London Oven Cleaners clean ovens in Clerkenwell from £77. Once the oven is rebuilt and hot you look inside, and any patch you dislike is cleaned again.
Spa Fields, the park behind the south side of Exmouth Market, was a burial ground until 1853; by the early 1840s it had taken an estimated 80,000 burials. It became a children's playground in 1886 and was stretched up to Northampton Road after clearances in the 1950s.
Factory lofts around Spa Fields
Several old factories on the streets north of the park are now homes. Spa Heights, at 63–67 Rosoman Street, went up in 1933–34 for Edward Delfosse, whose Ormond Engineering Company made screws and radio parts; Magri Developments turned it into loft-style flats in the 1990s. Round the corner, Nos 1–7 Tysoe Street were built in 1919–20 as an extension for Comoy's, the briar-pipe makers, and became live/work flats in 2000–01.
No other ward in Islington has as many homes like these. At the 2021 Census, 444 of Clerkenwell ward's 4,922 households (9.0%) lived in part of a converted building other than a house, the census examples being a former school, church or warehouse. Across Islington the figure was 3.1%.
A converted factory floor usually has its kitchen along one wall of the living space, with the oven built into the run of units, so smoke from a dirty oven drifts straight into the room you sit in (the guide on why an oven smokes goes through the usual causes). For the clean, the racks, trays and side runners come out and are soaked and cleaned separately. Indoors, the cavity, fan cover and door glass are degreased by hand.
Georgian houses on Wilmington Square
Wilmington Square, a few minutes north-west of the park, was laid out for the Northampton estate, and the builder John Wilson had houses going up there in early 1818. They stand over basements with front areas, three storeys high on the north side and four on the others. In 1920 the estate turned Nos 18–21 into ten flats running across the four houses, which the Survey of London calls an early lateral conversion.
In Clerkenwell ward, 16.4% of households lived in part of a converted or shared house in 2021. In a Georgian house cut into flats the kitchen may be down in the basement, reached by the area steps, or two floors up a narrow stair.
Renting in Clerkenwell ward
Of the ward's 4,920 households in 2021, 42.3% rented from the council or a housing association, 30.7% rented privately and 25.8% owned. When a private tenancy ends, the letting agent can have the invoice addressed to the agency, photos for the checkout file and keys picked up for an empty flat by arrangement.
Oven cleaning prices in Clerkenwell
| 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 |
The price is set by the appliance: a single, a double, a 90cm range or an AGA each have one fixed figure, and it is agreed on the phone before the visit.
Parking zones A and C either side of Clerkenwell Road
On Islington's parking zone map and table, Clerkenwell Road is roughly where two zones meet, and their hours are very different.
- Zone A, north of Clerkenwell Road
- Exmouth Market, Spa Fields and Wilmington Square: controlled 8.30am to 6.30pm on weekdays and 8.30am to 1.30pm on Saturdays
- Zone C, south and east
- the streets around Farringdon station and St John's Gate: controlled 24 hours a day, all of Saturday, and on Sunday until 6am
During those hours, the council says, a bay needs a permit, a visitor voucher or payment in a short-stay bay. In zone A the controls end at 1.30pm on a Saturday; south of the road, on the Farringdon side, they run all Saturday.
Questions about oven cleaning in Clerkenwell
Is a basement kitchen in a Georgian house a problem?
No. Mention the area steps when you call; the price is agreed on the phone before the visit.
Can you come on a Sunday?
Yes, at the weekday price. Zone A has no Sunday controls and zone C's end at 6am, so after 6am on a Sunday there are no permit or payment hours on either side of Clerkenwell Road.
How long will a double oven take?
About two hours. A single takes about 90 minutes and a 90cm range two to three hours.
What customers tell us
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.
I would certainly recommend this service, very efficient and good value for money. The young man did a great job and even cleaned the kitchen floor. Thank you.
Once again a great job guys, I will see you in a couple of months.
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