The problem with multi occupancy buildings such as flats is, the parking space is often some way away from the actual flat, along with parking spaces in many instances aren’t designated. This makes it difficult to get a charger anywhere near where the car is parked and god forbid if you live anywhere but on the ground floor. Communal area’s both inside and outside the buiding, becomes a mjaor problem for a tenant to run cables.
That leave’s limited options for the tenant who must rely on the landlord or landowner to impicate measures of choosing what they think is the most suitable way forward. Even though there are infrastructure grants available, there is no law yet to mandate landlords to install in existing buildings, as there is with any newbuild after 2022 (blame the goverment)
When does become law, which Ive heard is later this year, early next, it will be interesting what landlord/landowners will choose to do:
1) I can see the large multi site owners washing their hands with it and have an external company to install and take over the chargers, with a percentage cut for the landlord/landowner. This will remain near to or as expensive as public charging.
2) Small to medium landlord/landowners will take a mixed approach, both similar to above and also taking control of their own charging, by installing fast rather than rapid chargers on sites that have the equivulent of one stop shops on site.
During the last quarter of 2023, I tendered to a local HA I do bits for, to install two RFID 7.4kW chargers on a ground floor flat converted into one of these one stop shops as a trial. Cut to the chase, from memory were going to charge a flat rate of £25 for an RFID card and £45 for the yearly mainainence of the charger by their own electricians. Electricity would be charged at cost, which in itself, I thought was a farish deal. However, like all HA’s, LA’s, they trial in places where tennants either run about in bangers or on pushbikes, Ive only ever seen small vans owned by the HA charging their and to this day no more contracts have being put out for tender!