City of London · EC3 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Aldgate fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide fridge and freezer disposal in Aldgate EC3 for houses and flats around The Gherkin at 30 St Mary Axe. 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 renter-heavy households around Aldgate, fridge and freezer disposal here covers supply-free fitting from £45. With 98% of Aldgate's 4,914 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in EC3 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. Aldgate gyratory red routes, tower-block concierge sign-in and lift booking.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Aldgate (Circle, Metropolitan) is the nearest station, so a EC3 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in EC3, with metal stud partitions between rooms, where 37% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year in EC3, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, as the Aldgate stock goes, and with 51% one-person households in Aldgate, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
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 Aldgate
Aldgate EC3 is post-war and renter-heavy: 98% of homes here are flats and 2% are houses, across 4,914 households (ONS Census 2021).
The renter-heavy mix here (37% owned, 48% privately rented) means a EC3 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in EC3, with metal stud partitions between rooms, where 37% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year behind the plaster in EC3. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, as the Aldgate stock goes, and with 51% one-person households in Aldgate, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site is the fault we are called back to undo.
Eastern edge of the Square Mile where office towers meet Whitechapel's high street. That character decides the practical detail of fridge and freezer disposal here far more than the borough boundary does. Aldgate sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: aldgate gyratory red routes, tower-block concierge sign-in and lift booking. Aldgate (Circle, Metropolitan) 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 Aldgate 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 City of London neighbourhood itself — not City of London-wide averages, and not estimates.
8,583
Residents
City of London neighbourhood, Census 2021
4,914
Households
Median age 36.9
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
51%
Privately rented
48.3%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood City of London (E02000001) — the published geography that covers Aldgate, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the EC3 district: 51.5143, -0.0865 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Aldgate around Aldgate (Circle, Metropolitan), with The Gherkin at 30 St Mary Axe a few streets away, 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 Aldgate — and The Gherkin at 30 St Mary Axe a few streets away, with 48% of EC3 homes being privately rented.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on this side of City of London, with 4,914 households on this patch. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Aldgate most weeks across EC3, with a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood.
In Aldgate, 5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on City of London bookings, with 98% of homes here being flats. That covers fridge and freezer disposal on Aldgate jobs too.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on this side of City of London. With 98% of Aldgate homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm across EC3 — and 51% one-person households here, with The Gherkin at 30 St Mary Axe a few streets away, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
The Gherkin at 30 St Mary Axe is the marker we route to on this side of City of London, with The Gherkin at 30 St Mary Axe a few streets away, and aldgate gyratory red routes, tower-block concierge sign-in and lift booking. A EC3 slot added to an existing City of London round usually lands the same week rather than the next in this 98% flats neighbourhood, with 98% of homes here being flats.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, with a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning on this side of City of London. Aldgate sits close to Aldgate (Circle, Metropolitan), with this being City of London Corporation territory, so we can usually add a EC3 job to an existing City of London round at short notice across EC3.
Aldgate gyratory red routes, tower-block concierge sign-in and lift booking on EC3 jobs. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in City of London Corporation it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards around Aldgate (Circle, Metropolitan), with 37% owner-occupation locally — and this being a short walk from Aldgate (Circle, Metropolitan).
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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. Aldgate EC3 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of city of london.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
