Southwark · SE15 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Nunhead fitters · Fixed written pricesLooking for fridge and freezer disposal in Nunhead SE15? We work in Nunhead most weeks — cemetery, hill views and a quiet village green between Peckham and Brockley — 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
Fridge and freezer disposal in Nunhead SE15 is a fixed-price visit for social-housing-led homes in Southwark, most of them mainly Victorian. 7,127 households sit inside this SE15 patch, 58% of them flats, so we quote on access near Nunhead Cemetery 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
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 hill 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. Nunhead (Southeastern) is the nearest station, so a SE15 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Nunhead, often with surface conduit, the pattern behind 7,127 households inside the SE15 neighbourhood in SE15, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Nunhead gives us drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, which is what a 58% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Nunhead 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 Nunhead
Nunhead SE15 is mainly Victorian and social-housing-led: 58% of homes here are flats and 42% are houses, across 7,127 households (ONS Census 2021).
Because 20% of Nunhead is privately rented and 39% socially rented, a lot of SE15 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Nunhead substrates run to precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Nunhead, often with surface conduit, the pattern behind 7,127 households inside the SE15 neighbourhood. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because Nunhead gives us drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, which is what a 58% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Nunhead actually produces is the mistake that costs a SE15 customer twice.
Cemetery, hill views and a quiet village green between Peckham and Brockley. That character decides the practical detail of fridge and freezer disposal here far more than the borough boundary does. Nunhead sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
On access, steep hill 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 Nunhead (Southeastern).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Nunhead 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 Nunhead North and Nunhead South & Newlands neighbourhood itself — not Southwark-wide averages, and not estimates.
17,370
Residents
Nunhead North and Nunhead South & Newlands neighbourhood, Census 2021
7,127
Households
Median age 35.1
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
30.1%
Privately rented
19.9%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Nunhead North, Nunhead South & Newlands (E02000832, E02000835) — the published geography that covers Nunhead, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE15 district: 51.4728, -0.0656 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Nunhead on the Nunhead rounds, with 41% 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 SE15 jobs — and a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood, with 39% social-rented stock nearby.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on the Nunhead rounds, with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Nunhead most weeks across SE15, with this being a short walk from Nunhead (Southeastern).
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on the streets near Nunhead Cemetery, with 30% one-person households here.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on Southwark bookings. With 58% of Nunhead homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in this 58% flats neighbourhood, with Nunhead Cemetery a few streets away — and this being a short walk from Nunhead (Southeastern), so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
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 Nunhead, with Southwark parking rules in play — and a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Nunhead SE15 price you agree is the price you pay for Nunhead (SE15) addresses, with 58% of homes here being flats.
All three. With 20% of Nunhead privately rented and 41% owner-occupied, roughly half the SE15 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on Southwark bookings — and 58% of homes here being flats, with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood.
Nunhead Cemetery is the marker we route to on the Nunhead rounds, with this being London Borough of Southwark territory, and steep hill streets, narrow railway bridges and permit bays near the station. A SE15 slot added to an existing Southwark round usually lands the same week rather than the next on SE15 jobs, with a median age of 35 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. Nunhead SE15 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of southwark.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
