Lambeth · SW2 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Tulse Hill fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide fridge and freezer disposal in Tulse Hill SW2 for houses and flats around Brockwell Park's southern edge. 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
Booked mostly by social-housing-led households around Tulse Hill, fridge and freezer disposal here covers supply-free fitting from £45. With 80% of Tulse Hill's 3,391 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SW2 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
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Tulse Hill (Thameslink) is the nearest station, so a SW2 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in SW2, often with surface conduit, which is why London Borough of Lambeth kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded in SW2, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, as the Tulse Hill stock goes, the reality on the streets around Brockwell Park's southern edge.
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. Steep gradients, narrow railway bridges and permit bays near the station.
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 Tulse Hill
In Tulse Hill (SW2) the split is 80% flats to 20% houses over 3,391 households, and the stock is mainly Victorian.
Because 19% of Tulse Hill is privately rented and 57% socially rented, a lot of SW2 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Tulse Hill substrates run to precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in SW2, often with surface conduit, which is why London Borough of Lambeth kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, as the Tulse Hill stock goes, the reality on the streets around Brockwell Park's southern edge is the mistake that costs a SW2 customer twice.
Tulse Hill sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — hillside streets between Brixton and West Norwood with big Victorian houses — which is why a SW2 quote is not a Lambeth average.
Steep gradients, narrow railway bridges and permit bays near the station. Nearest station is Tulse Hill (Thameslink), 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 Tulse Hill 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 Tulse Hill neighbourhood itself — not Lambeth-wide averages, and not estimates.
8,630
Residents
Tulse Hill neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,391
Households
Median age 33.6
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
30.2%
Privately rented
18.5%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Tulse Hill (E02000641) — the published geography that covers Tulse Hill, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW2 district: 51.4493, -0.1198 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Tulse Hill in this 80% flats neighbourhood, with this being London Borough of Lambeth territory, 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 3,391 households on this patch, with a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on this side of Lambeth, with 20% of Tulse Hill homes being houses. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Tulse Hill most weeks across SW2, with 57% social-rented stock nearby.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on SW2 jobs, with 30% one-person households here.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in in this 80% flats neighbourhood. With 80% of Tulse Hill homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm for Tulse Hill (SW2) addresses — and 80% of homes here being flats, with 20% of Tulse Hill homes being houses, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Brockwell Park's southern edge is the marker we route to in this 80% flats neighbourhood, with 3,391 households on this patch, and steep gradients, narrow railway bridges and permit bays near the station. A SW2 slot added to an existing Lambeth round usually lands the same week rather than the next on Lambeth bookings, with 30% one-person households here.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, with Brockwell Park's southern edge a few streets away, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning on this side of Lambeth. Tulse Hill sits close to Tulse Hill (Thameslink) across SW2, with 20% of Tulse Hill homes being houses, so we can usually add a SW2 job to an existing Lambeth round at short notice.
Steep gradients, narrow railway bridges and permit bays near the station on the streets near Brockwell Park's southern edge. 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 Lambeth bookings — and a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood, with 20% of Tulse Hill homes being houses.
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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. Tulse Hill SW2 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.
