Lambeth · SW16 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Streatham fitters · Fixed written pricesStreatham SW16 is a regular stop on our Lambeth round. A two-mile high road, the common and the ice rink, with Edwardian streets either side, 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
Booked mostly by mixed-tenure households around Streatham, fridge and freezer disposal here covers supply-free fitting from £45. With 66% of Streatham's 26,325 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SW16 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
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. A23 red route, side streets with permit bays and mansion blocks with small lifts.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Streatham (Thameslink, Southern) is the nearest station, so a SW16 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect lath and plaster over timber studs in Streatham, with solid brick on the party and external walls — which is what a 66% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Streatham actually produces in SW16, 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 — and with 30% one-person households in Streatham, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
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 Streatham
Census 2021 puts Streatham at 26,325 households with a median age of 34.9. The mainly Edwardian stock is mixed-tenure, which is why 34% houses and 66% flats need different handling in SW16.
35% of households rent privately and 44% own, which is why fridge and freezer disposal demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Walls are lath and plaster over timber studs in Streatham, with solid brick on the party and external walls — which is what a 66% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Streatham actually produces, so the fixing that matters in Streatham is chosen on site — the usual failure here is which crumbles the key and drops the panel, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — and with 30% one-person households in Streatham, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
Anyone who knows Streatham knows the pattern near Streatham Common and the Rookery: a two-mile high road, the common and the ice rink, with Edwardian streets either side. We plan the SW16 visit around it. Streatham 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, a23 red route, side streets with permit bays and mansion blocks with small lifts — 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 Streatham (Thameslink, Southern).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Streatham 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 Clapham Park East & Streatham Hill North and Streatham Central and Streatham Common and Streatham Green and Streatham Hill and Streatham Vale and West Norwood West & Streatham East neighbourhood itself — not Lambeth-wide averages, and not estimates.
64,560
Residents
Clapham Park East & Streatham Hill North and Streatham Central and Streatham Common and Streatham Green and Streatham Hill and Streatham Vale and West Norwood West & Streatham East neighbourhood, Census 2021
26,325
Households
Median age 34.9
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
30.3%
Privately rented
34.7%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Clapham Park East & Streatham Hill North, Streatham Central, Streatham Common, Streatham Green, Streatham Hill, Streatham Vale, West Norwood West & Streatham East (E02000639, E02000643, E02000646, E02000647, E02000649, E02000651, E02000652) — the published geography that covers Streatham, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW16 district: 51.4212, -0.1293 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Streatham on the Streatham rounds, 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 on Lambeth bookings — and 21% social-rented stock nearby, with 30% one-person households here.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions around Streatham (Thameslink, Southern), with 34% of Streatham homes being houses. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Streatham most weeks, with Streatham Common and the Rookery a few streets away.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level in this 66% flats neighbourhood, with 35% of SW16 homes being privately rented.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in around Streatham (Thameslink, Southern). With 66% of Streatham homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in Streatham — and a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood, with 26,325 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 around Streatham (Thameslink, Southern) — and this being a short walk from Streatham (Thameslink, Southern), with 35% of SW16 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 Lambeth letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on SW16 jobs, with Streatham Common and the Rookery a few streets away.
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 this side of Lambeth, with 26,325 households on this patch — and Lambeth parking rules in play, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Streatham SW16 price you agree is the price you pay in this 66% flats neighbourhood, with 30% one-person households here.
All three. With 35% of Streatham privately rented and 44% owner-occupied, roughly half the SW16 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door in this 66% flats neighbourhood — and Lambeth parking rules in play, with 66% 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. Streatham SW16 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.
