Oven cleaning near Clock House station, Beckenham, from £77. London Oven Cleaners heat the reassembled oven and you look inside before we go; a missed corner is cleaned again there and then.
Clock House station opened on 1 May 1890 and took its name from a red brick mansion on the main road, whose stables carried a large turret clock. The house was probably built for the Lethieullier family in the early 1700s, and the Cators had it from 1782. It came down in 1896. The Cators moved the clock to the stables at Beckenham Place, where a fire destroyed it in 2011, and the Spa on Beckenham Road now stands on the old site.
Streets named after Cator farm fields
Beckenham Road was still called Penge Road until about 1900. Thayers Farm, only 41 acres, was reached by a track from the Clock House stables. The Cator estate's roads were mostly named after farm fields and features, and north of Beckenham Road that gave Thayers Farm Road in the 1880s and Chaffinch Road and Rowden Road around 1900. South of the road, Churchfields Road began as Arthur Road, with about 50 houses at its lower end in the late 1870s and the rest finished by about 1907. The council flats at that lower end are named after firemen killed on duty in air raids.
The University of Greenwich's Ideal Homes history says the 1890 station encouraged the building of the Clock House estate, which filled the land west of Elmers End with small terraced houses of a kind the Cators had discouraged. The same history says the Clock House area still stands largely as built.
Bromley's Clock House ward had 7,466 households at the 2021 Census. 31.5% lived in a terraced house and 22.6% in a semi, against 26.4% in a purpose-built block. Two in three households (65.8%) owned their home, and 26.1% owned it outright.
Houses of that age have usually had the kitchen refitted at some point, and a refit is when a built-in double or a 90cm range tends to go in. Racks, trays and side runners come out and are soaked and cleaned separately. The cavity, fan cover and door glass are degreased by hand in the kitchen, over dust sheets, and the door is split where its design allows.
What an oven clean costs in Clock House
| 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 one fixed price, and you hear it on the phone before the visit: tell us whether it is a single, a double, a range or an AGA, and whether the hob or hood wants doing too.
- Side runners
- the wire ladders on the cavity walls that hold the shelves; they unclip and come out with the racks
- Fan cover
- the plate at the back of a fan oven, degreased by hand indoors
- Door glass
- two or three panes; grease gets between them, which is why the door is split where it can be
Clock House permit zones run on weekdays
Bromley's permit table lists five zones under the Clock House name. Z1 and Z5 are controlled from 8am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday; Z2, Z3 and Z4 from 10am to 12 noon, Monday to Friday. The council's table does not list the roads in each zone, and Bromley's page on a proposed Z1 extension (consultation closed 16 October 2022) named part of Churchfields Road among the Z2 roads it wanted to move into Z1, so read the sign at the end of yours. None of the five runs at weekends, and a Saturday or Sunday clean costs the same as a weekday one. The team needs somewhere to park, so a space near your door helps.
Clock House oven cleaning questions
Is Clock House in Beckenham or Penge?
Beckenham, going by the post. The station is BR3 4LS and the streets round it are BR3 4 addresses in Bromley's Clock House ward. SE20 starts roughly 700 metres west, around Royston Road.
How long does a double oven take?
About 2 hours, at £110. Both cavities are done by hand while the racks are soaked and cleaned separately.
I let a flat off Churchfields Road. Can you clean between tenants?
Yes. The invoice can be addressed to your letting agency, photos go in the checkout file if you ask, and keys for an empty flat can be collected by arrangement. Our guide to end of tenancy oven cleaning and deposits has more.
Does the oven need to be cold?
Cool, yes, so switch it off well before we arrive, and leave a working socket free near the kitchen.
Said after the sign-off
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.
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.
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Call 020 8077 5225 and the Clock House price is fixed on the spot; typers can use the quote form instead.