A city of very different parking realities
Antibes does not have one typical installation site. A villa off Chemin des Sables with its own transformer and a triple garage is a different job entirely from a single allocated space in a 1970s copropriété tower near Fontonne, where the shared electrical riser was never designed to feed a 7kW charger alongside forty other apartments. In Vieil Antibes, narrow lanes and stone party walls around Cours Masséna mean cable runs often have to be rerouted through common areas rather than drilled straight through, which changes both the quote and the timeline.
Around Juan-les-Pins and along Boulevard du Littoral, many residences have underground or semi-open parking garages shared between owners, which raises the copropriété question early: syndic approval, article 24-6 droit à la prise procedures, and sometimes a technical study before Enedis will even confirm available capacity. We handle that paperwork alongside the wiring so the install doesn t stall waiting on a general assembly vote.
How we plan the install around your connection
Every job starts with checking what your existing electrical panel and Enedis subscription can actually deliver. Older villas in the Juan Pins and Golfe-Juan border areas sometimes still run older 6-9kVA contracts that need upgrading before a 7.4kW or 11kW charger makes sense — we calculate this before quoting rather than after installing, which avoids the common situation of a charger sitting unused pending a grid upgrade request.
As IRVE-qualified electricians, we handle the RGE-recognised certification required for the state bonus and for insurance purposes, plus the Consuel inspection that s mandatory before any charging point is switched on. For copropriétés, we also produce the technical file the syndic needs to submit to Enedis and to the building s general assembly, written in terms an ordinary board member can actually follow rather than pure engineering jargon.
Coastal conditions and seasonal load most owners overlook
Salt air off the Baie des Anges and around Cap Gros accelerates corrosion on outdoor terminals and connectors far faster than inland installations — we spec IP-rated, marine-grade enclosures for anything mounted outside, particularly on exposed terraces or open-air villa parking near the coast road. Cheaper indoor-rated units installed outdoors here typically fail within a couple of seasons.
Summer also brings a real load spike: with Antibes' population multiplying through July and August and many properties running air conditioning, pool pumps and a charger simultaneously, panel capacity that looked fine in March can trip breakers in peak season. We factor this seasonal draw into the sizing calculation, not just the off-season baseline most quick estimates are based on.
Frequently asked questions
Yes — under the droit à la prise you can request installation even as a tenant, though in a copropriété the syndic must be formally notified and has a set period to object on technical grounds. We prepare the notification file and the technical study together so the process moves as fast as the law allows.