Lewisham · SE8 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Deptford fitters · Fixed written pricesDeptford SE8 is a regular stop on our Lewisham round. Market street, the Albany and the creek-side yards of the old naval dockyard, 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
Fridge and freezer disposal in Deptford SE8 is a fixed-price visit for social-housing-led homes in Lewisham, most of them Georgian and early Victorian. 7,370 households sit inside this SE8 patch, 83% of them flats, so we quote on access near Deptford Market Yard 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
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. Market-day closures on Deptford High Street, narrow creek lanes and estate lifts.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Deptford (Southeastern) is the nearest station, so a SE8 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Deptford, often with surface conduit — the reality on the streets around Deptford Market Yard in SE8, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in SE8, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — and with 33% one-person households in Deptford, 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 Deptford
Walk Deptford from Deptford Market Yard outwards and the Georgian and early Victorian pattern is obvious: 83% of the 7,370 households in SE8 live in flats, 17% in houses.
Owner-occupation runs at 24% in Deptford, so alongside the 28% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Walls are precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Deptford, often with surface conduit — the reality on the streets around Deptford Market Yard, so the fixing that matters in Deptford is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in SE8, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — and with 33% one-person households in Deptford, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
Anyone who knows Deptford knows the pattern near Deptford Market Yard: market street, the Albany and the creek-side yards of the old naval dockyard. We plan the SE8 visit around it. Deptford is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, market-day closures on Deptford High Street, narrow creek lanes and estate 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 Deptford (Southeastern).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Deptford 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 Deptford North and New Cross & Deptford South neighbourhood itself — not Lewisham-wide averages, and not estimates.
17,675
Residents
Deptford North and New Cross & Deptford South neighbourhood, Census 2021
7,370
Households
Median age 32.3
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
33.1%
Privately rented
27.5%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Deptford North, New Cross & Deptford South (E02000654, E02006798) — the published geography that covers Deptford, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE8 district: 51.4820, -0.0296 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Deptford on SE8 jobs, with 33% 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 Deptford rounds — and 33% one-person households here, with 7,370 households on this patch.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on the streets near Deptford Market Yard, with Lewisham parking rules in play. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Deptford most weeks across SE8, with 83% of homes here being flats.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level across SE8, with a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on the Deptford rounds. With 83% of Deptford homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on SE8 jobs, with Lewisham parking rules in play, 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 on SE8 jobs — and Deptford Market Yard a few streets away, with 17% of Deptford homes being houses, 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 the Deptford rounds, with 48% social-rented stock nearby.
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 — and this being a short walk from Deptford (Southeastern), with 28% of SE8 homes being privately rented, which are quoted separately due to larger refrigerant volumes; Units that have been dismantled or had the refrigerant circuit cut open on the Deptford rounds, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Deptford SE8 price you agree is the price you pay on SE8 jobs, with this being a short walk from Deptford (Southeastern).
All three. With 28% of Deptford privately rented and 24% owner-occupied, roughly half the SE8 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door across SE8 — and this being London Borough of Lewisham territory, with 7,370 households on this patch.
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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. Deptford SE8 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.
