Brent · NW2 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Cricklewood fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide fridge and freezer disposal in Cricklewood NW2 for houses and flats around Cricklewood Broadway. From £45, quoted in writing before the visit, with one or two crew depending on access; American-style and full-height units on an upper floor with no lift are booked as a two-person job as standard Units are built in the room they live in, then wall-anchored where they need it.
Overview
Fridge and freezer disposal in Cricklewood NW2 is a fixed-price visit for renter-heavy homes in Brent, most of them mainly Edwardian. 4,362 households sit inside this NW2 patch, 74% of them flats, so we quote on access near Cricklewood Broadway rather than a London average.
How it works
Step 1
Under-counter, full-height or American-style — that alone sets the price, no visit needed to quote.
Step 2
The degassing fee is already inside the figure; nothing is added once the facility processes the unit.
Step 3
Next-day is standard across every borough; same-day is often available for a single unit.
Step 4
Unit is kept upright wherever possible to avoid disturbing the compressor oil and refrigerant lines.
Step 5
Taken to an approved WEEE facility where the refrigerant is recovered before scrapping, with the transfer note emailed to you.
Why choose us
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Cricklewood (Thameslink) is the nearest station, so a NW2 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect with metal stud partitions between rooms, over dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork, where 34% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year in NW2, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Cricklewood gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, the reality on the streets around Cricklewood Broadway.
Refrigerant-containing appliances are classed as WEEE and controlled under the Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations and the F-Gas Regulations — the gas must be recovered by a certified technician before the unit is crushed or scrapped, and we handle that step at an approved facility rather than leaving it to the tip.
One or two crew depending on access; American-style and full-height units on an upper floor with no lift are booked as a two-person job as standard. A5 red route, permit bays and terraced streets with tight parking.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under-counter fridge or freezer | £45 | 20–30 min | Smaller units still need the same degassing process, so the price floor reflects the facility charge rather than the size. |
| Full-height fridge or fridge-freezer | £60 | 20–30 min | Priced per unit for collection plus the WEEE facility's per-item gate fee for degassing and recycling. |
| American-style or larger fridge-freezer | £85 | 30–45 min | Extra crew time for the size and weight through a doorway, plus a higher refrigerant charge on some larger units. |
| Chest or upright freezer | £55 | 20–30 min | Same F-gas recovery step as a fridge, priced per unit against the approved facility's rate. |
| Wine cooler or drinks fridge | £40 | 15–20 min | Smaller refrigerant charge than a full fridge, but still requires the same certified recovery step before scrapping. |
| Second unit on the same visit | £30 each | Added to visit | One collection, one degassing trip to the facility — each extra unit avoids a second call-out charge. |
Under-counter fridge or freezer
£45 · 20–30 min
Smaller units still need the same degassing process, so the price floor reflects the facility charge rather than the size.
Full-height fridge or fridge-freezer
£60 · 20–30 min
Priced per unit for collection plus the WEEE facility's per-item gate fee for degassing and recycling.
American-style or larger fridge-freezer
£85 · 30–45 min
Extra crew time for the size and weight through a doorway, plus a higher refrigerant charge on some larger units.
Chest or upright freezer
£55 · 20–30 min
Same F-gas recovery step as a fridge, priced per unit against the approved facility's rate.
Wine cooler or drinks fridge
£40 · 15–20 min
Smaller refrigerant charge than a full fridge, but still requires the same certified recovery step before scrapping.
Second unit on the same visit
£30 each · Added to visit
One collection, one degassing trip to the facility — each extra unit avoids a second call-out charge.
Domestic prices are the total you pay. Landlord and letting-agent invoices are quoted plus VAT at 20%. Every price includes the WEEE facility's degassing and recycling charge, which is fixed per unit regardless of how far it travels. Where a permit, bay suspension, ULEZ or the Congestion Charge applies it is itemised separately.
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Coverage
Also in this area
Single items, part-loads, garden waste and office strip-outs across the borough.
The wider rubbish disposal hub — every waste stream we collect, in one place.
Sofas, beds, wardrobes and mattresses collected per item, dismantling included.
Whole-property clears, probate and end-of-tenancy strip-outs, sorted room by room.
Drum, seal and filter cleaned to clear odours and standing water.
Working in Cricklewood
4,362 households sit inside the NW2 neighbourhood covering Cricklewood. The build is mainly Edwardian, the tenure profile renter-heavy, and 74% of those homes are flats.
With 47% private renting against 34% owner-occupied, most NW2 bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Walls are with metal stud partitions between rooms, over dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork, where 34% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year, so the fixing that matters in Cricklewood is chosen on site — the usual failure here is Cricklewood gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, the reality on the streets around Cricklewood Broadway.
Cricklewood is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — broadway shops on the A5, with Edwardian terraces and the Brent Cross works beyond — which is why a NW2 quote is not a Brent average.
A5 red route, permit bays and terraced streets with tight parking. Nearest station is Cricklewood (Thameslink), and one or two crew depending on access; American-style and full-height units on an upper floor with no lift are booked as a two-person job as standard.
Area at a glance
Who lives in Cricklewood and what they live in decides how fridge and freezer disposal is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Cricklewood Anson Road neighbourhood itself — not Brent-wide averages, and not estimates.
10,937
Residents
Cricklewood Anson Road neighbourhood, Census 2021
4,362
Households
Median age 36.3
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
34.3%
Privately rented
47%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Cricklewood Anson Road (E02000107) — the published geography that covers Cricklewood, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the NW2 district: 51.5583, -0.2201 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Cricklewood across NW2, with 47% of NW2 homes being privately rented, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Unit size and the refrigerant charge set the floor price; stairs, narrow galley kitchens and integrated housings that need levering out add crew time on top on this side of Brent — and 47% of NW2 homes being privately rented, with this being a short walk from Cricklewood (Thameslink).
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on the Cricklewood rounds, with 47% of NW2 homes being privately rented. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Cricklewood most weeks on Brent bookings, with Cricklewood Broadway a few streets away.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level for Cricklewood (NW2) addresses, with 19% social-rented stock nearby.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in around Cricklewood (Thameslink). With 74% of Cricklewood homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on NW2 jobs — and 34% one-person households here, with 47% of NW2 homes being privately rented, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Disconnecting an integrated fridge or freezer that is plumbed or wired in — that is a trade job we can refer you for; Commercial catering refrigeration and cold rooms — and 47% of NW2 homes being privately rented, which are quoted separately due to larger refrigerant volumes; Units that have been dismantled or had the refrigerant circuit cut open in Cricklewood, with 34% one-person households here, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Cricklewood NW2 price you agree is the price you pay for Cricklewood (NW2) addresses, with Brent parking rules in play.
All three. With 47% of Cricklewood privately rented and 34% owner-occupied, roughly half the NW2 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door across NW2, with Brent parking rules in play.
Cricklewood Broadway is the marker we route to for Cricklewood (NW2) addresses, with this being London Borough of Brent territory, and a5 red route, permit bays and terraced streets with tight parking. A NW2 slot added to an existing Brent round usually lands the same week rather than the next on the streets near Cricklewood Broadway, with a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood.
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Free quote · 1-hour reply
Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Cricklewood NW2 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of brent.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
