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Originally Posted by Ladogaboy
I think that renting a place that is "nice enough" has nothing to do with it. Maybe "long term enough" would be more accurate. With a very small portion of the population buying/owning electric cars, landlords have no incentive to upgrade their facilities. Especially since most people I know rarely stay past the point when their lease agreement goes month-to-month. That means the landlord just invested in something that will not add significantly to the value of the property (i.e., it is not a selling point and might never see use).
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Around here people tend to stay more then a year in places that are nice, but what I meant is that the tenant should be able to convince the land lord to let the tenant pay for that upgrade, or split the cost of that upgrade, seeing as how every electric car out there can charge off a standard 110v outlet it can be pretty cheap to add in out door outlet, adding a 220v outlet in a garage would allow a number of higher voltage charging stations to simply plug in so the tenant could take their charging station with them when they do move but the infrastructure will still be there and would cost very little to have installed.
I own a Duplex and I installed one out door outlet for EV charging and had a tenant who wanted another installed on the other side of the driveway so I paid for the box an wire, they had it installed, other people I know who own rentals have said they would be willing to do that same kind of thing to keep their renters happy.
It's the same idea as providing off street parking or laundry in a rental, it can attract people who are willing to pay extra or it might keep your rental from sitting empty.