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Couple more photos Inside the meter cabinet: Inside the CU: There are no cables around the CU, all the cables come out of the wall already inside the CU

Ok, so it seems my options are: #1 Book the charging point installation and have them install the one-way board. Pros: Single job, Cheapest option (£65) Cons: No space for future expansion, Two boxes on wall #2 Have a sparky fit a 2nd CU and then get the charging point installed once done...

Yes, I was thinking more of the labour costs. For the single circuit box I can get it installed at the same time as the charging point and so I assumed the £65 extra was mostly for the cost of parts as there would only be a small extra amount of labour. Whereas if I wanted a larger additional CU...

Pic of CU attached. Don't have a pic of meter etc but can add later if that's useful BTW Quote for the one-way board was £65 ontop of standard installation. I assume a new CU would be significantly more than that?

We've just bought a plug-in car and are looking to get a charging point fitted. This will need a new connection to the consumer unit, but ours is already full. One installer we spoke to said that we would need to get a whole new consumer unit fitted with more space before they could do the...