EV charger new build - misleading

Golden_Glow90

Sorry, not sure which board is the best one to post this on so hopefully it’s moved if needed.

I reserved a new build house back in April and exchanged and completed in August. We were sold the house as having EV charging points. We haven’t owned an electric car before due to the costs of installing a charger and the fact we would be planning to move but had planned to buy one shortly after moving in so we were probably a bit naive. The show home had a rolec wall pod so we assumed this was an EV point (although we have now found out it was still a 3-pin socket). But the last 10 or so houses to be built have a regular outdoor master plug socket (I assume because the rolec ones were discontinued when the smart charge legislation came in).

I know it is possible to charge an electric car from a 3-pin socket although it’s not recommended to be used daily and it’s very slow. Anyone got any experience with getting the house builder to change it as it’s not fit for purpose and was missold? How does the legislation fit in with the house being built (but not finished) before June but  not legally purchased until August?

Spies

It wasn't a requirement to have an actual. EV charger at that time, just to facilitate it. 

QrizB

What did your contract say? Did you pay for an EVSE (and of so, to what standard), or just for a point where an EVSE could be fitted?

Golden_Glow90

I didn’t purchase anything as such but one of the selling points of the house was that it came with an EV charging point but nothing in the contract states a specification, I only have plans for the house itself with the electrics on it, there are no plans for the garage which is where the outdoor sockets are located.

The legislation mentions any car charging points to be sold after June 2022 have to be smart, which a regular 3-pin socket is not but not sure if I can use this as I didn’t actually purchase an EV point, just a new build house which has an EV point so I don’t know if it is relevant.

Reed_Richards

An ordinary 3-pin socket (even a weather-proofed outdoor one) is not the same thing as an EV Charging Point.  It wasn't the same thing even before any new legislation came into effect.  If that is what you were promised then you should insist on that being what you get.    

Golden_Glow90

Reed_Richards said:

An ordinary 3-pin socket (even a weather-proofed outdoor one) is not the same thing as an EV Charging Point.  It wasn't the same thing even before any new legislation came into effect.  If that is what you were promised then you should insist on that being what you get.    

Yeah I just don’t know if they’ll try to fob me off so was hoping for something concrete to go with 

Solarchaser

Can't comment on legalities of what you were sold, just to say there is no issue charging a car on a 3 pin plug charger, I did it for 3 years.
The only problem is the speed of charge being around 2-2.5kw, so overnight you would be unlikely to get more than say 30kwh into the car, or around 100miles of range.