London Oven Cleaners clean ovens around Brick Lane from £77. The price is fixed when you ring, and you check the oven lit before we pack up the van.
Brick Lane had its name by 1550, when a survey of Stepney manor noted two tile garths on its east side, places where clay was dug for tiles or, perhaps, brick-earth. Writing in 1957, the Survey of London said the lane's narrowness still recalled its start as a sixteenth-century field path.
Walk-up flats on the Chicksand Estate
East of the lane, the Chicksand Estate grew in stages. The London County Council began it in 1939 with Spelman House, 33 flats, and Chicksand House diagonally opposite, with 70: stock-brick blocks five storeys high, reached by stairs and open balconies. Round them are the Davis Estate tenements of 1900–03 on Spelman Street and Casson Street, and the Hopetown Estate, 105 homes the Greater London Council built in 1980–3 between Old Montague Street and Chicksand Street. Hopetown has houses along Monthorpe Road, flats round Frostic Walk and more flats above the shops at 14–28 Brick Lane.
The 2021 Census counted 687 households in the small census area around the southern half of the lane, which takes in Chicksand Street and Monthorpe Road (LSOA Tower Hamlets 015A). 62.6% lived in a purpose-built block and 18.1% in a terraced house; 42.9% rented privately and 32.0% from a social landlord.
In a five-storey walk-up the stairs are the only way up, so mention the floor when you call. The racks, trays and side runners come out and are soaked and cleaned separately. The cavity, the fan cover and the door glass stay in the kitchen and are degreased by hand, over dust sheets, with the door split where its design allows.
Princelet Street's houses from 1718
West of Brick Lane the houses are older. Charles Wood and Simon Michell, two Lincoln's Inn lawyers, developed this ground between 1718 and 1728, and building on Princelet Street, then Princes Street, probably began on its north side in the summer of 1718; the south side was finished by January 1724. The houses the Survey of London described in 1957 mostly have a cellar-basement, three storeys and a roof garret, and Nos. 14 and 16 have weavers' garrets. East of the lane the same street was Booth Street, built up in 1681–84. Fournier Street, the best known of these streets, is covered on our Spitalfields page.
- Freestanding cooker
- Oven and hob in one unit on its own feet, usually 50 to 60cm wide, and it can be pulled forward to reach the sides.
- Built-in single
- One oven fixed into the kitchen units, under the worktop or at eye level in a tall housing.
- 90cm range cooker
- A wide freestanding cooker with two or more ovens side by side and a hob across the top.
What an oven clean costs near Brick Lane
| 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 type of oven has one fixed price, so tell us which of these you have when you call. The figure you agree then is the one you pay.
Brick Lane's two parking sub-zones
The southern part of Brick Lane, Princelet Street and Chicksand Street are in parking sub-zone A6; Hanbury Street, Spital Street and the northern stretch of the lane are in A2. In A6, residents' bays in the streets west of Brick Lane are controlled from 8.30am to 10pm every day; the rest of A6 runs 8.30am to 7pm on weekdays and 8.30am to 2pm on Sundays. A2 is controlled 8.30am to 5.30pm on weekdays and 8.30am to 2pm on Sundays, according to the council's zone hours. Neither zone lists Saturday.
Questions from around Brick Lane
My flat is on the top floor of Spelman House. Can you still clean the oven?
Yes. Tell us the floor when you book so the visit is timed for the stairs.
Which day makes parking easiest?
On the council's list, Saturday has the fewest limits: neither A2 nor A6 shows Saturday hours, apart from the residents' bays west of Brick Lane, which run to 10pm every day. Weekend visits cost the same as weekdays.
I rent a flat above a shop on Brick Lane. Can the invoice go to my letting agent?
Yes, and photos for the checkout file can go with it. The end of tenancy oven cleaning guide covers deposits.
Can you clean a range cooker in one of the Princelet Street houses?
Yes. A 90cm range is £143 and takes 2 to 3 hours on site. If the kitchen is in the cellar-basement, mention it when you call.
Said after the sign-off
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.
Arrived promptly and did a great job cleaning the oven, hob and extractor. They look like new now and for a very reasonable price too.
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To book in Brick Lane: 020 8077 5225 any day, or send the quote form and we ring you back.