Lewisham · SE4 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Brockley fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide fridge and freezer disposal in Brockley SE4 for houses and flats around Hilly Fields Park. 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 Brockley, fridge and freezer disposal here covers supply-free fitting from £45. With 70% of Brockley's 6,905 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SE4 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. Brockley (Overground) is the nearest station, so a SE4 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect often with surface conduit — and precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, which is what a 70% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Brockley actually produces in SE4, 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 Brockley stock goes, the pattern behind 6,905 households inside the SE4 neighbourhood.
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 hills, long front paths and conversion flats up two or three flights.
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 Brockley
Brockley SE4 is mainly Victorian and social-housing-led: 70% of homes here are flats and 30% are houses, across 6,905 households (ONS Census 2021).
The social-housing-led mix here (39% owned, 30% privately rented) means a SE4 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Brockley substrates run to often with surface conduit — and precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, which is what a 70% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Brockley actually produces. 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 Brockley stock goes, the pattern behind 6,905 households inside the SE4 neighbourhood is the mistake that costs a SE4 customer twice.
Brockley is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — conservation-area streets of large Victorian villas and the Hilly Fields view — which is why a SE4 quote is not a Lewisham average.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: steep hills, long front paths and conversion flats up two or three flights. Brockley (Overground) 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 Brockley 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 Brockley East & St Johns and Brockley West neighbourhood itself — not Lewisham-wide averages, and not estimates.
16,501
Residents
Brockley East & St Johns and Brockley West neighbourhood, Census 2021
6,905
Households
Median age 33.6
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
30%
Privately rented
29.8%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Brockley East & St Johns, Brockley West (E02000660, E02000662) — the published geography that covers Brockley, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE4 district: 51.4610, -0.0352 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Brockley for Brockley (SE4) addresses, with 30% one-person households here, 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 Hilly Fields Park — and this being London Borough of Lewisham territory, with Lewisham parking rules in play.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions around Brockley (Overground), with 39% owner-occupation locally. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Brockley most weeks on SE4 jobs, with this being a short walk from Brockley (Overground).
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level for Brockley (SE4) addresses, with this being a short walk from Brockley (Overground).
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on the Brockley rounds. With 70% of Brockley homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on Lewisham bookings, with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory — and 30% of SE4 homes being privately rented, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Steep hills, long front paths and conversion flats up two or three flights for Brockley (SE4) addresses. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Lewisham it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on the streets near Hilly Fields Park — and 39% owner-occupation locally, with 6,905 households on this patch.
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 Hilly Fields Park — and 6,905 households on this patch, with a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood, and we handle that step at an approved facility rather than leaving it to the tip. That paperwork is what most Lewisham letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on SE4 jobs, with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory.
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, with 30% one-person households here, which are quoted separately due to larger refrigerant volumes; Units that have been dismantled or had the refrigerant circuit cut open across SE4, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Brockley SE4 price you agree is the price you pay on this side of Lewisham, with Lewisham parking rules in play.
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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. Brockley SE4 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of lewisham.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
