Oven cleaning in South Ruislip, HA4, from the Victoria Road parade out towards the A40. Dip-tank method, seven days, single ovens from £77.
The station was called Northolt Junction before it was called South Ruislip, and because early RAF airfields took the name of the nearest railway station, the airfield up the road ended up as RAF Northolt while the platforms did not. Central line trains stop here, and so do Chiltern Railways services, hourly, to Marylebone and High Wycombe.
Over a quarter of the homes here are flats or maisonettes
The 2011 census put South Ruislip at 38 per cent semi-detached, 28 per cent terraced, 27 per cent flats and maisonettes and 8 per cent detached, with 19 per cent of households renting privately. That mix decides what is behind the kitchen door. A maisonette usually has an integrated single under the worktop. The 1930s semis and the post-war Dean Estate houses more often have a freestanding cooker or a built-under double. A double oven in a South Ruislip semi is £110 and takes roughly two hours.
The A40 is the road we come in on
The Polish War Memorial stands beside the A40 next to the airfield, commemorating the Polish airmen who flew with the RAF in the Second World War, and the junction there is the landmark everyone gives directions from. RAF South Ruislip itself was Headquarters of the 7th Air Division of Strategic Air Command in the 1950s, held by the 3rd Air Force until 1972, and its buildings came down in 1995. Nothing of it is left to park behind.
The soaking happens outside your kitchen
Racks, shelves, trays and side runners come out and go into a heated tank in the van. The cavity, the fan cover and the door glass are degreased by hand indoors with non-caustic products, so there is no smell left in the flat afterwards. Then the oven is heat-tested. Prices are fixed on the phone and there is no premium-area surcharge on an HA4 address.
Cost, before anyone starts
| Single oven | £77 |
| Double oven | £110 |
| Range cooker, 90cm | £114 |
| Two-oven AGA | £143 |
| Hob | £23–28 |
| Extractor hood | £28 |
| Microwave | £22 |
Questions from HA4
My landlord wants the oven done before the inventory check. Is this that job?
Yes. Nearly a fifth of households here rent privately, and the clerk looks at the door glass and the shelves, which are the parts that soak.
Can you reach a maisonette on the first floor?
Yes. The parts are carried down to the van and back up again. Tell us the floor when you book so the timing is right.
Is caustic soda involved?
Not indoors. What goes on inside your kitchen is non-caustic, which is why there is no chemical smell in the room when we go.
Do you work weekends?
Seven days. Call 020 8077 5225.
Reviews from our rounds
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.
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.
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Call 020 8077 5225 and the South Ruislip price is fixed on the spot.