Legal help when a charger installation meets resistance
Is the HOA or co-op refusing consent, the manager stalling or imposing requirements the law does not provide for? We combine a sound technical expert review with the analysis of a co-operating legal adviser to refute unfounded arguments and unblock the installation of an EV charging station.
Recognise any of these situations?
The most common scenarios in which a charger installation stalls not for technical reasons, but through refusal, delay or requirements imposed with no legal basis.
Refusal of consent with no basis
The HOA or co-op refuses consent to install, citing no real technical reason or provision the refusal would be based on.
Invented requirements
The manager demands conditions the law does not provide for — e.g. a separate connection, extra opinions or approvals “just in case”.
Delay and silence
No response to the application, a stalled resolution and the case dragging on for months, even though the law sets specific deadlines.
Inflated financial terms
Unjustified fees, deposits or costly requirements pushed onto the resident with no basis in the law or in a resolution.
“No power” or “fire hazard”
A refusal justified by an alleged lack of power or fire risk — without any expert review that would actually confirm it.
Dispute over the parking space
Doubts about the co-ownership of the garage, the common property and the legal title to the space where the charger is to be installed.
What the law really says
The powers of the association and the manager have limits. Below are the acts that most often settle a dispute over installing a charger in a multi-unit building.
The Act on electromobility and alternative fuels
It provides a procedure for installing charging points in multi-unit buildings. At the request of a person with legal title to a parking space, the board or manager commissions a so-called installation feasibility expert review, and any refusal should be based on its outcome — not on mere reluctance.
The Act on ownership of premises and the Civil Code
They govern the adoption of the association’s resolutions, the limits of ordinary management and the rules for using the common property (risers, the connection, the garage) under co-ownership.
Construction Law
An internal installation for charging usually does not require a building permit. The scope of formalities depends on the building and the method of execution — we verify it at the expert-review and design stage.
Fire-safety rules and technical supervision (UDT)
They set real but limited safety requirements. We describe how to tell a genuine requirement from something often “added on” without basis on the page about the fire-safety review and UDT inspection.
The expert review is your strongest tool
A refusal most often rests on a technical argument — “no power”, “the installation won’t take it”, “fire hazard”. A sound installation-feasibility expert review either refutes such an argument or points to a real, safe option. That takes the emotion out of the dispute and moves it onto the ground of facts.
This material is informational and presents the general legal position — it is not legal advice. A binding assessment of your case is prepared by a co-operating legal adviser after reviewing the documents. We confirm that the regulations are current at the analysis stage.
Engineering and law in one pair of hands
Legal advisers rarely have an electrical background, and installers rarely a legal one. We combine the two: our own expert reviews and designs plus the analysis of a co-operating legal adviser.
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Free assessment of the situation
We talk, review the correspondence and resolutions, and make an initial judgement on whether the refusal or the requirements have a real basis.
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Technical expert review
We carry out a feasibility review and select the power option — this refutes the “no power” or “fire hazard” argument.
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Legal analysis
A co-operating legal adviser assesses your case, sets out the legal grounds and the limits of the association’s or manager’s powers.
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Letters and negotiations
We prepare the application, letters to the board and manager and a draft resolution, and support you in the talks.
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Support in the dispute
Where the case requires it, the legal adviser takes further formal steps until the installation is unblocked.
We deliver the technical part as part of our expert reviews and designs and the fire-safety review and UDT inspection. For multi-family buildings, see also billing charging in an association.
Where we start
We start with a free assessment of the situation. The scope of the expert review and legal support is quoted individually, once we have reviewed the case.
Initial assessment of the situation
Freeconsultation
A review of the correspondence and resolutions and a judgement on whether the refusal or requirements have a basis. No obligations.
Feasibility expert review
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An assessment of available power, safety and installation options that refutes the technical arguments for refusal. We confirm the scope and price once we have surveyed the building.
Legal analysis and support
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A legal opinion, letters and handling of the case by a co-operating legal adviser — from the application to further formal steps.
Just after the full set of installation documentation? You’ll find a transparent price list for expert reviews and designs on the Expert reviews and designs page.
Frequently asked questions
- It can, but not arbitrarily. The Act on electromobility and alternative fuels provides a procedure for installing charging points in multi-unit buildings and an installation feasibility expert review. A refusal should be based on its outcome — e.g. a lack of technical conditions or a hazard — not on mere reluctance. The final assessment of your case is issued by a legal adviser.
- Usually yes, because the installation uses the common property: the connection, the risers and the garage. The scope of the required consent and the procedure depend on the property’s legal status and the title to the parking space — that is determined by the legal analysis.
- Not always. Very often it is enough to tap into the existing installation within the available power, as confirmed by the feasibility review. A separate connection is one of the options, not an obligation — a requirement imposed without technical justification can be challenged.
- The law sets deadlines for actions relating to the installation application and the feasibility review. Delay and silence can be grounds for further steps. A legal adviser indicates the specific deadlines and the consequences of missing them based on the case documents.
- An internal installation for charging usually does not require a building permit. The scope of formalities depends on the building and the method of execution — we verify it at the expert-review and design stage, so that the manager’s requirements are measured against the actual regulations.
- We combine two things that are usually separate: a technical expert review (available power, safety, fire safety) and the legal analysis of a co-operating legal adviser. This lets us refute the “technical” arguments raised in a refusal and build a coherent, evidence-backed position.
- No. It is purely informational and presents the general legal position. A binding assessment of your case is prepared by a legal adviser after reviewing the documents and circumstances.
Stuck with a charger installation? Let’s see what the law says.
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