Westminster · W9 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Maida Vale fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide fridge and freezer disposal in Maida Vale W9 for houses and flats around Little Venice. From £45, quoted in writing before the visit, with 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 Units are built in the room they live in, then wall-anchored where they need it.
Overview
Booked mostly by renter-heavy households around Maida Vale, fridge and freezer disposal here covers supply-free fitting from £45. With 95% of Maida Vale's 3,623 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in W9 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. Maida Vale (Bakerloo) is the nearest station, so a W9 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect with metal stud partitions between rooms, over dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork, which is why Westminster City Council kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded in W9, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Maida Vale gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, where 34% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year.
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. Mansion blocks with small lifts and porters, resident bays all week and narrow canal-side roads.
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.
Scope
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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 Maida Vale
In Maida Vale (W9) the split is 95% flats to 5% houses over 3,623 households, and the stock is mainly Edwardian.
With 48% private renting against 34% owner-occupied, most W9 bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Walls are with metal stud partitions between rooms, over dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork, which is why Westminster City Council kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded, so the fixing that matters in Maida Vale is chosen on site — the usual failure here is Maida Vale gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, where 34% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year.
Maida Vale 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 — wide tree-lined avenues of Edwardian mansion blocks above the Regent's Canal at Little Venice — which is why a W9 quote is not a Westminster average.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: mansion blocks with small lifts and porters, resident bays all week and narrow canal-side roads. Maida Vale (Bakerloo) 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 Maida Vale 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 Maida Vale neighbourhood itself — not Westminster-wide averages, and not estimates.
7,876
Residents
Maida Vale neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,623
Households
Median age 34.6
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
35.2%
Privately rented
48.3%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Maida Vale (E02000965) — the published geography that covers Maida Vale, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the W9 district: 51.5249, -0.1926 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Maida Vale in this 95% flats neighbourhood, with 17% social-rented stock nearby, 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 around Maida Vale (Bakerloo) — and 95% of homes here being flats, with 5% of Maida Vale homes being houses.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions in this 95% flats neighbourhood, with Westminster parking rules in play. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Maida Vale most weeks on this side of Westminster, with 35% one-person households here.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level in Maida Vale, with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on this side of Westminster. With 95% of Maida Vale homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm across W9, with 48% of W9 homes being privately rented — and Little Venice a few streets away, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Little Venice is the marker we route to on W9 jobs, with 34% owner-occupation locally, and mansion blocks with small lifts and porters, resident bays all week and narrow canal-side roads. A W9 slot added to an existing Westminster round usually lands the same week rather than the next around Maida Vale (Bakerloo), with 17% social-rented stock nearby.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, with 48% of W9 homes being privately rented, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning in this 95% flats neighbourhood. Maida Vale sits close to Maida Vale (Bakerloo) on this side of Westminster, with Little Venice a few streets away, so we can usually add a W9 job to an existing Westminster round at short notice.
Mansion blocks with small lifts and porters, resident bays all week and narrow canal-side roads in this 95% flats neighbourhood. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in Westminster City Council it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on Westminster bookings, with 5% of Maida Vale homes being houses.
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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. Maida Vale W9 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of westminster.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
