London Oven Cleaners clean ovens in Stroud Green, N4, from £77. You see the oven rebuilt and lit, and any corner still dirty is redone on the spot.
Wall Court, the balconied block facing Stroud Green Road, was finished in 1947 and much admired when new. It belongs to Hornsey council's first big post-war rebuilding, which cleared most of the land between Victoria Road, Lorne Road, Stroud Green Road and Upper Tollington Park.
Council flats round Victoria Road and Osborne Road
More blocks followed over the next decade: Lawson, Wiltshire and Marquis courts and Brackenbury in Osborne Road in 1948, the flats of Nichols Close between 1948 and 1952, Wisbech and Fenstanton in 1953, Charter Court, with shops below, in 1954, and Hutton Court in 1960. They replaced houses on a grid of streets planned by 1868; by 1871 Osborne Road, Albert Road and Upper Tollington Park already held 49 houses between them, and the roads in the angle of Stroud Green Road and the railway were largely built up.
A flat in a block of this age often has a narrow kitchen and a staircase or a lift between it and the street. The racks, trays 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 your kitchen. Give us the floor when you call so the visit is planned for it.
Half of Stroud Green ward lives in a converted or shared house
The Victorian houses that survived were split up early. The Victoria County History records that subdivision was already causing concern in Stroud Green by 1911, and that by about 1925 its houses were divided and the district in decay. The pattern has stuck. At the 2021 Census, 50.3% of the 4,920 households in Stroud Green ward (Haringey, 2022 boundaries) lived in part of a converted or shared house, against 24.2% in a purpose-built block and 18.2% with a terraced house to themselves.
Renting is common too: 32.4% of the ward's households rented privately in 2021 and 23.7% from the council or a housing association, while 43.2% owned. A conversion flat on the second floor usually has a compact kitchen, typically a built-in single under the worktop or a slim freestanding cooker, and at the end of a tenancy that oven is on the inventory. Agents can ask for the invoice in the agency's name, photos for the checkout file and a key pick-up for an empty flat.
What an oven clean costs in Stroud Green
| 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 figure depends on the appliance, a single, a double, a 90cm range or an AGA, and is agreed on the phone before anyone comes out.
Two councils and three kinds of parking zone
Stroud Green Road is part of the boundary between Haringey and Islington, so which council's rules apply to the van depends on the street, and for Stroud Green Road itself on the side.
- Victoria Road, Albert Road, Osborne Road
- Haringey's Finsbury Park zone: Monday to Saturday, 8.30am to 6.30pm
- Northern Oakfield Road, Quernmore Road, upper Stapleton Hall Road
- Haringey's Stroud Green zone: weekdays, noon to 2pm
- Hanley Road, Everleigh Street, Lennox Road
- Islington, which sets its own hours for each zone (see Islington's zone table): check the sign on the bay
The Finsbury Park zone runs later when Arsenal play at the Emirates or a large event is on in the park: until 8.30pm from Monday to Saturday, and from noon to 4.30pm on Sundays and bank holidays. Outside those days, Sunday has no controls there at all. Further north, the noon-to-2pm Stroud Green zone leaves most of a weekday free, and the streets up towards Crouch Hill are on their own page.
Questions from Stroud Green
I live on the Islington side of Stroud Green Road. Is that covered?
Yes, at the same price. Only the parking rules differ, so tell us the street and we plan where the van goes.
Can you come on a Sunday?
Yes, at the weekday price. In the Finsbury Park zone a Sunday has no controls unless there is an Emirates match or a park event, when they run from noon to 4.30pm.
My flat is the top floor of a converted house. Does that matter?
Tell us the floor when you call. A single oven is about 90 minutes on site.
Do I get to check the oven before you go?
Yes. The oven is put back together and heated, and you look inside with the team before they leave.
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.
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.
Finding Stroud Green
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Call 020 8077 5225 and the Stroud Green price is fixed on the spot.