EV Charger Management
Have You "Inherited" EV Chargers? What Managing Agents Need To Do Next
Have You "Inherited" EV Chargers? What Managing Agents Need To Do Next
Have You "Inherited" EV Chargers? What Managing Agents Need To Do Next
Mark Gill
Sep 4, 2026
If you manage residential blocks or estates in the UK as a Managing Agent, there's a good chance you've inherited a development with EV Chargers already installed (and sometimes already active!). Here's a brief guide on what to do next. For more information, talk to the team at Brim.
UK homebuilders now fit EV chargers as standard on all new-build developments, driven by Part S of the Building Regulations.
Once a development is handed over, the challenge becomes how to manage these chargers, which involves things like billing, tariff control and load balancing.
The good news is that developments from Persimmon, Bellway, Fairview, Taylor Wimpey, Vistry, Weston Homes, Thakeham Homes and others, typically come fitted with Brim's universal 7 kW smart chargers.
These chargers come with a management platform ready to go - all you need to do is get in touch with Brim to activate it.
More good news - even if they're not Brim chargers, they can still be onboarded onto this management platform.
The Challenge With “Inherited” Chargers
Inherited chargers may be live but with no tariffs set up and no visibility over who's using them or how much electricity is being drawn. Ultimately, this often means resident are left without the ability to use their chargers at all.
Fixing this means properly onboarding the charging infrastructure onto a management platform.
What To Do Next
Work out what you've inherited:
How many chargers, and where? Driveways, allocated bays and communal bays each need different access setups.
What brand? Check the unit or the O&M/handover documents, or inspect visually.
How is electricity supplied? Landlord supply recovered via service charge, usage billing, or perhaps individual meters?
Is there an existing platform or account? Ask the developer's site team or previous agent, or check for correspondence.
Is anyone being charged for electricity right now? If not, there's likely an unrecovered cost building up.
The next steps depend on whether you’ve inherited Brim’s Chargers.
If the chargers are Brim chargers
If you've inherited a Brim charger on a site by a developer such as Persimmon or Bellway, you simply need to talk to Brim's team about activating the management platform.
The platform covers access control, billing, reporting, tariffs, load management and more. Importantly, many Brim Chargers require our intelligent load balancing system to avoid substation capacity issues.
If the chargers aren't Brim chargers
Nothing needs replacing - our management platform is hardware-agnostic. This means it can manage third-party chargers with the same access control, billing, reporting, tariffs, load management and other features.
Get in touch with Brim to let us know what's on site, including brand, model, connectivity, rough charger count, and we can start the onboarding process.
The bottom line
Whether the chargers arrived via a Developer handover or a change of Managing Agent, the fix is the same: get a management platform in place so the day-to-day running of your chargers is fully handled for you, not something your team has to think about.
As more developments in your portfolio arrive with EV chargers as standard, this only becomes a bigger part of block and estate management. Getting it right now means fewer resident complaints to deal with later.
Managing a development with EV Chargers already installed, or is handover approaching? Talk to Brim about putting the right platform in place - whether they're Brim chargers or not.
Give us a call on 020 7097 5911, drop us an email at plugmein@fulltothebrim.com or fill out our contact form to get in touch.
If you manage residential blocks or estates in the UK as a Managing Agent, there's a good chance you've inherited a development with EV Chargers already installed (and sometimes already active!). Here's a brief guide on what to do next. For more information, talk to the team at Brim.
UK homebuilders now fit EV chargers as standard on all new-build developments, driven by Part S of the Building Regulations.
Once a development is handed over, the challenge becomes how to manage these chargers, which involves things like billing, tariff control and load balancing.
The good news is that developments from Persimmon, Bellway, Fairview, Taylor Wimpey, Vistry, Weston Homes, Thakeham Homes and others, typically come fitted with Brim's universal 7 kW smart chargers.
These chargers come with a management platform ready to go - all you need to do is get in touch with Brim to activate it.
More good news - even if they're not Brim chargers, they can still be onboarded onto this management platform.
The Challenge With “Inherited” Chargers
Inherited chargers may be live but with no tariffs set up and no visibility over who's using them or how much electricity is being drawn. Ultimately, this often means resident are left without the ability to use their chargers at all.
Fixing this means properly onboarding the charging infrastructure onto a management platform.
What To Do Next
Work out what you've inherited:
How many chargers, and where? Driveways, allocated bays and communal bays each need different access setups.
What brand? Check the unit or the O&M/handover documents, or inspect visually.
How is electricity supplied? Landlord supply recovered via service charge, usage billing, or perhaps individual meters?
Is there an existing platform or account? Ask the developer's site team or previous agent, or check for correspondence.
Is anyone being charged for electricity right now? If not, there's likely an unrecovered cost building up.
The next steps depend on whether you’ve inherited Brim’s Chargers.
If the chargers are Brim chargers
If you've inherited a Brim charger on a site by a developer such as Persimmon or Bellway, you simply need to talk to Brim's team about activating the management platform.
The platform covers access control, billing, reporting, tariffs, load management and more. Importantly, many Brim Chargers require our intelligent load balancing system to avoid substation capacity issues.
If the chargers aren't Brim chargers
Nothing needs replacing - our management platform is hardware-agnostic. This means it can manage third-party chargers with the same access control, billing, reporting, tariffs, load management and other features.
Get in touch with Brim to let us know what's on site, including brand, model, connectivity, rough charger count, and we can start the onboarding process.
The bottom line
Whether the chargers arrived via a Developer handover or a change of Managing Agent, the fix is the same: get a management platform in place so the day-to-day running of your chargers is fully handled for you, not something your team has to think about.
As more developments in your portfolio arrive with EV chargers as standard, this only becomes a bigger part of block and estate management. Getting it right now means fewer resident complaints to deal with later.
Managing a development with EV Chargers already installed, or is handover approaching? Talk to Brim about putting the right platform in place - whether they're Brim chargers or not.
Give us a call on 020 7097 5911, drop us an email at plugmein@fulltothebrim.com or fill out our contact form to get in touch.
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plugmein@fulltothebrim.com
@ 2025 Brim Chargers Ltd, 43 Swan Street, West Malling, Kent, ME19 6HF.
Registered in England 12436511. VAT 387 357 744
Proudly supported by
plugmein@fulltothebrim.com
@ 2025 Brim Chargers Ltd, 43 Swan Street, West Malling, Kent, ME19 6HF.
Registered in England 12436511. VAT 387 357 744