Croydon · CR8 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Kenley fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide fridge and freezer disposal in Kenley CR8 for houses and flats around Kenley Aerodrome and Common. 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 Kenley CR8 specifically: post-war stock, 12% privately rented and 5,051 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
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Kenley (Southern) is the nearest station, so a CR8 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, over solid London stock brick, the reality on the streets around Kenley Aerodrome and Common in CR8, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, as the Kenley stock goes, which is why London Borough of Croydon kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded.
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. Very steep private drives, narrow lanes and limited turning space.
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.
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Working in Kenley
In Kenley (CR8) the split is 21% flats to 79% houses over 5,051 households, and the stock is post-war.
Because 12% of Kenley is privately rented and 12% socially rented, a lot of CR8 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Kenley substrates run to some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, over solid London stock brick, the reality on the streets around Kenley Aerodrome and Common. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, as the Kenley stock goes, which is why London Borough of Croydon kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded is the mistake that costs a CR8 customer twice.
Kenley is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — airfield common, wooded valleys and large houses on steep plots — which is why a CR8 quote is not a Croydon average.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: very steep private drives, narrow lanes and limited turning space. Kenley (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 Kenley 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 Kenley North and Kenley South neighbourhood itself — not Croydon-wide averages, and not estimates.
13,255
Residents
Kenley North and Kenley South neighbourhood, Census 2021
5,051
Households
Median age 40.7
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
21.2%
Privately rented
11.9%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Kenley North, Kenley South (E02000233, E02000235) — the published geography that covers Kenley, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the CR8 district: 51.3319, -0.1144 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Kenley in this 21% flats neighbourhood, with 12% social-rented stock nearby, 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 around Kenley (Southern) — and 12% of CR8 homes being privately rented, with 21% one-person households here.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions in Kenley, with 12% of CR8 homes being privately rented. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Kenley most weeks around Kenley (Southern), with Kenley Aerodrome and Common 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 Kenley Aerodrome and Common, with 12% social-rented stock nearby.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in for Kenley (CR8) addresses. With 21% of Kenley homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in Kenley, with 5,051 households on this patch — and 79% of Kenley homes being houses, 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 — and 5,051 households on this patch, which are quoted separately due to larger refrigerant volumes; Units that have been dismantled or had the refrigerant circuit cut open on this side of Croydon, with 21% of homes here being flats, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Kenley CR8 price you agree is the price you pay in this 21% flats neighbourhood, with this being London Borough of Croydon territory.
All three. With 12% of Kenley privately rented and 76% owner-occupied, roughly half the CR8 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on the streets near Kenley Aerodrome and Common, with 76% owner-occupation locally — and 21% one-person households here.
Kenley Aerodrome and Common is the marker we route to for Kenley (CR8) addresses, with a median age of 41 in this neighbourhood, and very steep private drives, narrow lanes and limited turning space. A CR8 slot added to an existing Croydon round usually lands the same week rather than the next in this 21% flats neighbourhood, with 5,051 households on this patch.
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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. Kenley CR8 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.
