London Oven Cleaners clean ovens across Tooting, SW17, from £77, and you inspect the lit oven before we go; any corner that is not right is put right first.
In 1871 Tooting had about 3,000 people, living in small clusters where the High Road met Trinity Road, Tooting Bec Road, Garratt Lane and Mitcham Road. Wandsworth Council's appraisal of the Totterdown Fields estate records that speculative builders started buying the farms and fields in the 1890s, and in 1899 the London County Council bought Totterdown Fields itself, at the end of the new tram line from Blackfriars and Westminster.
The place had been split long before that. After 1066 one manor went to the abbey of Bec in Normandy and the other was held by the de Gravenel family, which is where the names Tooting Bec and Tooting Graveney come from.
Houses and flats in Tooting's wards
Today the difference shows up ward by ward. At the 2021 Census, 47.3% of households in Tooting Bec ward had a whole terraced house. In Tooting Broadway ward the figure was 23.5%; there, 27.8% lived in a flat inside a converted or shared house and 36.5% in a purpose-built block. In Furzedown ward, 33.5% lived in purpose-built flats, the largest single group.
A whole terraced house usually has its kitchen at the back, often extended, with space for a freestanding cooker or a 90cm range. A flat carved out of a house more often has a small kitchen with a built-in single under the worktop and a staircase between it and the street. Neither changes the method: racks, trays and side runners come out and are soaked and cleaned separately, while the cavity, the fan cover and the door glass are degreased by hand indoors, on dust sheets.
Rented homes around the Broadway
Private renting reached 46.3% of the 6,958 households in Tooting Broadway ward in 2021, and 37.0% in Tooting Bec ward. With that many tenancies, the oven comes up at every checkout. Letting agents can have the invoice in the agency's name, photos for the checkout file on request, and a key picked up for an empty flat by arrangement. Tenants near Tooting Broadway will find the end of tenancy oven cleaning guide covers the deposit side.
Oven cleaning prices in Tooting
| 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 is set by the appliance: a single, a double, a 90cm range and an AGA each have their own figure, and the one agreed on the phone is the one you pay. A single takes about 90 minutes on site, a double about two hours and a range two to three.
Tooting's parking zones: D3, E1, F1, G1
Wandsworth letters its controlled zones by area, and four of those zones cover streets in Tooting. The council's zone pages give these hours:
- D3, Tooting Bec
- 9.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday in part, 9.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Saturday in the rest
- E1, Tooting Broadway
- 9.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Saturday; some roads near St George's Hospital have 8-hour bays
- F1, Furzedown
- 11am to 12pm, Monday to Friday, permit holders only
- G1, Garratt Green
- 9.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday, four hours at most
In F1 the control lasts one hour, so a booking clear of that hour avoids it. Around the Broadway the E1 control runs from 9.30am to 5.30pm, Saturdays included, with a four-hour maximum stay for visitors. The council's own Tooting Broadway zone page asks drivers to check the signs, and the sign at the bay is what counts.
Questions about oven cleaning in Tooting
Is the price the same in Furzedown as on the Broadway?
Yes. A single is £77 in Furzedown, by the Broadway or up at Tooting Bec, because the price follows the oven.
My terraced house near Tooting Bec has a 90cm range. How long will it take?
Allow two to three hours. A 90cm range is £143, and the hob or hood of a range is £48 if you want it done at the same visit.
I live in an F1 street in Furzedown. When is best?
Any time outside 11am to 12pm on a weekday, or at the weekend, when the F1 hour does not run. Weekend visits cost the same as weekday ones.
Do I need to do anything before you arrive?
Have the oven switched off and cool, and keep a socket free near the cooker. Give us your street when you call so the parking can be planned.
Reviews from our rounds
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.
Brilliant clean, my oven looks like brand new. A 5 star clean.
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.
Tooting on the map
Close to Tooting
Upper Tooting · Furzedown · Summerstown · Colliers Wood · Tooting Bec · Tooting Graveney
Elsewhere in Wandsworth
Balham Earlsfield Wandsworth Common Clapham South Southfields Wandsworth Town Clapham Junction Latchmere Battersea East Putney Putney Putney Heath Queenstown Road Battersea West Putney Putney Vale Battersea Park Roehampton Nine Elms Every Wandsworth area
Book the Tooting slot on 020 8077 5225, seven days a week.