Croydon · CR5 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Coulsdon fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking fridge and freezer disposal near Farthing Downs? Steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street, and that is planned into the slot rather than discovered on the day. Prices start at £45 and are fixed before we travel. Units are built in the room they live in, then wall-anchored where they need it.
Overview
Fridge and freezer disposal in Coulsdon CR5 is a fixed-price visit for owner-occupier-led homes in Croydon, most of them inter-war. 6,754 households sit inside this CR5 patch, 22% of them flats, so we quote on access near Farthing Downs 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
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 downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Coulsdon South (Southern) is the nearest station, so a CR5 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect solid London stock brick in CR5, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, and steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street in CR5, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Coulsdon gives us fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, the reality on the streets around Farthing Downs.
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 Coulsdon
6,754 households sit inside the CR5 neighbourhood covering Coulsdon. The build is inter-war, the tenure profile owner-occupier-led, and 22% of those homes are flats.
With 12% private renting against 74% owner-occupied, most CR5 bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Coulsdon substrates run to solid London stock brick in CR5, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, and steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because Coulsdon gives us fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, the reality on the streets around Farthing Downs is the mistake that costs a CR5 customer twice.
Downland village on the North Downs edge, with Farthing Downs above the town. That character decides the practical detail of fridge and freezer disposal here far more than the borough boundary does. Coulsdon 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 downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street. Coulsdon South (Southern) 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 Coulsdon 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 Coulsdon and Old Coulsdon neighbourhood itself — not Croydon-wide averages, and not estimates.
17,050
Residents
Coulsdon and Old Coulsdon neighbourhood, Census 2021
6,754
Households
Median age 40.6
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
25.5%
Privately rented
11.8%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon (E02000234, E02000237) — the published geography that covers Coulsdon, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the CR5 district: 51.3109, -0.1413 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Coulsdon on this side of Croydon, with 12% of CR5 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 in this 22% flats neighbourhood — and a median age of 41 in this neighbourhood, with this being London Borough of Croydon territory.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions for Coulsdon (CR5) addresses, with a median age of 41 in this neighbourhood. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Coulsdon most weeks, with this being London Borough of Croydon territory.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level around Coulsdon South (Southern), with 26% one-person households here.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in across CR5. With 22% of Coulsdon homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on the streets near Farthing Downs — and this being a short walk from Coulsdon South (Southern), with 6,754 households on this patch, 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 the Coulsdon rounds — and a median age of 41 in this neighbourhood, with 6,754 households on this patch, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Coulsdon CR5 price you agree is the price you pay on CR5 jobs, with 26% one-person households here.
All three. With 12% of Coulsdon privately rented and 74% owner-occupied, roughly half the CR5 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door in Coulsdon — and a median age of 41 in this neighbourhood, with this being a short walk from Coulsdon South (Southern).
Farthing Downs is the marker we route to on this side of Croydon, with 78% of Coulsdon homes being houses, and steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street. A CR5 slot added to an existing Croydon round usually lands the same week rather than the next in this 22% flats neighbourhood, with Farthing Downs a few streets away.
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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. Coulsdon CR5 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of croydon.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
