Hammersmith and Fulham · W12 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Shepherd's Bush fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking fridge and freezer disposal near Westfield London and Shepherd's Bush Market? Mall service yards, Uxbridge Road bus lanes and permit-only side streets, 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
Booked mostly by renter-heavy households around Shepherd's Bush, fridge and freezer disposal here covers supply-free fitting from £45. With 87% of Shepherd's Bush's 9,929 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in W12 shape the slot length we hold.
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. Shepherd's Bush (Central, Overground) is the nearest station, so a W12 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect often with surface conduit — and precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, the pattern behind 9,929 households inside the W12 neighbourhood in W12, 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 Shepherd's Bush stock goes, where 26% 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. Mall service yards, Uxbridge Road bus lanes and permit-only side streets.
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 Shepherd's Bush
9,929 households sit inside the W12 neighbourhood covering Shepherd's Bush. The build is mainly Victorian, the tenure profile renter-heavy, and 87% of those homes are flats.
Because 40% of Shepherd's Bush is privately rented and 34% socially rented, a lot of W12 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, the pattern behind 9,929 households inside the W12 neighbourhood, so the fixing that matters in Shepherd's Bush is chosen on site — the usual failure here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, as the Shepherd's Bush stock goes, where 26% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year.
Shepherd's Bush 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 — the green, the market and Westfield's mall on the old exhibition grounds — which is why a W12 quote is not a Hammersmith and Fulham average.
Mall service yards, Uxbridge Road bus lanes and permit-only side streets. Nearest station is Shepherd's Bush (Central, Overground), 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 Shepherd's Bush 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 Shepherd's Bush North and Shepherd's Bush South and Shepherd's Bush West neighbourhood itself — not Hammersmith and Fulham-wide averages, and not estimates.
20,617
Residents
Shepherd's Bush North and Shepherd's Bush South and Shepherd's Bush West neighbourhood, Census 2021
9,929
Households
Median age 33.4
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
40.8%
Privately rented
40.4%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Shepherd's Bush North, Shepherd's Bush South, Shepherd's Bush West (E02000375, E02000376, E02000378) — the published geography that covers Shepherd's Bush, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the W12 district: 51.5084, -0.2398 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Shepherd's Bush across W12, with 41% one-person households here, 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 this side of Hammersmith and Fulham, with Hammersmith and Fulham parking rules in play.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on Hammersmith and Fulham bookings, with 9,929 households on this patch. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Shepherd's Bush most weeks on the streets near Westfield London and Shepherd's Bush Market, with 26% owner-occupation locally.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on W12 jobs, with 40% of W12 homes being privately rented.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in for Shepherd's Bush (W12) addresses. With 87% of Shepherd's Bush homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in Shepherd's Bush, with 41% one-person households here — and 26% owner-occupation locally, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Mall service yards, Uxbridge Road bus lanes and permit-only side streets on this side of Hammersmith and Fulham. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on W12 jobs, with 26% owner-occupation locally — and Westfield London and Shepherd's Bush Market a few streets away.
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 across W12, with 41% one-person households here — and 40% of W12 homes being privately rented, and we handle that step at an approved facility rather than leaving it to the tip. That paperwork is what most Hammersmith and Fulham letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on the streets near Westfield London and Shepherd's Bush Market, with 9,929 households on this patch.
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 a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood, 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 Hammersmith and Fulham, with 87% of homes here being flats, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Shepherd's Bush W12 price you agree is the price you pay on W12 jobs, with this being London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham territory.
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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. Shepherd's Bush W12 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of hammersmith and fulham.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
