, or rent and live in any residential property, provided you have private or allocated off-street parking. Landlords installing for tenants can claim 75% of the cost up to the same £500 cap, for up to 200 sockets a year. If you only have on-street parking, a cross-pavement charging gully solution may still qualify — worth asking about specifically rather than assuming you're excluded.
The takeaway: check which category you fall into before you budget for a grant that may not apply to you. We'll confirm your eligibility at quote stage and handle the paperwork if you qualify — we won't let you assume you're covered when you're not.
The honest total
For a standard homeowner install with straightforward electrics and no grant eligibility, budget for the charger-plus-labour price above and nothing more. For a flat owner, renter, or landlord who does qualify, subtract up to £500 per socket from that number. Either way, get the consumer unit checked at survey — that's the one variable that can move the final price more than the charger choice itself.