Home EV charger installation in Wigston
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How you park in Wigston
For a home charger the thing that matters most is where you park at night and how far that is from your fuse board. Wigston splits neatly on that. The older South Wigston terraces mostly park on the street, while the semis and the estates have their own drives. Most homes here are one of three types.
The South Wigston terraces
South Wigston grew up as a tight brick town of terraced streets with little off-street parking, so most homes here park on the road. A charger on the house wall then needs a safe route to the car, and where the council allows it that's a channel set into the pavement. A lot of these terraces still run an older fuse board too, so it's worth a look before we quote. If you rent or own a flat, this is the side of town where the grant can help.
The interwar semis
The bay-fronted semis that ring the older part of Wigston nearly all have a drive, or space beside the house, to park off the road. That makes the charger itself a straightforward fit. As owner-occupiers with off-street parking, though, these homes have usually fallen outside who the grant now covers, so the fair thing is to say so before you get your hopes up.
The Meadows and Little Hill estates
The 1970s and 80s Meadows and Little Hill estates are the easiest jobs in the town. A driveway to park on and a modern board already fitted, so a 7kW charger goes on the wall with a short run back to the board. If there are two cars on the drive they can share the same overnight schedule.
The Wigston split: on-street may qualify, driveways usually don't
The thing that catches people out in Wigston isn't the install, it's the grant, and the answer depends on which part of town you're in. Wigston is one of the few places locally where the grant still reaches a good number of homes.
It comes down to how you park and whether you own or rent. The rented terraces and flats around South Wigston and the older core mostly park on the street, and that's exactly the group the grant now helps, so plenty of homes there can still claim it. Owner-occupiers with a driveway, which is most of the Meadows and Little Hill estates and the interwar semis, almost certainly can't. Either way we'll be straight about where you stand, and the full rule and what a charger costs are on our page on what a home charger costs to fit.
A home charger is permanent electrical work, so it has to be wired in and signed off to the regulations, which is never a DIY job. If you want the detail on who's allowed to fit one and which plug your car needs, those pages cover it. And if you've already got solar panels, the charger can run the car off your own daytime power.
Terrace or driveway, we look first
No two Wigston houses have the same parking or the same run to the board, so the only fair way to price the job is to come and look. On a South Wigston terrace it takes more planning. On a Meadows or Little Hill driveway it's about as simple as a charger gets.
Charging without a driveway
On a South Wigston terrace that parks on the street, we start by working out whether there's a safe way to reach the car, usually a channel set into the pavement where the council allows one, so the cable never trails across the footpath. Get that right and, if you rent or own a flat, the grant can knock a real chunk off the cost. We look at the front of the house and where you park before we say what will work.
The estate driveways
On a Meadows or Little Hill driveway the job's short and clean. The charger goes on the wall, a run back to the modern board, signed off when we finish. We also check where your electricity use is going, a second car or a heat pump, and whether the board has room to spare, so the setup still fits you a few years down the line. We'd sooner see your supply and parking in person than price it off a postcode.
We fit home chargers the same way next door in Oadby and south to Market Harborough, and you can see the whole patch on our areas we cover page. For the full detail on chargers, read our EV charger installation page, and if you want more say over when you charge the car, a home battery lets you store cheap or solar power for later.
Common questions
- We're in a South Wigston terrace with no driveway. Can we still charge at home?
- Often, yes, though it takes more thought. Most South Wigston terraces park on the street, so a charger on the house wall needs a safe way to reach the car without a cable trailing across the pavement. Where the council allows it, a channel set into the pavement is the usual fix. The first job is working out whether there's a safe route we can use, so we come and look, then tell you straight what will work for your spot.
- Is the chargepoint grant any use in South Wigston?
- For some homes here, yes. Wigston's one of the places the grant still reaches, because so much of South Wigston and the older core is rented terraces and flats that park on the street, and that's the group it now covers. If you own a house with a drive, like most of the Meadows and Little Hill estates, you've almost certainly missed out on it. Tell us how you park and whether you rent or own, and we'll say which side of the line you're on.
- We're on the Meadows estate. Is fitting a charger straightforward?
- Usually, yes. The Meadows and Little Hill estates and the interwar semis have a driveway to park on and a modern fuse board already fitted, so the charger goes on the wall with a short run back to the board and it's a tidy job. If you've got solar, or you add it later, the charger can feed spare daytime power straight into the car, which suits a house that sits empty while everyone's at work.
More questions? See our common questions.