Moving House With an EV Charger: Can You Take It With You?

Quick answer: Yes — the charger is yours, and an electrician can remove it and refit it at your new home. But the buried cabling stays behind, the combined removal-and-refit bill can rival the cost of a new unit (our modelled installed cost is around £754), and moving it can void the warranty. Unless your charger is nearly new or a premium model, leaving it usually makes more financial sense.

Whose charger is it — and can you take it?

You paid for it, so you can take it. The complication is that a wall-mounted chargepoint is wired into the house, which makes it look like a fixture — and buyers increasingly assume it stays, the way they would a boiler. If you plan to take it, say so explicitly on the TA10 fittings and contents form during conveyancing and make sure it is reflected in the agreed price. Quietly unbolting it between exchange and completion is a fast route to a dispute.

One thing you cannot take: the cable run. As energy supplier E.ON Next explains, the cabling that feeds the charging point has to be left behind and made safe — only the unit itself travels.

What moving a charger actually involves

• A qualified electrician disconnects the unit and makes the old cabling safe — this is not a DIY unbolting job.
• Your new home needs its own survey: cable route, fuse-board capacity and supply headroom all have to be checked, exactly as for a fresh installation. Our guide to whether your home electrics can handle an EV charger covers what that involves.
• The installer must notify the DNO (your local electricity network operator) about the chargepoint at the new address.
• Smart chargers need re-commissioning on the new Wi-Fi and, if you use a smart tariff, re-linking to your energy account.
• Check your warranty first. E.ON Next warns that moving the unit — especially using an installer the manufacturer has not approved — can invalidate it.

What it costs: take it, negotiate it, or buy new

Sources: E.ON Next · Home Energy Quotes Cost Index (how we calculate costs) — checked July 2026.

Because so much of an installation’s cost is labour and cabling rather than the box on the wall, the arithmetic often lands the same way: taking a mid-range unit with you saves little or nothing once removal, survey and refit are paid for. Our North West installation cost guide breaks down where the money goes on a fresh install.

What about the grant?

If your charger was installed under one of the older OZEV home-charging grants, moving house does not create a repayment problem — installer guidance (for example Ohme’s moving-house support page) is that you do not need to notify OZEV once the grant has been paid.

Getting a new grant at the next property is a different story. Under the current chargepoint grant rules (running to 31 March 2027, with revised rates from 1 April 2026), the £500 EV chargepoint grant is only available if you rent your home or own a flat, with private off-street parking — homeowners in houses are no longer eligible. The grants also fund new chargepoint installations, so refitting a unit you already own would not normally qualify. If your next home is rented or a flat, read our guide to the chargepoint grant for renters and flat owners before deciding whether to drag the old unit along.

When taking it makes sense

• The unit is premium or nearly new — for example a solar-diverting charger you bought to pair with panels you are also planning at the new house.
• Your buyer genuinely places no value on it, so leaving it earns you nothing.
• The manufacturer or original installer offers an approved removal-and-refit service that keeps the warranty intact.
• You are moving somewhere a straightforward install is guaranteed — short cable run, modern fuse board.

When to leave it behind

• The unit is more than a few years old — smart features, tariff integrations and standards have moved on quickly.
• A tethered cable is showing its age; you would be paying to relocate a worn component.
• Your buyer drives an EV — a working chargepoint is a genuine selling point. E.ON Next suggests a chargepoint can add up to £5,000 to a property’s value (their estimate — treat it as negotiating ammunition rather than a promise).
• The removal-plus-refit quotes come in anywhere near the price of a new installation.

Whichever way you go, our home EV charger guide covers choosing a unit for the new place, and the calculator will estimate what home charging could save you there.

FAQs

Do I need to tell OZEV I am moving house?

No. Installer guidance is that once a home-charging grant has been paid there is no requirement to notify OZEV when you move, and no repayment is triggered by selling the property.

Does leaving the charger add value to my house?

It can. E.ON Next suggests a chargepoint can add up to £5,000 to a property’s value, and EV-driving buyers increasingly expect one. At minimum, make sure it features in the listing rather than going unmentioned.

Can I claim the £500 grant again at my new home?

Only if the new property qualifies — under current rules that means you rent it or own a flat, with off-street parking — and the grant funds a new chargepoint installation, not the refit of a unit you already own. Check the current rules on GOV.UK before you commit.