Oven cleaning around Shepherd's Bush Market, W12, from £77 with London Oven Cleaners. You see the oven lit and reassembled before we leave, and any corner that is not right gets cleaned again.
Shepherd's Bush Market runs along the Hammersmith and City viaduct from Uxbridge Road down to Goldhawk Road. Stalls took over the site of the line's first Shepherd's Bush station when it closed in 1914.
Homes on the old Lime Grove studio site
Just west of the market, Lime Grove had a film studio built by Gaumont, which the BBC bought in 1949 and used for television until 1991. Notting Hill Housing Association bought the site, demolished the studios in 1993 and built a housing estate there, with streets named Gaumont Terrace and Gainsborough Court after the old owners. On the rest of Lime Grove the houses are two-storey red-brick terraces with paired porches and bay windows on the east side, and three-storey stock-brick houses with basements at the south end, all inside the Coningham and Lime Grove conservation area designated in January 1990.
On Pennard Road, closer to the market, the houses are two-storey red-brick terraces with paired front doors, and Library Mansions closes the north end at five storeys.
Flats over shops and private renting
At the 2021 Census, the small census area that holds the market and Gainsborough Court had 771 households. Of those, 56.5% rented privately, 35.1% lived in part of a converted or shared house and 6.2% in a commercial building, which the census defines as a flat over a shop or in an office or hotel. A flat over a shop usually has its own street door and a stair. The racks, trays and side runners come out and are soaked and cleaned separately, and dust sheets go down in the kitchen first.
More than half the homes are let privately, and the oven is one of the things a checkout inventory looks at. Agents can have the invoice in the agency's name and photos for the checkout file, and keys for an empty flat can be picked up by arrangement.
- Single oven
- one cavity, built in under the worktop or at eye level; about 90 minutes.
- Double oven
- two oven cavities, one above the other; about 2 hours.
- 90cm range cooker
- a wide freestanding cooker with the oven or ovens below and the hob on top; 2 to 3 hours.
Prices for an oven clean near the market
| 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 follows the appliance type in the list above, and the figure you are given on the phone is the one on the invoice.
Parking near the market: zone G
The market, Pennard Road, Gainsborough Court and Lime Grove are in Hammersmith and Fulham's zone G, which the council lists as controlled every day of the week. Give us the street when you book and we plan where the van goes.
The market itself is due to change: Yoo Capital, its majority owner since September 2020, has planning permission for a life-sciences building on the land next door with 40 affordable homes.
Questions from flats around the market
I live above a shop on the market side. Is the stair a problem?
No. A stair is normal; mention it when you call so the time is right.
Can the agent book and pay while I am at work?
Yes. The invoice can be addressed to the agency, and keys can be collected for an empty flat by arrangement.
My cooker has a separate grill compartment. How is it priced?
Describe it when you call, with the width and how many doors it has, and we will tell you the fixed price before booking. The prices page lists every appliance.
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.
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.
Finding Shepherd's Bush Market
Nearby areas we cover
Goldhawk Road · Hammersmith · Shepherd's Bush Green · Shepherd's Bush · Wormwood Scrubs · Ravenscourt Park
Other Hammersmith and Fulham areas we cover
White City Hammersmith Broadway Olympia West Kensington Fulham Reach Barons Court Fulham Broadway Fulham Parsons Green and Walham Parsons Green Hurlingham Putney Bridge Imperial Wharf Sands End Every Hammersmith and Fulham area
Call 020 8077 5225 and the Shepherd's Bush Market price is fixed on the spot; typers can use the quote form instead.