Southwark · SE16 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Surrey Quays fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking fridge and freezer disposal near Greenland Dock? Wide estate roads with parking bays, but gated developments need codes and lift slots, 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
Fridge and freezer disposal in Surrey Quays SE16 is a fixed-price visit for renter-heavy homes in Southwark, most of them recent new-build. 4,588 households sit inside this SE16 patch, 76% of them flats, so we quote on access near Greenland Dock 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
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Surrey Quays (Overground) is the nearest station, so a SE16 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms, measured on the walk in from Surrey Quays (Overground) rather than assumed from a map in SE16, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Surrey Quays gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, which is what a 76% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Surrey Quays actually produces.
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. Wide estate roads with parking bays, but gated developments need codes and lift slots.
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
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Working in Surrey Quays
In Surrey Quays (SE16) the split is 76% flats to 22% houses over 4,588 households, and the stock is recent new-build.
Because 41% of Surrey Quays is privately rented and 24% socially rented, a lot of SE16 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Surrey Quays substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms, measured on the walk in from Surrey Quays (Overground) rather than assumed from a map. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because Surrey Quays gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, which is what a 76% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Surrey Quays actually produces is the mistake that costs a SE16 customer twice.
Surrey Quays sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — retail park, Greenland Dock moorings and quiet dockland streets — which is why a SE16 quote is not a Southwark average.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: wide estate roads with parking bays, but gated developments need codes and lift slots. Surrey Quays (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 Surrey Quays 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 Surrey Quays neighbourhood itself — not Southwark-wide averages, and not estimates.
10,291
Residents
Surrey Quays neighbourhood, Census 2021
4,588
Households
Median age 32.8
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
31.7%
Privately rented
40.7%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Surrey Quays (E02000814) — the published geography that covers Surrey Quays, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE16 district: 51.4966, -0.0532 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Surrey Quays around Surrey Quays (Overground), with Southwark parking rules in play, 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 across SE16, with 76% of homes here being flats.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on the Surrey Quays rounds, with 41% of SE16 homes being privately rented. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Surrey Quays most weeks on Southwark bookings, with Greenland Dock a few streets away.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level in Surrey Quays, with 41% of SE16 homes being privately rented.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in around Surrey Quays (Overground). With 76% of Surrey Quays homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on SE16 jobs, with Greenland Dock a few streets away — and 76% of homes here being flats, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Greenland Dock is the marker we route to, and wide estate roads with parking bays around Surrey Quays (Overground), with Greenland Dock a few streets away, but gated developments need codes and lift slots. A SE16 slot added to an existing Southwark round usually lands the same week rather than the next for Surrey Quays (SE16) addresses, with 22% of Surrey Quays homes being houses.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, with this being London Borough of Southwark territory, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning around Surrey Quays (Overground). Surrey Quays sits close to Surrey Quays (Overground) on SE16 jobs, with 76% of homes here being flats, so we can usually add a SE16 job to an existing Southwark round at short notice.
Wide estate roads with parking bays, but gated developments need codes and lift slots across SE16. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Southwark it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on this side of Southwark — and 22% of Surrey Quays homes being houses, with 32% 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. Surrey Quays SE16 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.
