Kensington and Chelsea · SW7 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local South Kensington fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide fridge and freezer disposal in South Kensington SW7 for houses and flats around The Victoria and Albert Museum. 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
This page prices fridge and freezer disposal for South Kensington SW7 specifically: period conversion stock, 54% privately rented and 2,840 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
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. Museum-visitor traffic, single-lane service roads and lift-free upper floors in older conversions.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. South Kensington (Circle, District, Piccadilly) is the nearest station, so a SW7 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect lath and plaster over timber studs in South Kensington, with solid brick on the party and external walls, measured on the walk in from South Kensington (Circle, District, Piccadilly) rather than assumed from a map in SW7, 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 — and a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster, which is what a 86% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering South Kensington actually produces.
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 South Kensington
South Kensington SW7 is period conversion and renter-heavy: 86% of homes here are flats and 14% are houses, across 2,840 households (ONS Census 2021).
The renter-heavy mix here (38% owned, 54% privately rented) means a SW7 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Expect lath and plaster over timber studs in South Kensington, with solid brick on the party and external walls, measured on the walk in from South Kensington (Circle, District, Piccadilly) rather than assumed from a map behind the plaster in SW7. 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 — and a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster, which is what a 86% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering South Kensington actually produces is the fault we are called back to undo.
Museum quarter, French lycée and cream-stucco crescents. That character decides the practical detail of fridge and freezer disposal here far more than the borough boundary does. South Kensington sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Museum-visitor traffic, single-lane service roads and lift-free upper floors in older conversions. Nearest station is South Kensington (Circle, District, Piccadilly), 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 South Kensington 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 South Kensington neighbourhood itself — not Kensington and Chelsea-wide averages, and not estimates.
5,764
Residents
South Kensington neighbourhood, Census 2021
2,840
Households
Median age 36.5
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
45.3%
Privately rented
53.7%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood South Kensington (E02000592) — the published geography that covers South Kensington, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW7 district: 51.4963, -0.1770 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in South Kensington for South Kensington (SW7) addresses, with 54% of SW7 homes being privately rented, 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 the streets near The Victoria and Albert Museum — and 45% one-person households here, with this being a short walk from South Kensington (Circle, District, Piccadilly).
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on SW7 jobs, with a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in South Kensington most weeks on the South Kensington rounds, with this being Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea territory.
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 South Kensington rounds, with 86% of homes here being flats.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on SW7 jobs. With 86% of South Kensington homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on the South Kensington rounds, with this being a short walk from South Kensington (Circle, District, Piccadilly) — and 8% social-rented stock nearby, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
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 for South Kensington (SW7) addresses, with 86% of homes here being flats — and 38% owner-occupation locally, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the South Kensington SW7 price you agree is the price you pay on the streets near The Victoria and Albert Museum, with this being Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea territory.
All three. With 54% of South Kensington privately rented and 38% owner-occupied, roughly half the SW7 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on the streets near The Victoria and Albert Museum — and 45% one-person households here, with this being Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea territory.
The Victoria and Albert Museum is the marker we route to on the streets near The Victoria and Albert Museum, with a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood, and museum-visitor traffic, single-lane service roads and lift-free upper floors in older conversions. A SW7 slot added to an existing Kensington and Chelsea round usually lands the same week rather than the next across SW7, with 2,840 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. South Kensington SW7 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.
