Oven cleaning in Stapleford Abbotts, RM4, out to Nuper's Hatch and Bournebridge. Dip-tank method, seven days a week, single ovens from £77.
The 2021 census counted 1,123 people in the parish, spread over 9.57 square kilometres, and Metropolitan Green Belt covers much of that. In 1801 the figure was 320 and in 1921 it had gone backwards to 391, so this is a place that never had a building boom to be suburbanised by.
The kitchens are not in a village centre
They are scattered. Nuper's Hatch has at least 60 properties, Bournebridge has fewer than 20 homes, and the rest of the parish is farms and cottages with the golf course sitting along the Tysea Hill ridge. Even St Mary's church stands on its own about a mile from the village. Housing that old and that dispersed tends to mean freestanding cookers, solid fuel history in the chimney, and a range where a farmhouse kitchen was knocked through. A single oven in a Nuper's Hatch house is £77.
One bus every ninety minutes
Route 375 runs Passingford Bridge to Romford station, Monday to Saturday, roughly every hour and a half, and the 575 stopped in 2021. The nearest railway station is Romford, four and a half miles south. None of that matters to us, because the van carries the heated tank, the water and the products, which means the parish being awkward to reach on public transport changes nothing about a slot booked for nine in the morning. It is a Romford post town, RM4, dialling code 01708.
Nothing caustic goes in the house
Racks, shelves, trays and side runners come out to the tank in the van and soak there. The cavity, fan cover and door glass are done by hand indoors with non-caustic products, and the oven is heat-tested before we sign it off. Fixed price, no premium-area surcharge on a Stapleford Abbotts address.
The charges
| Single oven | £77 |
| Double oven | £110 |
| Range cooker, 90cm | £114 |
| Two-oven AGA | £143 |
| Hob | £23–28 |
| Extractor hood | £28 |
| Microwave | £22 |
Asked in RM4
Will you come out this far for one oven?
Yes. The price is the same as anywhere else on our list and we work seven days. 020 8077 5225.
My cooker is old and the enamel is chipped. Is that a problem?
Tell us when you book. We work by hand indoors with non-caustic products, which is gentler on tired enamel than a caustic gel left to sit.
Do you need a power socket or an outside tap?
No tap. Everything runs from the van.
What about the AGA?
A two-oven AGA is £143 and it has to be cold, so switch it off the day before.
Said after the sign-off
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.
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.
Once again a great job guys, I will see you in a couple of months.
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