Kensington and Chelsea · SW3 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Chelsea fitters · Fixed written pricesChelsea SW3 is a regular stop on our Kensington and Chelsea round. King's Road shops, Cadogan estate squares and the river at Chelsea Embankment, so fridge and freezer disposal here is quoted on the street the job is on — from £45, in writing, with insured fitters, every fixing torqued, and the flat-pack packaging taken away.
Overview
This page prices fridge and freezer disposal for Chelsea SW3 specifically: Georgian and early Victorian stock, 35% privately rented and 8,944 households in total. Work starts at £45, fixed in writing, with parking and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 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
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. Cadogan estate parking rules, King's Road red-route loading and mews arches with height limits.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Sloane Square (Circle, District) is the nearest station, so a SW3 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect lath and plaster over timber studs in Chelsea, with solid brick on the party and external walls — a median age of 44 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here in SW3, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is which crumbles the key and drops the panel, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — measured on the walk in from Sloane Square (Circle, District) rather than assumed from a map.
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.
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 Chelsea
The SW3 stock around The Royal Hospital Chelsea is Georgian and early Victorian. ONS records 78% flats, 22% houses and 8,944 households in Chelsea.
Private renting sits at 35% and owner-occupation at 38%; the first group books fridge and freezer disposal at short notice, the second plans it.
Expect lath and plaster over timber studs in Chelsea, with solid brick on the party and external walls — a median age of 44 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here behind the plaster in SW3. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why which crumbles the key and drops the panel, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — measured on the walk in from Sloane Square (Circle, District) rather than assumed from a map is the fault we are called back to undo.
Anyone who knows Chelsea knows the pattern near The Royal Hospital Chelsea: king's Road shops, Cadogan estate squares and the river at Chelsea Embankment. We plan the SW3 visit around it. Chelsea sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: cadogan estate parking rules, King's Road red-route loading and mews arches with height limits. Sloane Square (Circle, District) 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 Chelsea 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 Chelsea Manor & Royal Hospital and Chelsea Riverside East and Chelsea Riverside West neighbourhood itself — not Kensington and Chelsea-wide averages, and not estimates.
18,982
Residents
Chelsea Manor & Royal Hospital and Chelsea Riverside East and Chelsea Riverside West neighbourhood, Census 2021
8,944
Households
Median age 43.7
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
45.4%
Privately rented
34.5%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Chelsea Manor & Royal Hospital, Chelsea Riverside East, Chelsea Riverside West (E02000594, E02000595, E02000597) — the published geography that covers Chelsea, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW3 district: 51.4894, -0.1659 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Chelsea around Sloane Square (Circle, District), with this being a short walk from Sloane Square (Circle, District), 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 SW3 jobs, with 35% of SW3 homes being privately rented.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions for Chelsea (SW3) addresses, with The Royal Hospital Chelsea a few streets away. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Chelsea most weeks on the streets near The Royal Hospital Chelsea, with 35% of SW3 homes being privately rented.
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 Chelsea rounds, with 8,944 households on this patch.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in in Chelsea. With 78% of Chelsea homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm for Chelsea (SW3) addresses, with Kensington and Chelsea parking rules in play — and this being Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea territory, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
All three. With 35% of Chelsea privately rented and 38% owner-occupied, roughly half the SW3 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on Kensington and Chelsea bookings, with The Royal Hospital Chelsea a few streets away.
The Royal Hospital Chelsea is the marker we route to for Chelsea (SW3) addresses, with this being a short walk from Sloane Square (Circle, District), and cadogan estate parking rules, King's Road red-route loading and mews arches with height limits. A SW3 slot added to an existing Kensington and Chelsea round usually lands the same week rather than the next on the streets near The Royal Hospital Chelsea, with a median age of 44 in this neighbourhood.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, with a median age of 44 in this neighbourhood, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning on the Chelsea rounds. Chelsea sits close to Sloane Square (Circle, District) across SW3, with this being Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea territory, so we can usually add a SW3 job to an existing Kensington and Chelsea round at short notice.
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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. Chelsea SW3 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of kensington and chelsea.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
