Lewisham · SE6 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Catford fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide fridge and freezer disposal in Catford SE6 for houses and flats around The Catford Cat. 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
Fridge and freezer disposal in Catford SE6 is a fixed-price visit for mixed-tenure homes in Lewisham, most of them mainly Victorian. 6,981 households sit inside this SE6 patch, 62% of them flats, so we quote on access near The Catford Cat 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
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Catford (Southeastern) is the nearest station, so a SE6 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in SE6, with metal stud partitions between rooms, measured on the walk in from Catford (Southeastern) rather than assumed from a map in SE6, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Catford gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, and with 33% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does.
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. South Circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind.
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 Catford
Catford SE6 is mainly Victorian and mixed-tenure: 62% of homes here are flats and 38% are houses, across 6,981 households (ONS Census 2021).
The mixed-tenure mix here (42% owned, 33% privately rented) means a SE6 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Catford substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in SE6, with metal stud partitions between rooms, measured on the walk in from Catford (Southeastern) rather than assumed from a map. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because Catford gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, and with 33% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does is the mistake that costs a SE6 customer twice.
Catford 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 — the fibreglass cat, the Broadway theatre and the Rushey Green shops — which is why a SE6 quote is not a Lewisham average.
South Circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind. Nearest station is Catford (Southeastern), 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 Catford 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 Catford Bridge and Catford East & Mountsfield Park neighbourhood itself — not Lewisham-wide averages, and not estimates.
16,978
Residents
Catford Bridge and Catford East & Mountsfield Park neighbourhood, Census 2021
6,981
Households
Median age 35.2
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
33.1%
Privately rented
32.7%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Catford Bridge, Catford East & Mountsfield Park (E02000670, E02000672) — the published geography that covers Catford, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE6 district: 51.4385, -0.0165 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Catford for Catford (SE6) addresses, with 33% of SE6 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 Catford Cat — and 42% owner-occupation locally, with this being a short walk from Catford (Southeastern).
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions for Catford (SE6) addresses, with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Catford most weeks on the Catford rounds, with this being London Borough of Lewisham 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 Lewisham bookings, with Lewisham parking rules in play. With 62% of homes in Catford being flats, we plan the route up front.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in across SE6. With 62% of Catford homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm around Catford (Southeastern), with this being a short walk from Catford (Southeastern) — and 33% of SE6 homes being privately rented, 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 on this side of Lewisham — and The Catford Cat a few streets away, with 33% one-person households here, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Catford SE6 price you agree is the price you pay in this 62% flats neighbourhood, with Lewisham parking rules in play.
All three. With 33% of Catford privately rented and 42% owner-occupied, roughly half the SE6 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door for Catford (SE6) addresses — and 33% of SE6 homes being privately rented, with The Catford Cat a few streets away.
The Catford Cat is the marker we route to on the streets near The Catford Cat, with this being a short walk from Catford (Southeastern), and south Circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind. A SE6 slot added to an existing Lewisham round usually lands the same week rather than the next across SE6, with 42% owner-occupation locally.
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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. Catford SE6 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.
