Greenwich · SE10 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Greenwich fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide fridge and freezer disposal in Greenwich SE10 for houses and flats around The Royal Observatory and the Cutty Sark. 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
Fridge and freezer disposal in Greenwich SE10 is a fixed-price visit for mixed-tenure homes in Greenwich, most of them Georgian and early Victorian. 17,397 households sit inside this SE10 patch, 73% of them flats, so we quote on access near The Royal Observatory and the Cutty Sark 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. Cutty Sark (DLR) is the nearest station, so a SE10 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms, which is why Royal Borough of Greenwich kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded in SE10, 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 Greenwich stock goes, where 40% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year.
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. Cobbled one-way lanes, market-day closures and listed frontages with no rear access.
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
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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 Greenwich
Greenwich SE10 is Georgian and early Victorian and mixed-tenure: 73% of homes here are flats and 27% are houses, across 17,397 households (ONS Census 2021).
The mixed-tenure mix here (40% owned, 31% privately rented) means a SE10 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Greenwich substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms, which is why Royal Borough of Greenwich kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded. 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 Greenwich stock goes, where 40% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year is the mistake that costs a SE10 customer twice.
Greenwich 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 — world Heritage centre of the market, the Cutty Sark and the Observatory on the hill — which is why a SE10 quote is not a Greenwich average.
On access, cobbled one-way lanes, market-day closures and listed frontages with no rear access — 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 Cutty Sark (DLR).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Greenwich 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 Greenwich & Deptford Creekside and Greenwich East and Greenwich Peninsula and Greenwich Town & Park neighbourhood itself — not Greenwich-wide averages, and not estimates.
39,629
Residents
Greenwich & Deptford Creekside and Greenwich East and Greenwich Peninsula and Greenwich Town & Park neighbourhood, Census 2021
17,397
Households
Median age 32.6
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
31.6%
Privately rented
30.9%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Greenwich & Deptford Creekside, Greenwich East, Greenwich Peninsula, Greenwich Town & Park (E02006928, E02006930, E02006931, E02006992) — the published geography that covers Greenwich, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE10 district: 51.4849, 0.0007 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Greenwich on the Greenwich rounds, with 40% 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 on SE10 jobs — and a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood, with 29% social-rented stock nearby.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on SE10 jobs, with 32% one-person households here. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Greenwich most weeks on the Greenwich rounds, with 17,397 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 across SE10, with 32% one-person households here.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in around Cutty Sark (DLR). With 73% of Greenwich homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in this 73% flats neighbourhood, with The Royal Observatory and the Cutty Sark a few streets away, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
The Royal Observatory and the Cutty Sark is the marker we route to on SE10 jobs, with 73% of homes here being flats — and Greenwich parking rules in play, and cobbled one-way lanes, market-day closures and listed frontages with no rear access. A SE10 slot added to an existing Greenwich round usually lands the same week rather than the next around Cutty Sark (DLR), with this being Royal Borough of Greenwich territory.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, with 31% of SE10 homes being privately rented, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning for Greenwich (SE10) addresses. Greenwich sits close to Cutty Sark (DLR), with The Royal Observatory and the Cutty Sark a few streets away, so we can usually add a SE10 job to an existing Greenwich round at short notice in Greenwich.
Cobbled one-way lanes, market-day closures and listed frontages with no rear access on this side of Greenwich. 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 in this 73% flats neighbourhood — and 32% one-person households here, with 17,397 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. Greenwich SE10 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.
