Greenwich · SE2 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Abbey Wood fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking fridge and freezer disposal near Lesnes Abbey Woods? Steep streets towards the abbey, wide estate roads and new blocks with booked lifts, 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 Abbey Wood SE2 is a fixed-price visit for social-housing-led homes in Greenwich, most of them inter-war. 6,046 households sit inside this SE2 patch, 38% of them flats, so we quote on access near Lesnes Abbey Woods 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
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Abbey Wood (Elizabeth line) is the nearest station, so a SE2 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect often with surface conduit — and precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here in SE2, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, as the Abbey Wood stock goes, and with 24% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does.
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 streets towards the abbey, wide estate roads and new blocks with booked lifts.
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 Abbey Wood
In Abbey Wood (SE2) the split is 38% flats to 61% houses over 6,046 households, and the stock is inter-war.
Because 24% of Abbey Wood is privately rented and 36% socially rented, a lot of SE2 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Walls are often with surface conduit — and precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here, so the fixing that matters in Abbey Wood is chosen on site — the usual failure here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, as the Abbey Wood stock goes, and with 24% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does.
Abbey Wood 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 — lesnes Abbey ruins, the woods and streets transformed by the Elizabeth line — which is why a SE2 quote is not a Greenwich average.
On access, steep streets towards the abbey, wide estate roads and new blocks with booked lifts — 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 Abbey Wood (Elizabeth line).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Abbey Wood 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 Abbey Wood North and Abbey Wood South neighbourhood itself — not Greenwich-wide averages, and not estimates.
16,912
Residents
Abbey Wood North and Abbey Wood South neighbourhood, Census 2021
6,046
Households
Median age 34.1
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
26.3%
Privately rented
23.9%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Abbey Wood North, Abbey Wood South (E02000315, E02000320) — the published geography that covers Abbey Wood, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE2 district: 51.4899, 0.1163 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Abbey Wood in this 38% flats neighbourhood, with this being a short walk from Abbey Wood (Elizabeth line), 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 Abbey Wood (Elizabeth line), with 40% owner-occupation locally — and 38% of homes here being flats.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on this side of Greenwich, with 26% one-person households here. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Abbey Wood most weeks across SE2, with 6,046 households on this patch.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on SE2 jobs, with 36% social-rented stock nearby.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on this side of Greenwich. With 38% of Abbey Wood homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm across SE2, with Greenwich parking rules in play — and Lesnes Abbey Woods a few streets away, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Steep streets towards the abbey, wide estate roads and new blocks with booked lifts on SE2 jobs. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in Royal Borough of Greenwich it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards around Abbey Wood (Elizabeth line) — and 38% of homes here being flats, with 61% of Abbey Wood homes being houses.
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 on Greenwich bookings, with Lesnes Abbey Woods a few streets away — and a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood, and we handle that step at an approved facility rather than leaving it to the tip. That paperwork is what most Greenwich letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat in this 38% flats neighbourhood, with 61% of Abbey Wood homes being houses.
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 this being a short walk from Abbey Wood (Elizabeth line) — and 36% social-rented stock nearby, which are quoted separately due to larger refrigerant volumes; Units that have been dismantled or had the refrigerant circuit cut open on the Abbey Wood rounds, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Abbey Wood SE2 price you agree is the price you pay on SE2 jobs, with 40% owner-occupation locally.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Abbey Wood SE2 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of greenwich.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
