EV charging
EV charger installation: what it costs and how it works
What a home EV charge point installation actually involves, from the survey and cable route to load management, grid notification and realistic costs.
· 6 min read
Ridgeway Electrical
Electrical & Renewables Specialists
Solar, battery storage and EV charging specialists based in Henley-on-Thames, covering Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey. We design, supply and install low-carbon electrical systems for homes and businesses — with fixed prices, honest advice and certificates issued the day we test.
01 · What we do
Electrical & renewable services across the Home Counties
Domestic and light commercial electrical work and low-carbon installs across Reading, Oxford, Guildford and an hour in every direction — from a single EV charge point to a full solar and battery install on a listed terrace, or an air source heat pump.
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Solar & Battery
Roof arrays, hybrid inverters and storage, designed around what the property actually uses.
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EV Installation
7 kW home and workplace charge points, load-managed and cleanly routed.
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Air Conditioning
Split and multi-split systems, sized properly and sited so you don't hear them.
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Heat Pumps
Air source heat pumps with the supply, controls and emitters considered as one system.
Read more →02 · The order of things
No surprises between quote and certificate
Whether it's solar and battery, an EV charge point or a heat pump install, listed and pre-1919 properties change the method — so we plan the cable route and the reinstatement before anything is lifted. You get a fixed price, an honest generation or running-cost estimate and a start date in writing.
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Survey
We look at the board, the supply and the fabric, and tell you what the property actually needs.
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Fixed quote
Itemised by circuit and material, with the listed-building method stated where it applies.
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Install
Dust sheets down, one point of contact, and daily progress against the agreed schedule.
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Test & certify
Every circuit tested with readings recorded. Certificate issued the day we test.
03 · Why people call us back
Certified work, plainly guaranteed
Registered, insured and testable. Everything below is either written on your certificate or written in your quote.
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Fixed price, in writing
Itemised before we start. If we hit something behind the plaster you hear about it before the cost moves.
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Workmanship guarantee
Our labour is covered, and every product we fit carries the manufacturer's warranty.
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Certified and insured
Notifiable work registered with building control, £5m public liability, and test readings recorded on every circuit.
What customers say
Reviews from homeowners and businesses
“Air conditioning in a Georgian townhouse with zero visible trunking. They found a route through the existing service void and the unit is whisper-quiet.”
Helen R.
Air conditioning · Caversham, Reading
“Solar and a battery on a 1930s roof. The generation estimate they gave was slightly under what we've actually had — first trade I've used that under-promised.”
Dan M.
Solar & battery · Keynsham
“Two charge points and a supply check at our yard, done between shifts with no downtime. Quoted price was the invoiced price.”
Sara T.
Commercial EV · Radstock
04 · Where we work
Electricians covering Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Bucks & Surrey
Reading is home, and we're regularly in Oxford, Newbury, Wokingham, Bracknell, Maidenhead, High Wycombe, Guildford and Woking for electrical work, EV charge points and renewables. Solar, battery and heat pump projects take us further out to Banbury, Milton Keynes, Aylesbury and the Surrey Hills.
Electricians in Oxfordshire
Oxford, Abingdon, Didcot and more
Electricians in Berkshire
Reading, Wokingham, Bracknell and more
Electricians in Buckinghamshire
High Wycombe, Amersham, Beaconsfield and more
Electricians in Surrey
Guildford, Woking, Farnham and more
05 · Advice & guides
EV charging, solar and electrical safety, explained
Solar & battery
Are solar panels and battery storage worth it in the Home Counties?
Roof orientation, realistic yields, battery sizing and payback for solar PV in Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey — with the caveats installers rarely mention.
· 7 min read
Electrical safety
Electrical safety at home: the checks that actually matter
How often to test your installation, what an EICR really tells you, the warning signs worth acting on, and the legal duties for landlords.
· 5 min read
Tell us the postcode.
What's going wrong, how old the property is, and whether it's listed. We come back the same working day — and we'll say if a job's too far rather than take a deposit.