Who owns the charger
In an operator model the hardware stays with the operator. The property provides the parking space and the electrical connection point; the operator owns, runs and maintains the equipment, which keeps responsibility for compliance, servicing and replacement on their side.
It also means you are not left holding an obsolete asset in five years.
Electrical work and safety
Installation must be carried out by an authorised electrician and comply with national wiring regulations. That covers the dedicated circuit, earth-fault protection and the correct rating for the supply. An operator-run installation includes that work and its documentation.
Load management matters at properties with several units: chargers should share available capacity rather than trip the main fuse on a busy evening. That is configured as part of the setup.
Billing guests instead of absorbing the electricity
The reason charging becomes revenue rather than a cost is metering. Each session is measured and paid for by the driver, who scans a QR code on the charger to open a payment app. Nothing lands on your electricity bill as an unexplained increase.
For a rental property this is important: without per-session billing, free guest charging quietly becomes one of your larger utility line items.
Insurance, permissions and the lease
Tell your insurer that a charging point has been installed — it is normally a simple notification. If you lease the property yourself, or sit in an owners' association, check that installations on the parking area are permitted and get the approval in writing.
If the property is listed or in a protected area, placement and cable routing may need approval. A site assessment before work starts should flag anything that needs a permit.
Insurance and liability
When the operator owns the charger, it stays insured, monitored and serviced by them for as long as it stands there. A fault is their call-out, not a line on the owner's maintenance budget.
The owner's own property insurance is unaffected by the installation, but tell your insurer it is there — the same way you would with any other fixed installation on the site.
What the agreement actually says
The operating agreement runs for twelve months. It sets out where the chargers stand, who maintains them, how the owner is paid the fixed 1 krone per kWh, and how either side ends the collaboration.
After twelve months the cabling and installation work belong to the property. The charger itself remains the operator's. The terms are published, so nothing depends on a conversation someone half remembers.