Lambeth · SE11 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Oval fitters · Fixed written pricesFridge and freezer disposal for Oval (SE11) households — 3,633 of them, 77% 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
Fridge and freezer disposal in Oval SE11 is a fixed-price visit for social-housing-led homes in Lambeth, most of them Georgian and early Victorian. 3,633 households sit inside this SE11 patch, 77% of them flats, so we quote on access near The Kia Oval cricket ground 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
We expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Oval, often with surface conduit — the reality on the streets around The Kia Oval cricket ground in SE11, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in SE11, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — with 38% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first.
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. Match-day road closures around the ground, red routes on Kennington Park Road and permit-only side streets.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Oval (Northern) is the nearest station, so a SE11 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
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.
Scope
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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 Oval
The SE11 stock around The Kia Oval cricket ground is Georgian and early Victorian. ONS records 77% flats, 23% houses and 3,633 households in Oval.
Owner-occupation runs at 28% in Oval, so alongside the 34% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Walls are precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Oval, often with surface conduit — the reality on the streets around The Kia Oval cricket ground, so the fixing that matters in Oval is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in SE11, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — with 38% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first.
Two streets can behave very differently in Oval: the cricket ground, the gasholders and Georgian terraces running back towards Kennington Park. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Oval 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: match-day road closures around the ground, red routes on Kennington Park Road and permit-only side streets. Oval (Northern) 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 Oval 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 Oval neighbourhood itself — not Lambeth-wide averages, and not estimates.
8,404
Residents
Oval neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,633
Households
Median age 32.5
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
32.5%
Privately rented
34.1%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Oval (E02000622) — the published geography that covers Oval, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE11 district: 51.4898, -0.1116 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Oval on this side of Lambeth, with Lambeth 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 across SE11 — and 28% owner-occupation locally, with 33% one-person households here.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on the Oval rounds, with 38% social-rented stock nearby. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Oval most weeks on SE11 jobs, with 23% of Oval homes being houses.
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 streets near The Kia Oval cricket ground, with 34% of SE11 homes being privately rented.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on SE11 jobs. With 77% of Oval homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm around Oval (Northern) — and 28% owner-occupation locally, with a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, with 34% of SE11 homes being privately rented, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning on this side of Lambeth. Oval sits close to Oval (Northern), with The Kia Oval cricket ground a few streets away, so we can usually add a SE11 job to an existing Lambeth round at short notice across SE11.
Match-day road closures around the ground, red routes on Kennington Park Road and permit-only side streets on the Oval rounds, with 3,633 households on this patch. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Lambeth it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on SE11 jobs — and 23% of Oval homes being houses, with 33% one-person households here.
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 Lambeth bookings — and 34% of SE11 homes being privately rented, with this being London Borough of Lambeth territory, and we handle that step at an approved facility rather than leaving it to the tip. That paperwork is what most Lambeth letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat in this 77% flats neighbourhood, with 77% of homes here being flats.
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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. Oval SE11 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of lambeth.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
