Richmond upon Thames · TW9 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Kew fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking fridge and freezer disposal near Kew Gardens? Narrow streets with permit bays, level crossings and conservation-area frontages, 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 owner-occupier-led households around Kew Gardens, fridge and freezer disposal here covers supply-free fitting from £45. With 41% of Kew's 4,163 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in TW9 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. Narrow streets with permit bays, level crossings and conservation-area frontages.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Kew Gardens (District, Overground) is the nearest station, so a TW9 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect solid London stock brick in Kew, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, which is what a 41% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Kew actually produces in TW9, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, as the Kew stock goes, a median age of 43 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here.
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 Kew
Kew TW9 is mainly Edwardian and owner-occupier-led: 41% of homes here are flats and 59% are houses, across 4,163 households (ONS Census 2021).
The owner-occupier-led mix here (64% owned, 30% privately rented) means a TW9 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Expect solid London stock brick in Kew, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, which is what a 41% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Kew actually produces behind the plaster in TW9. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, as the Kew stock goes, a median age of 43 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here is the fault we are called back to undo.
The botanic gardens, the green and Edwardian family streets around them. That character decides the practical detail of fridge and freezer disposal here far more than the borough boundary does. Kew is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Narrow streets with permit bays, level crossings and conservation-area frontages. Nearest station is Kew Gardens (District, Overground), 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 Kew 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 Kew Gardens neighbourhood itself — not Richmond upon Thames-wide averages, and not estimates.
9,714
Residents
Kew Gardens neighbourhood, Census 2021
4,163
Households
Median age 42.9
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
30%
Privately rented
30%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Kew Gardens (E02000785) — the published geography that covers Kew, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the TW9 district: 51.4696, -0.2924 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Kew on the Kew rounds, with Kew Gardens 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 for Kew (TW9) addresses — and this being a short walk from Kew Gardens (District, Overground), with 30% of TW9 homes being privately rented.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions in Kew, with 4,163 households on this patch. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Kew most weeks around Kew Gardens (District, Overground), with 64% owner-occupation locally.
In Kew, 5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level in this 41% flats neighbourhood, with 6% social-rented stock nearby. That covers local fridge and freezer disposal on Kew jobs too.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in for Kew (TW9) addresses. With 41% of Kew homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in Kew, with Richmond upon Thames parking rules in play, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Kew Gardens is the marker we route to for Kew (TW9) addresses, with 6% social-rented stock nearby, and narrow streets with permit bays, level crossings and conservation-area frontages. A TW9 slot added to an existing Richmond upon Thames round usually lands the same week rather than the next on the streets near Kew Gardens, with 30% one-person households here.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, with 6% social-rented stock nearby, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning on this side of Richmond upon Thames. Kew sits close to Kew Gardens (District, Overground) across TW9, with 64% owner-occupation locally — and Richmond upon Thames parking rules in play, so we can usually add a TW9 job to an existing Richmond upon Thames round at short notice.
Narrow streets with permit bays, level crossings and conservation-area frontages on Richmond upon Thames bookings. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards in Kew, with 64% owner-occupation locally — and 6% social-rented stock nearby.
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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. Kew TW9 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of richmond upon thames.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
