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Residents' associations

The question is not whether they are coming. It is how the first one gets in.

The moment one resident has a charger fitted on their own, their cable run becomes the car park's cable run. The next person has to work around it, so does the third, and there comes a point where not one more cable will fit through the ceiling slab. Pre-installation means deciding once, at a residents' meeting, how the building is wired for charging, instead of inheriting the cable route left by whoever got there first.

Three reasons to do it now.

Decided once and for all

One meeting, one project and one fixed price for the whole car park, instead of six arguments and six different installations.

Your car park goes up in value

The investment stays with the property. A parking space with charging available is worth more and lets sooner.

Connecting later is no longer building work

With the tray in place, fitting a point in a parking space is a few hours' electrical work, not a building job.

How each type of car park is tackled.

No two car parks are the same, but three situations come up again and again in Madrid. The initial survey establishes which one is yours and the best route to take.

  1. Single-level car park

    The cable tray starts at the meter room and runs along the main roadway. This is the simplest case and the cheapest per parking space.

  2. Car park with two or more levels

    The riser between floors is the make-or-break item. It is done once, sealed properly and recorded, so that coming down to the second floor later is no longer building work.

  3. Car park with a ramp and the consumer unit outside

    Where the consumer unit sits outside the enclosure, the external run has to be mechanically protected. We solve this with reinforced trunking and a weatherproof junction box.

The questions that come up at the residents' meeting.

These six come up at every meeting. If it suits you, one of our engineers will attend the meeting and answer them in person.

«There are no electric cars in the car park yet»

That is precisely why. With the car park still clear, the cable route is designed once for every space, taking the best line and at a fixed price. Once people have gone ahead on their own, the route is dictated by whoever got there first, and every new charger ends up dearer and uglier than the last.

«Why should the whole building pay for it if only some of us will use it?»

Because you aren't paying for a charger: you're paying for a building installation, just like the communal aerial or the fibre connection. The charging point for each space, its individual installation and its electricity are paid for by each owner, when they decide to have one fitted.

«I don't want building work in my parking space»

There won't be any. All the work runs through the communal areas: the cable tray is fixed to the ceiling and follows the car park roadways. Nothing is touched in your space until you decide to have your own charging point installed.

«Will the residents' association pay for it on the electricity bill?»

No. Each point is connected to the relevant supply, normally the meter for the home itself, so every owner pays for exactly the energy they charge.

“What if it ends up costing more than quoted?”

The quote is fixed and given to you in writing before the meeting, along with the technical report and the cable routing plan. If the site survey turns up anything unexpected, we talk it through before touching a single cable.

“Who deals with the permits?”

We do, and it's included in the service: we carry out, certify and register the installation with the competent authority. The residents' association receives the documentation signed by a qualified engineer.

What the residents' association gets before voting.

Free and with no obligation: technical report, cable route drawing and cost breakdown, ready to attach to the minutes. And if you ask, an engineer at the meeting to answer residents' questions.

Are you a residents' association?

Get in touch and we'll prepare a full survey of the car park, with a technical report and a fixed-price quote, ready for you to take to the residents' meeting.

0 € up front3-year warrantyCertification, registration and grants included