EV charging for units, townhouses and strata buildings — matched to installers who handle approvals and shared power.
Charging an EV when you live in an apartment is absolutely doable — it just has a few more moving parts than a freestanding house. The two big questions are where the power comes from (your own meter vs a shared supply) and getting sign-off from your owners' corporation or strata committee. Specialist installers do this every week and can present a clean proposal to your committee.
Your charger can be wired to your own meter, or to a shared supply with smart metering (e.g. OCPP) so usage is billed back to you accurately.
Most buildings need owners'-corporation approval. Experienced installers provide the documentation, load assessment and safety info committees ask for.
If other residents will want chargers later, a load-managed 'backbone' avoids expensive rework — worth raising with the committee early.
See typical pricing in our cost guide, or get matched to an installer who specialises in this.
Sparx finds installers who do exactly this kind of work — free, with upfront quotes.
Get matched →Yes. You'll generally need owners'-corporation (strata) approval and a plan for metering, but specialist installers handle this regularly — including buildings with shared or limited supply.
With smart metering (OCPP) your charging is measured separately and billed to you, so you're not subsidised by — or subsidising — other residents.
Load-management systems share available capacity across chargers so a building can support EV charging without an expensive supply upgrade.