Oven cleaning in Bermondsey, SE1, from £77 with London Oven Cleaners. The oven is put back together and lit, you inspect it, and anything missed is put right before we leave.
Bermondsey was long the centre of the leather trade. The Bermondsey Leather Market was built in 1833 on the corner of Manning Street, now Leathermarket Street; the Leather Exchange, begun in 1874, opened in August 1879 and still stands on Leathermarket Street. Street names such as Morocco Street and Tanner Street still point back to it. Between the market and Snowsfields, Southwark's appraisal of the Bermondsey Street conservation area describes tanneries packed in among tiny terraced houses.
From tanneries to borough council blocks
Those houses were replaced first by charitable housing, the Guinness Trust Buildings of the 1890s, then by council flats, and clearance after wartime bombing left room for Leathermarket Gardens. Some of the council estates are now run by Leathermarket JMB, a resident-managed body with about 1,500 homes between London Bridge and Tower Bridge.
Its own estate list dates the Elim Estate (121 homes) to 1935, and White's Grounds (115) and the Tyers Estate (70) to 1936. All three were built for the old Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey, and all three are listed with no lift.
In a walk-up block the racks, trays and side runners come out and are soaked and cleaned separately. Tell us the floor when you call so the visit is timed properly.
Warehouse flats off Bermondsey Street
After the war the warehouses in the Bermondsey Street conservation area were used for storage, workshops and the antiques trade (the New Caledonian Antiques Market began in Bermondsey Square in 1950). In the 1980s and 90s the same buildings attracted residential conversion, which the council's appraisal describes as "loft style" living close to the centre of London.
The 2021 Census shows how far that went. In the census area around Bermondsey Street and Leathermarket Gardens (MSOA Southwark 036), 9.1% of the 3,364 households lived in a converted building that was never a house, such as a warehouse, and 83.2% in a purpose-built block. 41.6% rented privately, 30.7% from a social landlord and 25.5% owned. A loft flat usually has its kitchen along one wall of the main room, so the cooker is a few steps from the sofa.
- Removable parts
- racks, trays, shelves and side runners come out and are soaked and cleaned separately
- In your kitchen
- the cavity, fan cover and door glass are degreased by hand, on dust sheets, with the door split where its design allows
What an oven clean costs in Bermondsey
| Oven or appliance | Fixed price |
|---|---|
| Single ovenBuilt-in single: cavity, racks, door glass and seals. | £77 |
| Double ovenBoth cavities and doors, every rack soaked and cleaned. | £110 |
| Single wide ovenOne oven, wider than the standard 60cm. | £114 |
| Range cooker, 90cmThe whole cooker: every oven and the grill. | £143 |
| Range cooker, 100cm | £167 |
| Range hob or range hoodThe wide hob on a range, or the hood above it. | £48 |
| AGA, two-ovenCooled properly, cleaned, re-lit and checked. | £143 |
| AGA, four-oven | £187 |
| HobCeramic £23, gas £28. | £23–28 |
| Extractor hood | £28 |
| Microwave | £22 |
| Single oven, hob and extractorThe three together, one visit. | £117 |
| Double oven, hob and extractorThe three together, one visit. | £143 |
Each appliance has its own fixed price, so the figure depends on whether you have a single, a double or a range cooker, and it is agreed on the phone before anyone comes out.
Bermondsey's parking zones keep different hours
Southwark's controlled parking zones in and around Bermondsey do not share one timetable. Zone G (Bermondsey) runs every day from 8.30am to 11pm; a 2021 council decision stretched it from weekday hours because of commuter and leisure parking into the evenings and weekends. Zone F (London Bridge) is Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6.30pm, and zone GR (Grange) is Monday to Friday, 8am to 6.30pm. Your zone decides whether a Sunday visit still needs a permit or a paid bay, so check the sign on your street and give us the road when you book.
Streets further south are on our South Bermondsey page.
Bermondsey oven cleaning questions
Where is the oven cleaned in an open-plan loft?
The racks, trays, shelves and side runners come out and are soaked and cleaned separately, and the cavity, fan cover and door glass are cleaned by hand in the kitchen. Some teams have a heated tank on the van and use it when they can park close; otherwise everything is done in the kitchen. The price is the same either way, so ask when you book.
I live on the top floor of a 1930s block with no lift. Can you still do it?
Yes. Knowing the floor in advance lets us plan the time on site.
Can you clean the extractor hood on the same visit?
Yes, for £28 on top of the oven price. The extractor hood cleaning page explains what is done.
Do you work on Sundays in Bermondsey?
Yes, seven days a week, and a weekend visit costs the same as a weekday one.
Said after the sign-off
Brilliant clean, my oven looks like brand new. A 5 star clean.
Once again a great job guys, I will see you in a couple of months.
Very satisfied with the service. They were slightly late at first but I got a call from customer service to let me know, and it was all fine. The oven man, as he called himself, arrived and worked very hard for a couple of hours. My oven now looks like it has never been used.
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South Bermondsey · Southwark · London Bridge · Borough · East Smithfield · Walworth
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To book in Bermondsey: 020 8077 5225 any day, or send the quote form and we ring you back.