Croydon · CR0 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Croydon fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking fridge and freezer disposal near Boxpark Croydon and the Whitgift Centre? Tram tracks limit kerbside loading, one-way system throughout and booked lifts in every tower, 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
This page prices fridge and freezer disposal for Croydon CR0 specifically: mainly Victorian stock, 43% privately rented and 13,716 households in total. Work starts at £45, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Croydon 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
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. Tram tracks limit kerbside loading, one-way system throughout and booked lifts in every tower.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. East Croydon (Southern, Thameslink, Tramlink) is the nearest station, so a CR0 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect with metal stud partitions between rooms, over dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork, with 22% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first in CR0, 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 Croydon stock goes, which is what a 71% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Croydon actually produces.
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 Croydon
Croydon CR0 is mainly Victorian and renter-heavy: 71% of homes here are flats and 29% are houses, across 13,716 households (ONS Census 2021).
With 43% private renting against 34% owner-occupied, most CR0 bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Croydon substrates run to with metal stud partitions between rooms, over dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork, with 22% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, as the Croydon stock goes, which is what a 71% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Croydon actually produces is the mistake that costs a CR0 customer twice.
Office towers, Boxpark, the tram network and one of the biggest town centres in the south-east. That character decides the practical detail of fridge and freezer disposal here far more than the borough boundary does. Croydon is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Tram tracks limit kerbside loading, one-way system throughout and booked lifts in every tower. Nearest station is East Croydon (Southern, Thameslink, Tramlink), 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 Croydon 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 Central Croydon and Croydon Minster & Waddon North and Selhurst South & West Croydon neighbourhood itself — not Croydon-wide averages, and not estimates.
31,884
Residents
Central Croydon and Croydon Minster & Waddon North and Selhurst South & West Croydon neighbourhood, Census 2021
13,716
Households
Median age 33.7
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
35.6%
Privately rented
43.3%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Central Croydon, Croydon Minster & Waddon North, Selhurst South & West Croydon (E02000213, E02000217, E02006988) — the published geography that covers Croydon, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the CR0 district: 51.3732, -0.0780 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Croydon for Croydon (CR0) addresses, 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 the streets near Boxpark Croydon and the Whitgift Centre — and Croydon parking rules in play, with 13,716 households on this patch.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on this side of Croydon, with 29% of Croydon homes being houses. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Croydon most weeks, with 22% social-rented stock nearby.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level for Croydon (CR0) addresses, with Croydon parking rules in play.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on the streets near Boxpark Croydon and the Whitgift Centre. With 71% of Croydon homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm for Croydon (CR0) addresses — and 36% one-person households here, with this being London Borough of Croydon 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, with 43% of CR0 homes being privately rented — and 36% one-person households here, which are quoted separately due to larger refrigerant volumes; Units that have been dismantled or had the refrigerant circuit cut open on the Croydon rounds, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Croydon CR0 price you agree is the price you pay on CR0 jobs, with this being a short walk from East Croydon (Southern, Thameslink, Tramlink).
All three. With 43% of Croydon privately rented and 34% owner-occupied, roughly half the CR0 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door around East Croydon (Southern, Thameslink, Tramlink) — and this being London Borough of Croydon territory, with 13,716 households on this patch.
Boxpark Croydon and the Whitgift Centre is the marker we route to in this 71% flats neighbourhood, with Croydon parking rules in play, and tram tracks limit kerbside loading, one-way system throughout and booked lifts in every tower. A CR0 slot added to an existing Croydon round usually lands the same week rather than the next on Croydon bookings, with 71% of homes here being flats.
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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. Croydon CR0 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.
