Lewisham · SE14 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local New Cross fitters · Fixed written pricesFridge and freezer disposal in New Cross SE14, Lewisham, from £45. Goldsmiths' campus, the Venue and student-heavy Victorian streets, which is why our SE14 quotes account for september student turnover, New Cross Road red route and narrow permit-only streets. You get a fixed price in writing, an insured fitter and a tidy finish.
Overview
This page prices fridge and freezer disposal for New Cross SE14 specifically: mainly Victorian stock, 34% privately rented and 11,771 households in total. Work starts at £45, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Lewisham permit rules costed before an insured fitter travels.
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. September student turnover, New Cross Road red route and narrow permit-only streets.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. New Cross (Overground, Southeastern) is the nearest station, so a SE14 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit — a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here in SE14, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in SE14, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — the pattern behind 11,771 households inside the SE14 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.
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
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Working in New Cross
The SE14 stock around Goldsmiths, University of London is mainly Victorian. ONS records 73% flats, 27% houses and 11,771 households in New Cross.
Private renting sits at 34% and owner-occupation at 30%; the first group books fridge and freezer disposal at short notice, the second plans it.
New Cross substrates run to precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit — a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in SE14, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — the pattern behind 11,771 households inside the SE14 neighbourhood is the mistake that costs a SE14 customer twice.
Anyone who knows New Cross knows the pattern near Goldsmiths, University of London: goldsmiths' campus, the Venue and student-heavy Victorian streets. We plan the SE14 visit around it. New Cross is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: september student turnover, New Cross Road red route and narrow permit-only streets. New Cross (Overground, Southeastern) 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 New Cross 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 New Cross & Deptford South and New Cross Gate and New Cross South neighbourhood itself — not Lewisham-wide averages, and not estimates.
29,076
Residents
New Cross & Deptford South and New Cross Gate and New Cross South neighbourhood, Census 2021
11,771
Households
Median age 31.9
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
32.6%
Privately rented
34.3%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods New Cross & Deptford South, New Cross Gate, New Cross South (E02000655, E02000657, E02006798) — the published geography that covers New Cross, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE14 district: 51.4759, -0.0423 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in New Cross in this 73% flats neighbourhood, with 30% owner-occupation locally, 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 this side of Lewisham — and 11,771 households on this patch, with this being a short walk from New Cross (Overground, Southeastern).
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on SE14 jobs, with Lewisham parking rules in play. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in New Cross most weeks around New Cross (Overground, Southeastern), with 73% 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 SE14, with 27% of New Cross homes being houses.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in for New Cross (SE14) addresses. With 73% of New Cross homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in this 73% flats neighbourhood — and 73% of homes here being flats, with 11,771 households on this patch, 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 in this 73% flats neighbourhood — and this being London Borough of Lewisham territory, with a median age of 32 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 this side of Lewisham, with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory. Near Goldsmiths, University of London that usually means an earlier start so the van can be unloaded once.
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 in New Cross — and Lewisham parking rules in play, with 33% one-person households here, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the New Cross SE14 price you agree is the price you pay on this side of Lewisham, with Lewisham parking rules in play.
All three. With 34% of New Cross privately rented and 30% owner-occupied, roughly half the SE14 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on the New Cross rounds — and 11,771 households on this patch, 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. New Cross SE14 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.
