Pricing
How pricing works for a building
We don't post prices, because a garage isn't priced by the charger. Here is what sets the number and when you see it.
What decides the price
The same eight stalls can cost very different amounts in two buildings.
Stalls now, and stalls in the next phase
Distance from the electrical room to the stalls
Spare capacity, or more service
Trenching, core drilling and fire stopping
The utility's work and schedule
Permit and inspection fees
What the proposal includes, and what it doesn't
Each layout is priced on its own, line by line.
Included: chargers, conduit and wire, breakers, permit, commissioning
Not included: charges the utility bills the association directly
Not included: legal review, repairs, striping and signs
Not included: the billing service's own subscription
What happens at the survey
Wayne takes the load numbers and Darius walks the garage route. We ask the manager for the building's electrical drawings, if there are any.
The survey fee is quoted in writing before we come
It is credited to the job if your board signs the proposal
When you get the number
In the written proposal, before the board votes. We don't price over the phone or from photos, because a garage can't be priced from either.
How and when you pay
A deposit when the board approves in writing, then payments at set stages. The schedule is in the proposal, and the treasurer gets one invoice per stage.
If the job changes
A longer run than surveyed, or a requirement from the utility, is written up and agreed in writing before the work goes ahead.
The proposal
What the board gets to read
The proposal is written for a board that meets once a month and has to explain the vote to neighbors. It sets out the layouts side by side, the cost of each and what raises it, the billing options, and the schedule with the utility's steps in it.
Inside it
The load calculation and the spare amps
Each layout, its scope and its price
What's included and what isn't
The permit, utility and inspection steps
The billing options and a draft rule for the attorney to read
Get the number in writing
Request a survey and the board gets a proposal it can vote on.