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High demand for London homes with EV charging points but supply remains low
12:01 AM, 17th December 2025, 4 months ago
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Demand for homes with electric vehicle (EV) charging points remains strong, but availability continues to lag far behind.
Research from Foxtons shows buyer appetite across London is high, with 28% of homes that have a private EV charging point already under offer.
However, only 1% of all properties currently listed for sale in the capital include an EV charging point.
Exceptionally high demand for EV-compatible homes across the capital
This comes even after Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in the Autumn Budget that a mileage-based tax for EVs will begin in 2028, something that does not appear to be affecting demand.
In several London boroughs, interest is particularly strong. Islington leads the capital, with 60% of EV-equipped homes already under offer. Bexley follows with 53%. Barking and Dagenham and Lewisham each stand at 50%. Haringey, Sutton and Havering also show high demand, ranging between 41% and 44%.
Despite strong interest, supply remains extremely limited. Only 1% of all homes for sale in London include an EV charging point, with Merton offering the highest share at just 4%.
Foxtons’, managing director of sales, James Stevenson, says EV charging points are becoming an important selling asset.
He said: “As EV adoption continues to rise, the presence of a private charging point is becoming a significant advantage for sellers and our data shows exceptionally high demand for EV-compatible homes across the capital.
“Yet the number of properties on the market with EV charging points is extremely low and this creates a clear opportunity for homeowners. Buyers increasingly value convenience, security and future readiness, and homes that provide private charging facilities are well placed to attract stronger interest and competitive offers in the years ahead.”
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electric vehicles, EV charging point homes, foxtons, homes with EV charging, London property market
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Member Since July 2016 - Comments: 169
10:19 AM, 17th December 2025, About 4 months ago
EV charging points are easy and relatively inexpensive to install. The potential to install an EV charging point must be more relevant than if one exists or not.
Member Since September 2018 - Comments: 3527 - Articles: 5
11:07 AM, 17th December 2025, About 4 months ago
I don’t see the point in actively putting them in on the basis a T may need one.
If this is a necessary requirement for a potential T, then they would only be looking for properties to rent that either have them already in situ or have the ability to have one fitted. They can then discuss the possibility with the potential new LL and make a decision from there.
Member Since June 2019 - Comments: 781
1:06 PM, 17th December 2025, About 4 months ago
With a shortage of properties to rent there is currently no need to add extras, they are no longer simple sockets and pose possible maintenance costs in the future.
Member Since May 2014 - Comments: 199
3:15 PM, 17th December 2025, About 4 months ago
I simply installed a 13 amp socket connected to the ring main and along came the perfect Tesla owner who snapped up the property there and then, subject of course to contract and credit checks. They could if they wished install a Tesla wall connector for faster charging, but so far they seem happy filling up overnight from the outside socket.
it’s common sense that professional LLs make power available, where possible, at very little cost
Member Since February 2018 - Comments: 627
3:44 PM, 17th December 2025, About 4 months ago
Reply to the comment left by Paul Essex at 17/12/2025 – 13:06
‘and pose possible maintenance costs in the future’, and great danger.
The government itself countebances ‘caution’ when charging an e-bike, in South Korea, an EV caught fire in an underground car park below an apartment block, it made the entire building uninhabitable; based on thecstalling if EV sales, this sounds like a puff piece aimed at breathing some life into the corpse of what is a truly hopeless technology on in a mass scale.
Member Since May 2014 - Comments: 199
6:03 PM, 17th December 2025, About 4 months ago
Reply to the comment left by moneymanager at 17/12/2025 – 15:44
Hopeless technology! Where are you getting your misinformation from.
I travel from London to the Italian border regularly in a Tesla Model Y and occasionally in my wife’s 2019 Model 3. The tech is the difference between horse and cart and a combustion engine. But that’s going off subject.
I’m a proffesial LL of 45 years and if you want to stay ahead of the game, the small cost of installing an outside power point has already paid off for me as stated in my earlier post