Most ovens we open in Croydon have not had a proper clean since the last tenant left, and a fair few not even then. We fix that the same morning. Oven cleaning in Croydon starts from £77 for a single oven, with the racks, trays and door glass dropped into a heated non-caustic dip-tank in the van while we scrub the cavity by hand. No fumes, no caustic stink, and you can roast a chicken the minute we leave. Ring 0333 555 2076 and you will have a firm price in about ninety seconds.
Last updated April 2026. Covering CR0 and the wider Croydon area, from South Croydon and Addiscombe across to Thornton Heath, Shirley, Selhurst, Norbury and Purley.
What an oven clean costs in Croydon
Here are the prices, up front, because that is the first thing everyone asks. A single oven is from £77. A double oven, the stacked built-in kind, is from £110. A 90cm range cooker is from £114, and a two-oven AGA from £143. We quote a firm figure on the phone once you tell us the type and roughly how dirty it is.
The kit is already in the van, so the things around the oven cost less added to the same visit than booked alone. A hob is £23 to £28 depending on whether it is gas, ceramic or induction. An extractor hood with its filter is £28. A microwave is £22. People in Croydon tend to add the hob and extractor without thinking, because once the oven is gleaming the grease on everything else suddenly shows.
| What we clean | Roughly how long | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Single oven | about 90 minutes | from £77 |
| Double oven | about 2 hours | from £110 |
| Range cooker (90cm) | 2 to 2.5 hours | from £114 |
| AGA (2-oven) | half a day | from £143 |
| Hob (gas, ceramic or induction) | 20 to 30 minutes | £23 to £28 |
| Extractor hood and filter | about 30 minutes | £28 |
| Microwave | about 20 minutes | £22 |
No call-out fee, and the price covers the products, the kit and the travelling. Payment is on completion, card or bank transfer, and you get a receipt on company-headed paper. That receipt matters more than people expect. A Croydon letting agent will often ask for proof the oven was done properly before they release a deposit, and a scribble on a notepad does not cut it.
No fumes, no caustic stink, and you can roast a chicken the minute we leave.
How we actually clean an oven
The honest version is that most of the trade uses a dip-tank of some sort. What separates a good clean from a poor one is the chemistry, the bits people skip, and whether the technician has done this a handful of times or a few thousand. Ours have. Here is the order it happens in.
- Floor covering goes down and the worktop either side gets protected. The oven goes off at the wall and cools fully if it has been on that day.
- Everything that comes out, comes out. Racks, trays, runners and the fan cover, plus the inner door glass. Modern doors have a removable inner pane, and the baked-on film hiding between the layers is the answer to “why does it still look dirty after I cleaned it”. We take that pane out. Most people never knew it unclipped.
- The removable parts go into a heated tank in the van, filled with a non-caustic, water-based degreaser at around 60C. Twenty to forty minutes of soaking lifts the lot: carbon, baked grease, the sugar glaze off a tray, the carbonised remains of whatever crumble erupted last winter.
- While the parts soak, we work the cavity by hand. Enzyme-based degreaser on the walls, roof, floor and back panel, left to dwell so the chemistry does the work instead of the elbow. Then non-abrasive pads, detail brushes round the seal channel and the element, and a microfibre finish. The fan blade gets extra time, because that is where carbon actually causes trouble.
- Parts out of the tank, rinsed, dried and refitted. Door glass cleaned both sides, gasket wiped, runners back in. Exactly as it was.
- A quick function test. The oven goes on, the fan runs, and we hand it back ready to cook on.
It is not glamorous work. But it is the difference between an oven that looks better and one that is actually clean, right down to the element where it matters for how long the thing lasts. Carbon baked onto the fan and element is the most common reason the rental ovens we meet at check-out have packed up early, and a clean twice a year is a great deal cheaper than a new oven fitted.
We have seen worse. Genuinely.
Croydon kitchens and the ovens in them
Croydon is a big, mixed borough, and the kitchen on the other side of the door changes a lot depending on which bit of it you are in. The Edwardian semis around Addiscombe and Shirley, the ones where half the street has gone in for a hip-to-gable loft conversion, tend to have a proper family range cooker that has fed a household hard for years. Those are the 90cm jobs, and they earn the two-and-a-half hours.
Head over to the Victorian terraces of Thornton Heath, up near Norwood Junction, and it is more often a single built-in oven in a galley kitchen, frequently in a flat carved out of what was once one house. South Croydon sits somewhere between the two, with a lot of converted period flats and a single or double oven that gets heavy weeknight use. Then there is the new-build side of town. The towers and blocks going up around East Croydon and Ruskin Square come with sleek integrated ovens that look easy and are anything but, because the door glass on those clouds up fast and the racks hide at the back.
East Croydon is the busiest national rail station in London outside zones one and two, and the regeneration around it has put thousands of new flats within a tram ride of the centre. We clean a lot of those. The other Croydon quirk worth knowing about is parking. A good slice of the inner borough sits inside a controlled parking zone, with permits coded by letter for North, South, East and West, so if your road is one of those, tell us when you book and we will handle that end before we arrive.
The door glass on those clouds up fast and the racks hide at the back.
What is in the price
Everything below is part of a standard oven clean, not an upsell once we are through the door.
- Full strip-down and reassembly of the oven.
- Dip-tank clean of every removable part: racks, trays, side runners, fan cover, inner door glass, and range trivets and burners where there are any.
- Enzyme cavity clean of the walls, roof, floor, back panel, fan, element and seals.
- Both faces of the inner and outer door glass.
- Hinges and the seal gasket cleaned and checked.
- Control knobs and the front panel.
- A function test before we leave, and same-day use because nothing we use needs to burn off.
- All products, all kit, and the travel across Croydon.
And the bit that does not fit on a list: a satisfaction guarantee. If something is not right, tell the technician before they go and it gets sorted on the spot. Spot it after we have left and a quick call brings us back. In over ten years it rarely comes to that, but the guarantee is there so you are not taking it on trust.
How booking works
It is a short phone call. Ring 0333 555 2076 and tell us the oven type, roughly how grim it is, any extras like the hob or extractor, and when suits you. We price it there and then, usually inside two minutes, and book the slot.
Most Croydon oven jobs go in within three to five days, and same-day or next-day slots come up often midweek. Month-end is the exception. That is when end-of-tenancy demand piles up across the borough, so if you are cleaning for a move-out inspection, give us a week or so. On the day we turn up in a liveried van with the dip-tank, and you are welcome to stay, go to work, or get on with something in another room. There is a bit of scrubbing noise and no chemical smell at any point. We test it, show you the result, take payment, and leave you an oven you would happily cook Sunday lunch in. Prefer to send a photo first? A picture of the inside over the phone helps us quote accurately if you are not sure what counts as bad.
Other cleaning we do in Croydon
Oven cleaning is one slice of what we do across the borough. The ones people most often pair it with:
- End of tenancy cleaning in Croydon, where the oven is the most-flagged item on the inventory and is included in every booking as standard.
- Carpet cleaning in Croydon, often done on the same visit when a flat is being turned around between tenants.
- Domestic cleaning in Croydon, the regular weekly or fortnightly clean, with an oven added once or twice a year on top.
If you want the full picture of how the dip-tank method works and what it handles, the oven cleaning overview goes through it in more detail across all our areas.
Frequently asked questions
How much does oven cleaning cost in Croydon?
A single oven is from £77, a double oven from £110, and a 90cm range cooker from £114. A two-oven AGA is from £143. Add-ons booked on the same visit are cheaper: a hob is £23 to £28, an extractor hood £28, and a microwave £22. You get a firm price on the phone before anyone turns up, so there is no surprise on the day.
Do you cover all of Croydon and the CR postcodes?
Yes. We cover the whole CR0 area and out across South Croydon, Addiscombe, Shirley, Thornton Heath, Selhurst, Norbury and Purley. If you are near East Croydon, West Croydon or any of the tram stops, you are well inside our patch. Ring with your postcode and we will confirm in seconds.
Can I use the oven straight after you have cleaned it?
Yes, the same day, the minute we leave. We use a non-caustic, water-based degreaser rather than the harsh stuff, so there is no chemical smell to cook off and nothing to wait around for. That is the main reason people pick this method over a supermarket spray and a weekend with the windows open.
How long does an oven clean take?
A standard single oven is about 90 minutes. A double runs closer to two hours, and a 90cm range cooker two to two and a half. An AGA can be a half-day because of its size and the enamel work. We give you a realistic time on the phone so you can plan the day around it.
Is the cleaning safe for the oven and for the house?
Yes. The dip-tank is a warm water-based solution, well below the temperature that would warp metal or lift a coating, and the cavity products are enzyme-based and enamel-safe. The damage we actually see in ovens comes from caustic soda sprays stripping the enamel over years, and from abrasive pads scratching the glass. We use neither.
Do you clean the racks, trays and door glass too?
Every removable part comes out and goes in the dip-tank: the racks, the trays, the side runners and the fan cover. We also split the door and clean between the panes, which is where most of the grime you cannot wipe off actually lives. It all goes back exactly as it was.
Do you clean pyrolytic or self-cleaning ovens?
Yes, and plenty of pyrolytic owners in Croydon still book us. The self-clean cycle burns the cavity to ash but does nothing for the door glass, the racks or the fan cover, and it will not touch the hob or extractor. Most people run the cycle now and then and have us in once a year for everything it misses.
My oven is genuinely filthy. Will it cost extra?
Almost never. The dip-tank does not care whether it is two years of Sunday roasts or one spectacular spill-over that carbonised. We only add to the price for real damage, like enamel already compromised by old caustic cleaners, or something that leaked into the insulation. We tell you straight on arrival, not after.
Do you do oven cleaning for end of tenancy in Croydon?
We do, all the time. The oven is the single most flagged item on a Croydon check-out inventory, and a receipt on company-headed paper saying it was cleaned professionally often gets the deposit signed off. If you are moving, our end of tenancy cleaning in Croydon includes the oven as standard.
Where do you park when you come to clean?
Wherever the property allows. A good chunk of inner Croydon sits in a controlled parking zone with letter-coded permits, North, South, East and West, so if you are in one, let us know on the phone and we will sort the parking side. Out in Shirley and Selsdon it is usually off-street and no bother at all.
What payment do you take and do I get a receipt?
Card or bank transfer on completion, and a receipt on company-headed paper. Ask and we will email it within the hour. That paperwork is worth keeping for a landlord or letting agent, and it is exactly what an inventory clerk wants to see at a move-out.
Is Monster Cleaning a real, insured company?
Yes. We are Monster Cleaning Ltd, Companies House number 9919639, trading since 2014, with a satisfaction guarantee on every job. Our Trustpilot sits at 3.1 out of 5 across 128 reviews, which we would rather show you honestly than dress up. Insurance documents are on request for managing agents.