Oven cleaning in Woldingham, CR3, up on the North Downs ridge and through the Garden Village roads. Dip-tank method, seven days a week, single ovens from £77.
St Agatha's, the old parish church, measures 30ft 3in by 20ft 2in and is counted among the smallest churches in England. The newer St Paul's went up in 1933 to a design by Sir Herbert Baker. Between them they mark a parish of 1,087 hectares that held only 2,141 people at the 2011 census.
Seven households in ten are detached
That census counted 744 households in Woldingham: 524 detached, 90 semi-detached, 42 terraced and 81 flats. Very few places anywhere near London are weighted that far one way. It shows up in the kitchens as freestanding cookers in proper utility-backed rooms rather than the built-under singles you get in a converted flat, and the village came second in the Sunday Telegraph's list of the ten richest suburbs in Britain in December 2007. An AGA in a Woldingham Garden Village house is £143 for a two-oven, quoted before we set off.
The village sits between 150 and 261 metres up
Buildings here run from 150 to 248 metres above ordnance datum, and the high point along The Ridge reaches 261 metres, which makes Woldingham one of the highest settlements in Surrey and explains why the lanes off it drop away so sharply on both sides. The van climbs. That is the whole of the problem, and it is not much of one, because the heated tank travels with us and the racks, shelves, trays and side runners only have to reach the kerb.
The Oxted line does the commuting
Woldingham station puts central London a little over thirty minutes away, with four trains an hour in each direction at peak, alternating between London Bridge and Victoria going north. Woldingham School, the independent Catholic girls' school, occupies the old Marden Park estate at the far end of the parish. Tandridge is Surrey, so there is no ULEZ and no congestion zone. Fixed price, no premium-area surcharge, whichever private road you are on.
The rate card for CR3 7
| Single oven | £77 |
| Double oven | £110 |
| Range cooker, 90cm | £114 |
| Two-oven AGA | £143 |
| Hob | £23–28 |
| Extractor hood | £28 |
| Microwave | £22 |
Woldingham questions
Our road is unadopted and narrow. Is that a problem?
Tell us the road when you book. The tank stays in the van, so we need somewhere legal and close to stand, not a bay at the door.
Will the kitchen smell of chemicals afterwards?
It should not. Soaking happens outside in the tank. Indoors the cavity, fan cover and door glass are done by hand with non-caustic products.
Do you cover the rest of CR3 as well?
Yes. Caterham and Chaldon share the postcode district and the price list.
Is the oven usable when you leave?
Yes, it is heat-tested and signed off first.
What customers tell us
Once again a great job guys, I will see you in a couple of months.
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 Woldingham
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Call 020 8077 5225 and the Woldingham price is fixed on the spot; typers can use the quote form instead.