Oven cleaning in Forest Hill and SE23 with the in-van dip-tank method, non-caustic indoors and no smell after. Single ovens start at £77.
Forest Hill runs uphill, and the appliance changes as you climb. The big double-fronted Victorian villas on Honor Oak Road and Devonshire Road, the ones with off-street parking and a long garden, tend to hold a 90cm Rangemaster or a cast-iron cooker in the kind of kitchen a family cooks in every day. Down toward the station, the same villas are carved into flats, and there the oven is usually a built-in single. Same van, same tank, a different clean depending on which door we knock on.
What we find in SE23
The stock is Victorian and Edwardian, most of it inside the conservation area first drawn up in 1976, and it sits on London clay on a slope, which is why so many of these houses have settled over the years. That means period kitchens, and period kitchens run larger appliances. A five-bedroom villa near the Horniman Museum often has a range or a two-oven AGA. A converted flat off Perry Vale is far more likely to have a single. The range rate is £114 and a two-oven AGA is £143, and both take longer because there is more to lift out and soak. If yours is a cast-iron AGA, the detail sits on our AGA cleaning page, and we work to the enamel.
The clean, step by step
Racks, shelves, trays and the side runners lift out and go into a heated tank in the van. The cavity, fan cover and inner door glass are done by hand, indoors, with non-caustic products, so a kitchen that opens onto the hall is left with no chemical smell. Then it is rebuilt, heat-tested and signed off. About ninety minutes for a single. Roughly two hours for a double.
Getting the van close
Parts ferry to the tank and back, so a spot near the door matters, and SE23 makes that awkward in places. The streets bounded by Tyson Road, Horniman Drive, Sydenham Rise and Kirkdale fall under a controlled parking zone, and Taymount Rise sits cut off by the A205 South Circular, so the hill roads are tighter than they look. Parking is busiest around Dartmouth Road by the station; the roads out toward Perry Vale are easier. Give us the road when you book. Forest Hill is inside the ULEZ.
Prices in SE23
| Single oven | £77 |
| Double oven | £110 |
| Range cooker, 90cm | £114 |
| Two-oven AGA | £143 |
| Extractor hood | £28 |
End of tenancy on the hill
The flats around the station and along London Road turn over steadily, with Acorn on London Road and Stanfords on Dartmouth Road handling much of the local rental. When a tenancy ends, the agent or the outgoing tenant usually wants a heat-tested oven signed off before the inventory check. On a built-in single that is the £77 job, and we book those seven days a week around Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park.
Forest Hill questions
Do you clean the range cookers and AGAs on Honor Oak Road?
Yes, often. The bigger villas up the hill are where the 90cm ranges and two-oven AGAs turn up. A range is £114 and a two-oven AGA is £143, and both take longer than a standard oven, so allow extra time on the day.
Is there a surcharge for an SE23 address?
No. A single oven is £77 in a villa near the Horniman and £77 in a flat off Dartmouth Road. Only the appliance moves the price, and there is no premium-area surcharge.
Will the clean leave a smell in a period kitchen?
No. Only the removable parts go in the tank. The cavity and door glass are degreased by hand with non-caustic products, so nothing lingers in a kitchen that opens onto the rest of the house.
Do you cover Honor Oak Park as well?
Yes. Honor Oak Park is the same suburb and the same SE23 work, on the streets up from either station. Seven days a week.
Reviews from our rounds
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.
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.
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To book in Forest Hill: 020 8077 5225 any day, or send the quote form and we ring you back.