Lewisham · SE26 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Sydenham fitters · Fixed written pricesLooking for fridge and freezer disposal in Sydenham SE26? We work in Sydenham most weeks — a long high street on the hill where the Crystal Palace once stood nearby — and price fridge and freezer disposal against that reality rather than a London average. Fixed written quote from £45, insured fitters, every fixing torqued, and the flat-pack packaging taken away.
Overview
Booked mostly by social-housing-led households around Sydenham, fridge and freezer disposal here covers supply-free fitting from £45. With 64% of Sydenham's 9,790 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SE26 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. Sydenham (Overground) is the nearest station, so a SE26 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in SE26, often with surface conduit, with 33% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first in SE26, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Sydenham gives us drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here.
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, high-street loading windows and narrow side streets.
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 Sydenham
In Sydenham (SE26) the split is 64% flats to 36% houses over 9,790 households, and the stock is mainly Victorian.
With 22% private renting against 45% owner-occupied, most SE26 bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Sydenham substrates run to precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in SE26, often with surface conduit, with 33% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because Sydenham gives us drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here is the mistake that costs a SE26 customer twice.
Sydenham 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 — a long high street on the hill where the Crystal Palace once stood nearby — which is why a SE26 quote is not a Lewisham average.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: steep hills, high-street loading windows and narrow side streets. Sydenham (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 Sydenham 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 Lower Sydenham and Sydenham Wells and Upper Sydenham neighbourhood itself — not Lewisham-wide averages, and not estimates.
23,435
Residents
Lower Sydenham and Sydenham Wells and Upper Sydenham neighbourhood, Census 2021
9,790
Households
Median age 36.9
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
31.3%
Privately rented
21.7%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Lower Sydenham, Sydenham Wells, Upper Sydenham (E02000680, E02000685, E02000687) — the published geography that covers Sydenham, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE26 district: 51.4277, -0.0546 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Sydenham around Sydenham (Overground), with 64% of homes here being flats, 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 Sydenham — and 45% owner-occupation locally, with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on Lewisham bookings, with 33% social-rented stock nearby. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Sydenham most weeks on the streets near Sydenham Wells Park, with 45% 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 on SE26 jobs, with 64% of homes here being flats.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on SE26 jobs. With 64% of Sydenham homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on this side of Lewisham, with 9,790 households on this patch — and a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Sydenham Wells Park is the marker we route to around Sydenham (Overground), with Lewisham parking rules in play, and steep hills, high-street loading windows and narrow side streets. A SE26 slot added to an existing Lewisham round usually lands the same week rather than the next in Sydenham, with 64% of homes here being flats.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, with 64% of homes here being flats, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning in Sydenham. Sydenham sits close to Sydenham (Overground), with Lewisham parking rules in play, so we can usually add a SE26 job to an existing Lewisham round at short notice on Lewisham bookings.
Steep hills, high-street loading windows and narrow side streets around Sydenham (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 Sydenham — and 9,790 households on this patch, with 31% one-person households here.
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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. Sydenham SE26 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.
