Camden · NW5 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Kentish Town fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide fridge and freezer disposal in Kentish Town NW5 for houses and flats around The O2 Forum Kentish Town. 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
This page prices fridge and freezer disposal for Kentish Town NW5 specifically: mainly Victorian stock, 24% privately rented and 7,587 households in total. Work starts at £45, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Camden permit rules costed before an insured fitter travels.
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. Kentish Town (Northern, Thameslink) is the nearest station, so a NW5 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in NW5, often with surface conduit, which is why London Borough of Camden kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded in NW5, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, as the Kentish Town stock goes, a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here.
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. Seven-day resident bays, steep basement steps and terraces with no rear access.
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
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Working in Kentish Town
In Kentish Town (NW5) the split is 86% flats to 14% houses over 7,587 households, and the stock is mainly Victorian.
The social-housing-led mix here (26% owned, 24% privately rented) means a NW5 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Kentish Town substrates run to precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in NW5, often with surface conduit, which is why London Borough of Camden kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, as the Kentish Town stock goes, a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here is the mistake that costs a NW5 customer twice.
Kentish Town sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — working high street, Victorian terraces and the Forum's gig traffic — which is why a NW5 quote is not a Camden average.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: seven-day resident bays, steep basement steps and terraces with no rear access. Kentish Town (Northern, Thameslink) 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 Kentish Town 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 Kentish Town East and Kentish Town West neighbourhood itself — not Camden-wide averages, and not estimates.
18,084
Residents
Kentish Town East and Kentish Town West neighbourhood, Census 2021
7,587
Households
Median age 33.5
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
35.9%
Privately rented
24.3%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Kentish Town East, Kentish Town West (E02000172, E02000174) — the published geography that covers Kentish Town, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the NW5 district: 51.5517, -0.1451 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Kentish Town across NW5, with a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood, 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 Camden — and a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood, with 7,587 households on this patch.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions in Kentish Town, with this being a short walk from Kentish Town (Northern, Thameslink). We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Kentish Town most weeks around Kentish Town (Northern, Thameslink), with 24% of NW5 homes being privately rented.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on this side of Camden, with The O2 Forum Kentish Town a few streets away.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in for Kentish Town (NW5) addresses. With 86% of Kentish Town homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in Kentish Town, with 36% one-person households here — and 49% social-rented stock nearby, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
The O2 Forum Kentish Town is the marker we route to across NW5, with this being a short walk from Kentish Town (Northern, Thameslink), and seven-day resident bays, steep basement steps and terraces with no rear access. A NW5 slot added to an existing Camden round usually lands the same week rather than the next on this side of Camden, with 26% owner-occupation locally.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, with this being London Borough of Camden territory, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning across NW5. Kentish Town sits close to Kentish Town (Northern, Thameslink) around Kentish Town (Northern, Thameslink), with 86% of homes here being flats, so we can usually add a NW5 job to an existing Camden round at short notice.
Seven-day resident bays, steep basement steps and terraces with no rear access on NW5 jobs. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Camden it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards around Kentish Town (Northern, Thameslink) — and this being a short walk from Kentish Town (Northern, Thameslink), with 49% social-rented stock nearby.
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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. Kentish Town NW5 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of camden.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
