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Home EV charging · sample pricing

Know the cost before anyone drills.

Answer six short questions and see an indicative range for a home charger. A survey fixes the price. Nothing is installed from an online quote.

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Modern house at dusk with a wall charger and an electric car on a wet drive.

Illustrative image

  • £1,479

    Sample price, fitted. Lane 7 plus a standard install, VAT included.

  • 6 questions

    to an indicative range, in a few minutes. “I don’t know” is allowed.

  • Survey first

    A visit fixes the price and checks the supply before any work is booked.

Services

One job at a time, in normal words.

Bare garage wall with an empty mounting plate and a neat conduit run.

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Home charging

A wall charger for a house you can park beside. 7.4 kW is the usual ceiling on a single-phase supply.

How home charging works
Communal parking bays with wall chargers on a pale boundary wall.

Flats and landlords

Shared bays, permission, and who pays.

Read the guide
Office car park with plain post-mounted chargers and unmarked bays.

Workplace

Staff bays without pretending the supply is infinite.

See the bay sketch
Solar panels on a modern roof in morning light.

Solar and batteries

Use surplus power when the roof is already generating.

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Sample report · illustration

EV health check

A diagnostic visit and a written note. Not a scare story.

  • Charging port: Type 2, latch moves freely
  • No fault codes stored (example line)
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Before you buy the car

Thinking of going electric?

Talk it through before you choose the car.

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Survey to install

Two steps on your phone. Then a person looks at the house.

The first two steps are online. From the third, someone qualified visits. Until the fixed quote, nothing is promised and nothing is drilled.

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A Type 2 plug nearing the holster of a plain white wall charger.

  1. Online · a few minutes

    Answer six short questions

    Property, parking, the car, the cable run, the electrics, the charger. “I don’t know” is allowed.

  2. Online · indicative

    Read the range, not a slogan

    Each line is labelled sample pricing. You can see what would move it.

  3. At the house

    The survey

    Checks the supply, the cable route and any permissions. A job can be refused if the supply or the permissions are not right.

  4. Price fixed here

    A fixed quote

    You receive a fixed quote after the survey. You can say no.

  5. On site

    Installation

    A straightforward home visit is often a few hours on site. Permission, parts or a difficult route can make the wait much longer.

  6. When the work is complete

    The certificate

    Work follows BS 7671, the UK wiring regulations, and Building Regulations. A certificate is part of a finished job, not an extra.

Sample models

Three chargers, side by side.

Answer three questions and the best sample fit is highlighted. Lane 7, Lane 7 Solar and Lane 22 are fictional, and a survey decides what your supply can take.

Which one fits?

Is the supply three-phase?
Prefer surplus solar?
Cable on the wall, or a socket?

Pick an answer for each question for a suggestion.

Lane 7, Lane 7 Solar and Lane 22 compared. Fictional sample models.
Specification
Compact white wall charger on a grey studio background.
Lane 7
Tall white wall charger with the cable hung on a side hook.
Lane 7 Solar
Wide white wall charger beside a separate cable holster.
Lane 22
Best forThe usual home starting point.The same speed, with a sample setting for surplus solar.Only where three-phase power is real, not hoped for.
Power7.4 kW7.4 kW22 kW
Range addedRoughly 25 to 35 miles an hour. The car decides.Roughly 25 to 35 miles an hour. The car decides.About three times a normal home charger, if the supply allows.
SupplySingle phaseSingle phaseThree phase
LeadTethered. About 5 m, fixed to the unit.Tethered. About 5 m, fixed to the unit.Untethered. Socket only: bring your own Type 2 cable.
Solar matchingNoYes, sampleNo
Load managementYes, sampleYes, sampleYes, sample
App controlYes, sampleYes, sampleYes, sample
Warranty3 years (sample)3 years (sample)3 years (sample)
Charger, sample£799£1,049£1,249
Fitted from, sample£1,479£1,729£2,379Includes the three-phase surcharge

OZEV-approved (sample, confirm for each model). “Fitted from” is the charger plus a standard install with the first 5 m of cable, VAT included, and is indicative until a survey. Open the full comparison

What moves the price

Every extra has a number.

These are the sample rates behind the quote tool. A survey measures the real route and checks the electrics, so the line items that apply are only confirmed there.

Sample rates, VAT included
ItemSample
Standard installationIncludes the first 5 m of cable, commissioning and a completion certificate.£680
Extra cablePer metre beyond the first 5 m.£26/m
TrenchingPer metre dug. Making good a lawn or drive is confirmed at survey.£72/m
Consumer unit upgradeOnly if the fusebox is old or lacks the right protection.£540
Earthing solutionSome supplies need an extra earth arrangement. A survey measures it.£360
Three-phase surchargeOnly when the supply is three-phase.£450
Load managementLets the charger ease off when the house is busy.£240
Solar integrationPanels are not included.£380
Kerbside cable channelA council may have to agree. Not a promise to install.£620

Grants and running costs

Money back, and money saved, with the sums showing.

Grants

You may be able to apply. You will not be told you qualify.

Up to £500 per socket

For renters and flat owners, households with on-street parking, and residential landlords, under the OZEV chargepoint grants. The schemes run to 31 March 2027.

  • You may be eligible
  • Check this
  • Probably not eligible

Owners of a house with off-street parking generally do not qualify, so confirm on GOV.UK. The scheme administrator decides, not the installer, and the charger must not be installed until the scheme confirms. Last checked 20 October 2026.

Open the grants guide

Running costs · illustrative

Cost per mile, with the sums left visible.

Petrol

£1,230

Electric

£507

£723 a year, in this example

8,000 miles a year, petrol at 42 mpg (a UK gallon) and £1.42 a litre. Charging split 25% home at 26p, 60% off-peak at 8p and 15% public at 59p, with 10% lost on the way. Illustrative prices: replace with your own.

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How the work is done

Real rules of work, from a fictional practice.

  • Qualified electricians. Installation follows BS 7671 and Building Regulations, with a certificate when the work is complete.
  • Never from an online range alone. The survey is what makes the work safe and the price fixed.
  • A job can be refused if the supply or the permissions are not right.
  • No awards, accreditations or review counts are shown, because this is a fictional practice.

Coverage

  • England
  • Scotland
  • Wales
  • Northern Ireland

Attendance is confirmed when a survey is booked.

Workshop bench with coiled cable, conduit and face-down test equipment.

The range was labelled as a range. The survey is what we were told would fix the price, and that is the order things happened in this example.

Sample review. Not a customer quote. Not a count of jobs.

Projects

Four fictional examples.

These are not case files, and the photographs are illustrative, not records of jobs. There is no count of jobs because none is claimed.

Bare garage wall with an empty mounting plate and a neat conduit run.
Before, illustrated · not this customer’s wall
Modern house at dusk with a wall charger and an electric car on a wet drive.
After, illustrated · a different scene
  1. A short driveway runFictional semi-detached house. Cable under 5 metres, clipped outside. The fixed quote still waited for the survey.
  2. A garage wallThe charger sits inside, the cable on a hook. Making good the plaster is something the survey confirms.
  3. Two bays behind a small blockFictional landlord. Permission from the freeholder came before any hole was drilled.
  4. A small office car parkSix bays discussed, four posts sketched, not all at full power together.
A coiled charging cable hanging on a hook against a white wall.

Guide · start here

Charging speeds in plain English

7.4 kW and 22 kW in miles you can picture, and why the car still has a say.

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Guides

Short on purpose.

Questions

Straight answers.

If a sentence is not here, it is not a promise.

All the questions
Is the online quote the price I will pay?

No. It is an indicative range from sample rates. A survey checks the cable route, the fusebox and the earthing. Only the quote after that survey is a price you can accept.

Can a charger be installed without a survey?

No. Volt Lane does not install a charger from the online range alone. The survey is what makes the work safe and the price fixed.

Will I receive a grant?

Nobody on this site can say that. You may be able to apply. Eligibility is decided by the scheme administrator. Do not have the charger installed until the scheme confirms you are eligible.

I rent. Can I still have a charger?

Often, yes, but only with the landlord or freeholder’s permission. Work does not start without it. You may be able to apply for a grant. The scheme decides, not the installer.

I park on the street. Will you fit a cable across the pavement?

Not as a promise. A kerbside solution may need local council permission. The quote explains the options and nothing is booked as if permission already exists.

How long does an installation take?

A straightforward home visit is often a few hours on site. Permission, parts or a difficult route can make the wait much longer. The survey is what dates the job.

Ready when you are

Get a range in a few minutes. Book the survey when you’re ready.

You can save the quote on this device and book a survey with the range attached. Still indicative. Still sample rates.

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  • Indicative until a survey
  • Nothing drilled before the fixed quote
  • You can say no to the fixed quote
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