Oven cleaning across Bow Common, E3, from the Burdett Estate down to Devons Road. Dip-tank method, seven days a week, single ovens from £77.
Burdett Road is a TfL red route, so the A1205 stretch past the St Paul's Way junction is no-stopping and the van goes into the side streets instead. Almost all of Bow Common sits in Tower Hamlets parking zone B, controlled Monday to Friday. Saturdays are simpler.
Bow Common is estate land more than terrace land
The two big ones are Burdett and Lincoln. Around Burdett Road the tenure split runs to roughly 41% social rented household spaces against a national figure just under 17.5%, and that shows up in the work: estate kitchens tend to hold freestanding 60cm cookers rather than the fitted double ovens you get further north in Bow, so the grill pan, shelves and side runners come out to the heated tank in the van while the cavity, fan cover and door glass are degreased by hand in the flat.
The newer stock is a different job. Blocks by Devons Road DLR and the schemes off Bow Common Lane were built with integrated single ovens in the Devons Road flats sat behind a cabinet front, which has to come forward on its runners before the door can be split.
Estate cookers are freestanding. New-build ovens are integrated. Same postcode, different afternoon.
Tenancy churn drives a lot of the E3 diary
Tower Hamlets has the lowest owner-occupation in England and Wales at 23.1%, with 38.2% of households privately renting at the 2021 census. Move-out ovens follow from that. A tenancy clean is priced on the phone, not quoted on the doorstep.
Prices in E3 are the same as everywhere
No premium-area surcharge. No call-out fee inside the North and South Circular.
| Single oven | £77 |
| Double oven | £110 |
| Range cooker, 90cm | £114 |
| Two-oven AGA | £143 |
| Hob | £23–28 |
| Extractor hood | £28 |
| Microwave | £22 |
Which streets count as Bow Common?
Roughly the wedge bounded by the Regent's Canal to the west and the Limehouse Cut to the south east, with Bow Common Lane to the north east. It straddles E3 and E14, and Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park sits along the northern edge.
Will the flat smell of chemicals afterwards?
No. The caustic work happens in the sealed tank in the van, and the products used indoors on the cavity and glass are non-caustic. Kitchen windows can stay shut.
How long does a single oven take?
About ninety minutes for a single, around two hours for a double. Integrated units in the newer blocks sit at the longer end, because the housing has to come out and go back in square. A hob (£23–28) or an extractor hood (£28) goes in the same slot if you ask when you book.
Said after the sign-off
Brilliant clean, my oven looks like brand new. A 5 star clean.
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.
Nice hardworking lads that always do a good job. We used them for our old flat when moving out and for the new one now, both jobs were done very professionally. My wife is very impressed with the results and would recommend them to friends and family.
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Book the Bow Common slot on 020 8077 5225, seven days a week.