Lewisham · SE23 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Honor Oak fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking fridge and freezer disposal near One Tree Hill? Very steep streets, narrow railway bridges and permit bays near the station, and that is planned into the slot rather than discovered on the day. Prices start at £45 and are fixed before we travel. Units are built in the room they live in, then wall-anchored where they need it.
Overview
Booked mostly by mixed-tenure households around Honor Oak Park, fridge and freezer disposal here covers supply-free fitting from £45. With 54% of Honor Oak's 3,683 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SE23 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
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. Very steep streets, narrow railway bridges and permit bays near the station.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Honor Oak Park (Overground) is the nearest station, so a SE23 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect lath and plaster over timber studs in SE23, with solid brick on the party and external walls, the reality on the streets around One Tree Hill in SE23, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in SE23, which crumbles the key and drops the panel, which is what a 54% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Honor Oak actually produces.
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 Honor Oak
Honor Oak SE23 is mainly Victorian and mixed-tenure: 54% of homes here are flats and 46% are houses, across 3,683 households (ONS Census 2021).
The mixed-tenure mix here (53% owned, 27% privately rented) means a SE23 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Expect lath and plaster over timber studs in SE23, with solid brick on the party and external walls, the reality on the streets around One Tree Hill behind the plaster in SE23. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in SE23, which crumbles the key and drops the panel, which is what a 54% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Honor Oak actually produces is the fault we are called back to undo.
One Tree Hill, a small parade of shops and Victorian terraces on the slope. That character decides the practical detail of fridge and freezer disposal here far more than the borough boundary does. Honor Oak is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, very steep streets, narrow railway bridges and permit bays near the station — 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 Honor Oak Park (Overground).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Honor Oak 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 Honor Oak neighbourhood itself — not Lewisham-wide averages, and not estimates.
8,740
Residents
Honor Oak neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,683
Households
Median age 35.9
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
29.5%
Privately rented
27.3%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Honor Oak (E02000671) — the published geography that covers Honor Oak, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE23 district: 51.4415, -0.0491 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Honor Oak around Honor Oak Park (Overground), with One Tree Hill a few streets away, 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 in Honor Oak, with 27% of SE23 homes being privately rented.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions in Honor Oak, with 20% social-rented stock nearby. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Honor Oak most weeks around Honor Oak Park (Overground), with 53% owner-occupation locally.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level in Honor Oak, with 46% of Honor Oak homes being houses.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in for Honor Oak (SE23) addresses. With 54% of Honor Oak homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on the Honor Oak rounds — and 30% one-person households here, with 27% of SE23 homes being privately rented, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Very steep streets, narrow railway bridges and permit bays near the station around Honor Oak Park (Overground). 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 in Honor Oak — and Lewisham parking rules in play, with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory.
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 SE23 jobs — and this being London Borough of Lewisham territory, with 30% one-person households here, 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 Honor Oak rounds, with 3,683 households on this patch.
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 30% one-person households here, with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory, which are quoted separately due to larger refrigerant volumes; Units that have been dismantled or had the refrigerant circuit cut open across SE23, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Honor Oak SE23 price you agree is the price you pay on this side of Lewisham, with a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood.
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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. Honor Oak SE23 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.
