Kensington and Chelsea · W11 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Holland Park fitters · Fixed written pricesFridge and freezer disposal for Holland Park (W11) households — 3,387 of them, 80% in flats. From £45 fixed, 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 Insured fitters, every fixing torqued, and the flat-pack packaging taken away.
Overview
This page prices fridge and freezer disposal for Holland Park W11 specifically: period conversion stock, 43% privately rented and 3,387 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. Driveways on some villas; elsewhere permit bays, gated entrances and listed interiors.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Holland Park (Central) is the nearest station, so a W11 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect with solid brick on the party and external walls — and lath and plaster over timber studs — where 40% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year in W11, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in W11, which crumbles the key and drops the panel — which is why Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 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.
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 Holland Park
Census 2021 puts Holland Park at 3,387 households with a median age of 39. The period conversion stock is renter-heavy, which is why 20% houses and 80% flats need different handling in W11.
43% of households rent privately and 40% own, which is why fridge and freezer disposal demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Expect with solid brick on the party and external walls — and lath and plaster over timber studs — where 40% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year behind the plaster in W11. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in W11, which crumbles the key and drops the panel — which is why Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded is the fault we are called back to undo.
Anyone who knows Holland Park knows the pattern near Holland Park and the Kyoto Garden: wide villa avenues around the park and the Design Museum. We plan the W11 visit around it. Holland Park sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
On access, driveways on some villas; elsewhere permit bays, gated entrances and listed interiors — 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 Holland Park (Central).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Holland Park 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 Holland Park neighbourhood itself — not Kensington and Chelsea-wide averages, and not estimates.
8,088
Residents
Holland Park neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,387
Households
Median age 39
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
37%
Privately rented
42.7%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Holland Park (E02000585) — the published geography that covers Holland Park, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the W11 district: 51.5123, -0.2155 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Holland Park around Holland Park (Central), with Kensington and Chelsea parking rules in play, 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 W11 jobs — and Holland Park and the Kyoto Garden a few streets away, with 37% one-person households here.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on the streets near Holland Park and the Kyoto Garden, with 43% of W11 homes being privately rented. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Holland Park most weeks across W11, with this being a short walk from Holland Park (Central).
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level for Holland Park (W11) addresses, with 40% owner-occupation locally.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in for Holland Park (W11) addresses. With 80% of Holland Park homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on the streets near Holland Park and the Kyoto Garden — and 37% one-person households here, with 3,387 households on this patch, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
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 the streets near Holland Park and the Kyoto Garden, with 20% of Holland Park homes being houses — and 17% social-rented stock nearby, and we handle that step at an approved facility rather than leaving it to the tip. That paperwork is what most Kensington and Chelsea letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on W11 jobs, with 17% social-rented stock nearby.
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, which are quoted separately due to larger refrigerant volumes; Units that have been dismantled or had the refrigerant circuit cut open on the Holland Park rounds — and Holland Park and the Kyoto Garden a few streets away, with 20% of Holland Park homes being houses, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Holland Park W11 price you agree is the price you pay for Holland Park (W11) addresses, with Holland Park and the Kyoto Garden a few streets away.
All three. With 43% of Holland Park privately rented and 40% owner-occupied, roughly half the W11 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door for Holland Park (W11) addresses — and Kensington and Chelsea parking rules in play, with a median age of 39 in this neighbourhood.
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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. Holland Park W11 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.
