Bromley · SE20 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Penge fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide fridge and freezer disposal in Penge SE20 for houses and flats around The Watermen's Almshouses. 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
Booked mostly by social-housing-led households around Penge East, fridge and freezer disposal here covers supply-free fitting from £45. With 60% of Penge's 8,101 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SE20 shape the slot length we hold.
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
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. Steep approaches from Crystal Palace, narrow terraced streets and permit bays.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Penge East (Southeastern) is the nearest station, so a SE20 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Penge, often with surface conduit, and with 35% one-person households in Penge, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site in SE20, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Penge gives us drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, where 43% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year.
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.
Scope
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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 Penge
8,101 households sit inside the SE20 neighbourhood covering Penge. The build is mainly Victorian, the tenure profile social-housing-led, and 60% of those homes are flats.
Because 24% of Penge is privately rented and 33% socially rented, a lot of SE20 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Penge substrates run to precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Penge, often with surface conduit, and with 35% one-person households in Penge, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because Penge gives us drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, where 43% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year is the mistake that costs a SE20 customer twice.
Victorian terraces and almshouses below Crystal Palace, with a reviving high street. That character decides the practical detail of fridge and freezer disposal here far more than the borough boundary does. Penge is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: steep approaches from Crystal Palace, narrow terraced streets and permit bays. Penge East (Southeastern) is the nearest station, 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 Penge 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 Anerley North & Penge West and Penge East neighbourhood itself — not Bromley-wide averages, and not estimates.
18,297
Residents
Anerley North & Penge West and Penge East neighbourhood, Census 2021
8,101
Households
Median age 37.3
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
34.9%
Privately rented
23.8%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Anerley North & Penge West, Penge East (E02000130, E02000135) — the published geography that covers Penge, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE20 district: 51.4122, -0.0595 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Penge on this side of Bromley, with this being London Borough of Bromley territory, 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 in this 60% flats neighbourhood — and this being a short walk from Penge East (Southeastern), with a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on this side of Bromley, with 43% owner-occupation locally. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Penge most weeks across SE20, with this being a short walk from Penge East (Southeastern).
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on SE20 jobs, with this being a short walk from Penge East (Southeastern).
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in across SE20. With 60% of Penge homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on the streets near The Watermen's Almshouses, with 35% one-person households here — and this being London Borough of Bromley territory, 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, which are quoted separately due to larger refrigerant volumes; Units that have been dismantled or had the refrigerant circuit cut open on this side of Bromley, with 24% of SE20 homes being privately rented, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Penge SE20 price you agree is the price you pay on SE20 jobs, with this being a short walk from Penge East (Southeastern).
All three. With 24% of Penge privately rented and 43% owner-occupied, roughly half the SE20 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door in Penge — and 35% one-person households here, with 8,101 households on this patch.
The Watermen's Almshouses is the marker we route to on this side of Bromley, with this being London Borough of Bromley territory, and steep approaches from Crystal Palace, narrow terraced streets and permit bays. A SE20 slot added to an existing Bromley round usually lands the same week rather than the next in this 60% flats neighbourhood, with a median age of 37 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. Penge SE20 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of bromley.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
