Wandsworth · SW11 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Battersea fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking fridge and freezer disposal near Battersea Power Station? Estate loading docks booked in advance, Nine Elms construction diversions and tight terraced streets, 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
This page prices fridge and freezer disposal for Battersea SW11 specifically: mainly Victorian stock, 33% privately rented and 6,832 households in total. Work starts at £45, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Wandsworth 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
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. Estate loading docks booked in advance, Nine Elms construction diversions and tight terraced streets.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Battersea Power Station (Northern) is the nearest station, so a SW11 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Battersea, with metal stud partitions between rooms, with 28% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first in SW11, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Battersea gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, the reality on the streets around Battersea Power Station.
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 Battersea
6,832 households sit inside the SW11 neighbourhood covering Battersea. The build is mainly Victorian, the tenure profile mixed-tenure, and 87% of those homes are flats.
Because 33% of Battersea is privately rented and 28% socially rented, a lot of SW11 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Battersea, with metal stud partitions between rooms, with 28% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first behind the plaster in SW11. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why Battersea gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, the reality on the streets around Battersea Power Station is the fault we are called back to undo.
The rebuilt power station, riverside towers and Victorian streets around the park. That character decides the practical detail of fridge and freezer disposal here far more than the borough boundary does. Battersea is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Estate loading docks booked in advance, Nine Elms construction diversions and tight terraced streets. Nearest station is Battersea Power Station (Northern), 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 Battersea 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 Battersea Latchmere and Battersea Park neighbourhood itself — not Wandsworth-wide averages, and not estimates.
15,426
Residents
Battersea Latchmere and Battersea Park neighbourhood, Census 2021
6,832
Households
Median age 35.2
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
33.9%
Privately rented
33.1%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Battersea Latchmere, Battersea Park (E02000923, E02000925) — the published geography that covers Battersea, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW11 district: 51.4688, -0.1628 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Battersea on the Battersea rounds, with 87% 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 on SW11 jobs — and 38% owner-occupation locally, with this being London Borough of Wandsworth territory.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on this side of Wandsworth, with Battersea Power Station a few streets away. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Battersea most weeks across SW11, with 13% of Battersea homes being houses.
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 Battersea Power Station, with this being a short walk from Battersea Power Station (Northern).
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on Wandsworth bookings. With 87% of Battersea homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on the streets near Battersea Power Station — and a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood, with 38% owner-occupation locally, 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 — and 6,832 households on this patch, with 33% of SW11 homes being privately rented, which are quoted separately due to larger refrigerant volumes; Units that have been dismantled or had the refrigerant circuit cut open on SW11 jobs, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Battersea SW11 price you agree is the price you pay on the streets near Battersea Power Station, with this being London Borough of Wandsworth territory.
All three. With 33% of Battersea privately rented and 38% owner-occupied, roughly half the SW11 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on this side of Wandsworth — and this being London Borough of Wandsworth territory, with 6,832 households on this patch.
Battersea Power Station is the marker we route to on this side of Wandsworth, with 34% one-person households here, and estate loading docks booked in advance, Nine Elms construction diversions and tight terraced streets. A SW11 slot added to an existing Wandsworth round usually lands the same week rather than the next on SW11 jobs, with Wandsworth 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. Battersea SW11 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of wandsworth.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
