Oven cleaning in Darenth from £77 with London Oven Cleaners. Before we pack up, you look inside the heated oven, and any corner that is not right is done again.
St Margaret's church on Darenth Hill has a nave of the late 10th or early 11th century, Roman tiles in one of its windows and a Norman font of about 1140; its listing calls it reckoned to be the third oldest church in Kent. The parish council has nine members: six for the Lane End ward, two for Darenth Valley and one for Green Street Green.
Semis and terraces in Darenth ward
Lane End is on Green Street Green Road, with Coombfield Drive, Bennett Way and Hill Rise among its streets. In Darenth ward, which takes in Lane End, the 2021 Census counted 1,155 households. Of those, 51.6% lived in a semi-detached house, 29.5% in a terrace and only 9.6% in a detached one. Almost two thirds owned their home (64.3%), while 20.9% rented from the council, nearly double the 11.5% renting privately.
Older semis and terraces were usually built with a kitchen planned around a freestanding cooker, and plenty have been refitted since with an oven under the worktop. The strip-down is the same for both. Dust sheets go down, shelves, racks and side runners come out and are soaked and cleaned separately, and the cavity, the fan cover and the door glass are degreased by hand in the kitchen.
Village Park and the old hospital site
Darenth Park opened on 18 November 1878 as a Metropolitan Asylums Board school for children with learning disabilities, soon added a second complex for adults, and closed on 12 August 1988. Its buildings were demolished in 1995. Darent Valley Hospital, opened in December 2000, stands on the northern part of the site; a 'village' of 300 new houses was built on another part, and the remaining 100 acres became Darenth Country Park. Foord Close is in Darenth Village Park, the estate just south of the hospital.
The census area that includes Foord Close, Powell Avenue and the streets around them (Dartford 008A, which also reaches a few Lane End postcodes) had about 470 households in 2021: 42.0% in a detached house, 39.3% in a terrace, and 86.4% owner-occupied. Houses built since the mid-1990s usually have a built-in oven, and the two kinds of double are easy to confuse on the phone.
- Built-in double
- Two full ovens stacked in a tall unit at eye level. £110, about 2 hours on site.
- Built-under double
- Fits below the worktop, with a smaller top oven that usually holds the grill. Also £110, about 2 hours.
- Built-in single
- One oven, in a tall unit or under the hob. £77, about 90 minutes.
Permit parking near Darent Valley Hospital
Dartford Borough Council runs a permit scheme in Darenth on Foord Close, Latham Close, Moore Close, Powell Avenue, Redding Close and The Green, streets around Darent Valley Hospital. The council's list of permit parking schemes gives no hours, so the signs at the end of your street decide where the van can stop. No Lane End street is on that list.
The team needs a legal space to park close to the door. Give us the street, and say whether there is room on the drive, when you book.
Oven cleaning prices in Darenth
| 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 appliance sets the price: a single, a double, a 90cm range and an AGA each have their own figure, and the one agreed on the phone is what you pay. Darenth is a parish of Dartford borough, and the Dartford page covers the town itself.
Darenth oven cleaning questions
Can the hob and the extractor be done at the same visit?
Yes. A single oven with the hob and the extractor hood is £117 for the three, and a double with both is £143. The hob cleaning page has the hob prices on their own.
How long will you be in the house?
About 90 minutes for a single oven and about two hours for a double. At the end the oven is reassembled and heated, and you look inside it before anything is packed away.
Does the cooker need to be cold when you arrive?
Yes. Switch it off in good time, since the cavity is cleaned by hand. A working socket near the oven is the only other thing needed indoors.
Said after the sign-off
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.
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.
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.
Darenth on the map
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