City of London · EC2 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Moorgate fitters · Fixed written pricesFridge and freezer disposal in Moorgate EC2, City of London, from £45. Office core around Finsbury Circus and Liverpool Street, with a small resident population above the shops, which is why our EC2 quotes account for congestion Charge, weekday loading windows before 10:00, and building managers who require insurance documents. You get a fixed price in writing, an insured fitter and a tidy finish.
Overview
This page prices fridge and freezer disposal for Moorgate EC2 specifically: recent new-build stock, 48% privately rented and 4,914 households in total. Work starts at £45, fixed in writing, with parking and City of London Corporation 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
We expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Moorgate, with metal stud partitions between rooms — the reality on the streets around Finsbury Circus Gardens in EC2, 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 on these streets — the pattern behind 4,914 households inside the EC2 neighbourhood.
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. Congestion Charge, weekday loading windows before 10:00, and building managers who require insurance documents.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Moorgate (Northern, Elizabeth line) is the nearest station, so a EC2 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
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 Moorgate
Walk Moorgate from Finsbury Circus Gardens outwards and the recent new-build pattern is obvious: 98% of the 4,914 households in EC2 live in flats, 2% in houses.
Private renting sits at 48% and owner-occupation at 37%; the first group books fridge and freezer disposal at short notice, the second plans it.
Moorgate substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Moorgate, with metal stud partitions between rooms — the reality on the streets around Finsbury Circus Gardens. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs on these streets — the pattern behind 4,914 households inside the EC2 neighbourhood is the mistake that costs a EC2 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Moorgate: office core around Finsbury Circus and Liverpool Street, with a small resident population above the shops. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Moorgate sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
On access, congestion Charge, weekday loading windows before 10:00, and building managers who require insurance documents — one reason 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. Fitters travelling in use Moorgate (Northern, Elizabeth line).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Moorgate 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 Moorgate, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the EC2 district: 51.5191, -0.0925 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Moorgate on this side of City of London, with 37% owner-occupation locally, 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 across EC2 — and 4,914 households on this patch, with this being a short walk from Moorgate (Northern, Elizabeth line).
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on the streets near Finsbury Circus Gardens, with 2% of Moorgate homes being houses. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Moorgate most weeks on City of London bookings, with Finsbury Circus Gardens 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 on the streets near Finsbury Circus Gardens, with 15% social-rented stock nearby. City of London Corporation rules apply where the kerb or a bay suspension is involved.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on the streets near Finsbury Circus Gardens. With 98% of Moorgate homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm across EC2, with this being a short walk from Moorgate (Northern, Elizabeth line) — and Finsbury Circus Gardens a few streets away, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
All three. With 48% of Moorgate privately rented and 37% owner-occupied, roughly half the EC2 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on the Moorgate rounds — and 15% social-rented stock nearby, with 51% one-person households here.
Finsbury Circus Gardens is the marker we route to, with a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood, and congestion Charge, weekday loading windows before 10:00 on City of London bookings, and building managers who require insurance documents. A EC2 slot added to an existing City of London round usually lands the same week rather than the next on the Moorgate rounds, with 4,914 households on this patch.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, with 37% owner-occupation locally, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning on the streets near Finsbury Circus Gardens. Moorgate sits close to Moorgate (Northern, Elizabeth line) on EC2 jobs, with this being a short walk from Moorgate (Northern, Elizabeth line) — and 15% social-rented stock nearby, so we can usually add a EC2 job to an existing City of London round at short notice.
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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. Moorgate EC2 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.
