Rise in homes for sale with electric car charging points…
Is a garage, driveway or designated parking space on your wish-list when looking for a new home? Well, we might start to see electric car charging points speeding their way to the top of home-hunters’ lists, too.
It’s been almost a year since the Government confirmed that sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned by 2030. Hybrid models will still be on sale for five years after that, but from 2035, all new cars have to be fully electric.
This means that in just eight years or so, the fastest, cheapest and easiest way to get your car ‘road-ready’ will be to charge it from home, which is a change that’s already having an impact on the property market.
We’ve taken a look at the number of homes listed for sale on Rightmove with an electric car charging point installed at the property (excluding newly-built homes), or in a nearby street, and we’ve discovered this has jumped by 541% compared to this time last year!
