As of July 2026, a home EV charger installation in Poole or Bournemouth costs from £450 fully fitted with your own charger, or from £750 supplied and installed (Easee One; Ohme and Pod Point from £850, Tesla from £900, Zappi from £950) — every price includes the dedicated circuit, all labour, testing and the NICEIC certificate, and we handle the grant paperwork where you qualify. No driveway? Terraced and flat solutions start from £900 — jump to Poole (BH12–BH17) or Bournemouth (BH1–BH11).
“I'm Tim, and I've installed hundreds of EV chargers across Dorset — from Ohme and Easee to Zappi and Tesla. I'll help you choose the right charger for your car and home setup, handle the OZEV grant paperwork, and give you a clear price before we start.”
— Tim, Founder
EV Charger Pricing
All prices include supply, installation, dedicated circuit, testing, and NICEIC certification. OZEV grant may reduce your cost — we handle all paperwork.
| Package | Price |
|---|---|
| Standard Home Install (charger supplied by customer) | From £450 |
| Ohme Home Pro — Supply & Install | From £850 |
| Easee One — Supply & Install | From £750 |
| Zappi — Supply & Install | From £950 |
| Pod Point Solo 3 — Supply & Install | From £850 |
| Tesla Wall Connector — Supply & Install | From £900 |
| Three-Phase Charger Install | From £1,500 |
| Workplace EV Charging | From £2,500 |
| Cable Run Extension (per metre) | From £15 |
What Our Customers Say
"Five stars without hesitation. Tim and the Lilliput Electrical team have supported us on a full renovation rewire, EV charger installation and various smaller jobs over the years. Their communication is clear, pricing is transparent and accurate, and the quality of work is consistently excellent. They're professional, reliable and leave the place immaculate every time. An easy recommendation — I wouldn't go anywhere else."
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"Absolutely brilliant electrician. Always on time, tidy, good price, and top-quality work. Highly recommend."
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"Excellent! On time, worked quickly, great manners and most importantly none of the standard cowboy tradesman BS. Highly recommend!! Thanks Tim!"
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Chargers We Install
We supply and install all major home EV charger brands. Each installation includes a dedicated circuit, full electrical survey, smart app setup, and NICEIC certification.
Ohme Home Pro
7.4kW smart charger with built-in scheduling and Intelligent Octopus integration. Charges automatically when electricity is cheapest. Our most popular recommendation.
From £850
Easee One
7.4kW–22kW charger with sleek Scandinavian design, dynamic load balancing, and built-in 4G connectivity. Upgradeable to three-phase.
From £750
Zappi
7kW charger with unique solar divert mode — charges your car from excess solar energy. Three modes: Fast, Eco, and Eco+. Ideal if you have or plan solar panels.
From £950
Pod Point Solo 3
7kW charger — simple, reliable, and affordable. Wi-Fi connected with smart scheduling via the Pod Point app. A great no-frills option.
From £850
Tesla Wall Connector
7.4kW–22kW charger designed for Tesla vehicles. Seamless integration with the Tesla app. Also works with all other EVs via Type 2 connector.
From £900Not sure which charger is right for you? We'll assess your driving habits, electricity tariff, and home setup to recommend the best option. Read our EV charger comparison guide →
Which Install Pattern Do You Need?
The cost of an EV charger install has less to do with the charger than with how your property parks. These six patterns cover almost everything we see across Poole and Bournemouth — the price column is the all-in fitted cost.
| Property & parking situation | Solution | From | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driveway property — Canford Heath, Creekmoor, Upton (BH16/BH17), Talbot Woods, Kinson, Moordown | Standard wall-mounted Ohme / Easee / Zappi / Pod Point install | From £750 | The most straightforward scenario — half-day install, grant where eligible |
| Terraced house with side-passage access — Boscombe, Southbourne, Winton (BH5/BH6/BH9) | Wall-mounted charger + cable management down the passage to designated parking | From £900 | +£150 cable-management premium over the driveway standard |
| Edwardian terrace with rear-lane access — Charminster, Springbourne, Queens Park (BH7/BH8) | Rear-mounted charger on the garden wall + cable through wall to the internal board | From £900 | Rear-lane parking is the common BH7/BH8 pattern — clean install once the cable route is agreed |
| Terraced property with no off-street parking — Poole Old Town, the Quay, Parkstone | BCP-permitted pavement gulley + on-street cable to a wall-mounted charger | From £950 | +£200 over standard. Requires a BCP pavement permit — we handle the application. Not every street is eligible |
| Flat or apartment conversion with shared supply — Westbourne (BH4), Poole town centre, Penn Hill | Communal install on a shared circuit + per-tenant cost allocation | From £1,100 | Needs freeholder / management-company agreement; SSEN usually involved. Flats and renters are exactly who the £350 grant still covers |
| Coastal home within ~1km of the water — Sandbanks, Canford Cliffs (BH13), Southbourne, Westbourne (BH4/BH6) | IP65 outdoor-rated charger + marine-grade cable management | From £850 | +£100 over standard for saltwater-resistant components — recommended for any install this close to the coast |
Installation Process
Free Survey & Quote
We visit your property to assess your electrical supply, consumer unit capacity, and preferred charger location. You'll receive a clear written quote within 24 hours.
Installation Day
Typically 3–4 hours. We install a dedicated circuit from your consumer unit, mount the charger, and run cabling neatly along walls or through conduit.
Setup & Handover
We configure the charger app, set up smart tariff scheduling, demonstrate operation, and provide all certificates. You're ready to charge.
The Electrical Bit — What Actually Goes Into a Safe Install
An EV charger is a 7.4kW load running for hours at a time, so it's treated as its own dedicated circuit, not a spur off something else. Three things decide whether your install is simple or needs extra work:
- Your consumer unit. The charger circuit needs a Type-A or Type-F RCD. If your board already has a spare way and suitable protection, we add the circuit. If it's an older split-load unit or on rewireable fuses, it usually needs upgrading first — we'd quote a consumer unit upgrade alongside so it stays one job and one price.
- Your main fuse and supply. Many local homes have a 60A or 80A main fuse. A 7.4kW charger plus a busy household can approach that limit, so where needed we fit a charger with load management — a CT clamp that dials the car back when household demand is high — rather than risk nuisance trips at the cutout.
- Open-PEN protection. Most local supplies are PME (TN-C-S). The 18th Edition requires protection against a broken-neutral fault on the network, so we either use a charger with built-in open-PEN detection or provide it another compliant way. This is the bit cheap installs skip. We don't.
For anything over 7.4kW we notify the local network operator, SSEN, as part of the job — you don't have to do anything. Every install ends with a full test and an NICEIC certificate.
EV Charger Installation in Poole — BH12 to BH17
“Poole is home for us — we work out of Creekmoor, so I'm rarely more than fifteen minutes from a job, whether it's a driveway in Canford Heath or a place down on the harbour at Sandbanks. EV charging looks simple, and on a modern estate house it usually is. But the part that actually matters is what's behind the wall: whether your board can take the circuit, what your main fuse will carry, and how we protect the install against a supply fault. I'll look at all of that before I quote, recommend the right charger for your car and your tariff, and give you one fixed price.”
— Tim Collier, Founder & NICEIC Engineer
Poole isn't one type of property. The install on a 1990s estate house in Canford Heath is nothing like one on a Victorian terrace in the Old Town or a detached house on the Sandbanks peninsula. Four broad situations cover most of what we see.
Modern estates with driveways — Canford Heath, Creekmoor, Hamworthy, Upton
The straightforward case: off-street parking, a reasonably modern consumer unit, and a short cable run to the wall. Most are a half-day 7.4kW install with nothing more involved than confirming the board has capacity. BH16 and BH17 are full of this housing.
The premium coast — Sandbanks, Canford Cliffs, Lilliput, Penn Hill (BH13)
Higher EV ownership, bigger plots, and detached garages set back from the parking spot mean longer cable runs and a premium on doing it discreetly — recessed runs, tidy containment, no surface clutter. Salt air this close to the water means we specify properly weather-rated units and glands. A handful of these properties have a three-phase supply, which opens up faster 22kW charging.
Period and terraced homes — Old Town, the Quay, Parkstone
Older boards that may need upgrading first, and often no off-street parking. Where you park directly outside, a recessed cross-pavement channel can work — that needs a BCP Council permit, which we handle. Where it doesn't, we look at a wall-mounted unit with neat conduit to legitimate parking, or tell you honestly if a home charger isn't practical.
Flats and town-centre apartments
Around the Quay, the town centre and Penn Hill there are a lot of flats. These need freeholder or management-company permission, and the supply arrangement (often a shared meter room) needs assessing — but flats and renters are exactly who the £350 grant still covers, so the economics can be good.
Poole postcode coverage
We install across every Poole postcode from our Creekmoor base — most of the town is inside a 15-minute radius, which is why we can usually survey the same week.
| Postcode | Area | Typical install |
|---|---|---|
| BH12 | Parkstone, Branksome, Alderney | Mixed 1930s semis & modern infill — most have driveways or side access |
| BH13 | Sandbanks, Canford Cliffs, Lilliput, Penn Hill | Premium coastal stock — longer garage-to-gate runs, discreet routing, occasional three-phase |
| BH14 | Lower Parkstone, Penn Hill | Edwardian villas & 1960s housing — driveway installs, some board upgrades first |
| BH15 | Poole town centre, Old Town, Hamworthy | Terraces & flats with on-street parking — gully or wall-mount solutions |
| BH16 | Upton, Hamworthy, Lytchett | Modern estates with driveways — straightforward 7.4kW installs |
| BH17 | Creekmoor, Canford Heath, Waterloo | Our home patch — 1980s–2000s estate housing, almost all driveways |
For every electrical service in the area, see our Poole electrician page.
EV Charger Installation in Bournemouth — BH1 to BH11
Bournemouth's housing stock is far more terraced and flat-converted than Poole's, so the no-driveway question comes up constantly. It is almost always solvable. Three patterns cover it:
Side-passage cable management — most common in BH9 / BH10
The 1930s bay-fronted semis across Winton, Moordown and Northbourne nearly all have a side passage running to the rear. We mount the charger on the flank wall and run proper cable management down the passage to the designated parking spot. No pavement involved, no permit needed. Around £150 over a driveway standard install.
Rear-lane wall-mount — most common in BH7 / BH8
The Edwardian terraces of Charminster, Springbourne and Queens Park often back onto a service lane where residents park. We mount the charger on the garden or rear boundary wall and take the cable through the wall to the internal consumer unit. Clean install once the cable route is agreed with you.
BCP-permitted pavement gulley
Where you park directly outside the front of the house and there's no side or rear access, a recessed cross-pavement gulley lets the cable cross the footway without becoming a trip hazard. This needs a BCP Council permit — we handle the application. Not every street qualifies, and we'll tell you before you commit rather than after.
Bournemouth postcode coverage
Same fixed pricing across every BCP postcode. Drive times measured from our Poole base via the A338 / A347 / Wessex Way.
| Postcode | Area | Typical install | Drive time |
|---|---|---|---|
| BH1 / BH2 | Town centre, East Cliff, West Cliff | Mostly flat conversions / shared parking | 25 min |
| BH3 / BH4 | Talbot Woods, Westbourne village | Talbot Woods driveways, Westbourne mixed | 22 min |
| BH5 / BH6 | Boscombe, Southbourne | Victorian terraces / coastal stock (saltwater-rated installs) | 28 min |
| BH7 / BH8 | Springbourne, Queens Park, Charminster | Edwardian terraces — rear-lane access common | 26 min |
| BH9 / BH10 | Winton, Moordown, Northbourne | 1930s semis with side passages | 22 min |
| BH11 | Kinson, Bear Cross, West Howe | Driveways standard | 18 min |
Terraced-house charging in Bournemouth is covered in more depth in our terraced-house EV charger guide. For every electrical service in the area, see our Bournemouth electrician page.
Frequently Asked Questions
A home EV charger installation in Poole starts from £450 fully fitted if you supply your own charger, or from £750 supplied and installed (Easee One; Ohme Home Pro and Pod Point from £850, Tesla Wall Connector from £900, Zappi from £950). Every price includes the dedicated circuit, the protective devices required by the 18th Edition, all labour, testing and the NICEIC certificate — and we handle the grant paperwork where you qualify. We’re based in Creekmoor (BH17), so Poole surveys are usually same-week.
A standard Bournemouth install (driveway property, single-phase, charger supplied by us) starts from £750 fully fitted — charger unit, dedicated 32 A circuit, Type-A or Type-F RCD as required for EV charging, grant paperwork, NICEIC certification and smart-tariff app setup. Bournemouth-specific premiums: cable management down a side passage +£150, pavement gulley for properties with no off-street parking +£200 (requires a BCP permit), shared-supply BH4 flat conversions +£350, and coastal saltwater-rated installs +£100. Tesla Wall Connector adds £150 over the standard chargers. Fixed quote after a free 15-minute survey.
Often, yes — and it’s one of the most common questions we get from terraced streets in Poole Old Town, Boscombe, Charminster and Springbourne. The rule is firm: a charging cable can’t trail across a public footway as a trip hazard. Three solutions work. Where there’s a side passage (typical 1930s semis in Winton and Moordown), we run tidy cable management down it to the parking spot. Where there’s rear-lane access (typical Edwardian BH7/BH8), we mount the charger on the garden wall and take the cable through to the internal board. Where you park directly outside, a recessed cross-pavement gulley can work — that needs a BCP Council permit, which we apply for on your behalf. If none of those is practical for your street, we’ll say so honestly rather than sell you an install that won’t work.
Not always — it depends what’s already in your board. An EV charger needs its own dedicated circuit protected by a Type-A (or Type-F) RCD, and the installation has to protect against an open-PEN supply fault. If your consumer unit has a spare way and suitable protection, we can often add the circuit cleanly. If it’s an older split-load board with only a 30 mA AC-type RCD, no spare ways, or rewireable fuses, you’ll usually need a board upgrade first to do the job to the 18th Edition. We check at the survey and tell you straight — see our consumer unit upgrade page if a board change is likely, and we’ll quote both together so it stays one fixed price and one visit.
It depends on your property type. The EV chargepoint grant (the scheme that replaced OZEV/OLEV for homes) is worth up to £350, but since 2022 it is no longer available to owner-occupiers with a private driveway. It IS still available if you live in a flat, or you rent your home, and for landlords installing at rental properties. That matters locally — Poole has a lot of flats around the town centre, the Quay and Penn Hill, and Bournemouth’s BH1/BH2/BH4 stock is heavily flat-converted. If you’re eligible we complete all the paperwork; if you’re not, we tell you upfront rather than imply a discount that doesn’t apply.
If you’re on Intelligent Octopus Go, the Ohme Home Pro is our most common recommendation — it talks directly to Octopus and schedules charging into the cheap overnight window automatically. The Easee One is a strong all-rounder with dynamic load balancing (useful if your main fuse is on the smaller side) and can be upgraded to three-phase later. If you have solar panels, or plan to, the Zappi’s Eco and Eco+ modes divert spare solar generation into the car. We match the charger to your tariff, your car and your supply at the survey — there’s no single best unit for every home. Our EV charger comparison guide puts them side by side.
Only if you have a three-phase supply, which most homes here don’t — the standard domestic supply is single-phase, which tops out at 7.4kW. In practice 7.4kW adds well over 100 miles of range in a typical overnight charge, so it’s plenty for almost every household. Some larger Sandbanks and Canford Cliffs properties do have three-phase, in which case a 22kW Easee or Tesla Wall Connector is an option. We confirm your supply type at the survey before quoting. For anything over 7.4kW we notify the local network operator, SSEN, as part of the job — you don’t have to do anything.
A standard installation takes 3–4 hours — running the dedicated circuit from your consumer unit, mounting the charger, and setting up the app. If we need a longer cable run or a consumer unit upgrade, it may take a full day. We confirm the timeframe at the survey stage.
Yes. All the chargers we install are rated for outdoor use (IP65 or higher). We can mount on exterior walls, in garages, car ports, or on free-standing posts. Cable management is kept tidy with conduit where needed. For properties within about a kilometre of the water — Sandbanks, Canford Cliffs, Southbourne, Westbourne — we specify marine-grade glands and containment as standard.
Yes. The Zappi charger has a dedicated solar divert mode that uses excess solar generation to charge your car rather than exporting it. We can also set up other chargers with smart scheduling to coincide with peak solar generation. If you’re considering both, see our solar and battery page — it’s usually cheaper to plan the two together.
In most cases, no. Home EV charger installation is permitted development as long as the charger doesn’t face a highway in a conservation area or on a listed building. For flats, you’ll need permission from the freeholder or management company. We’ll advise during your survey if any permissions are needed.
What's Included in Every Installation
- All major brands: Ohme, Easee, Zappi, Pod Point, Tesla
- Smart tariff compatible — Octopus Go, Intelligent Go, and more
- Future-proof installation with dedicated circuit
- NICEIC registered with full electrical certificate
- OZEV grant paperwork handled for you
- Free home electrical survey included