Most of our Havering oven jobs sit within a 15-minute drive of Romford station, which now pushes over 40,000 passengers a day through the Elizabeth line gates on South Street. We clean ovens in the flats above the town centre, the 1930s semis out toward Elm Park, and the older houses in the Gidea Park conservation roads. Different kitchens, same baked-on problem.
Last updated April 2026. Prices and service details below are current for the London Borough of Havering.
Oven cleaning in Havering starts at £77 for a single oven, with a non-caustic dip-tank clean you can use the same day. That is the short answer. The rest of this page is the detail: what each oven type costs, how the dip-tank works, and why hard Romford water matters for the glass.
We are Monster Cleaning Ltd, Companies House number 9919639, trading since 2014. The work is done by people who clean ovens every day, not a franchise that sends whoever is free. You book it, we turn up, the oven works that evening.
What oven cleaning costs in Havering
Here are the prices. No survey, no quote you have to chase, no add-on you only hear about on the day.
A single oven is £77. A double oven is £110. A range cooker up to 90cm wide is £114. A two-oven AGA is £143. A hob is £23 to £28 depending on whether it is gas, ceramic or induction, and how baked-on it is. An extractor is £28. A microwave is £22.
Those are the headline figures. Most people in Romford book the single or the double, because that is what is fitted in the average Havering kitchen, whether it is a converted flat near Mercury Gardens or a three-bed semi in Harold Wood. If you want the oven, hob and extractor done together, say so when you call and we will give you the combined figure on the phone before we set off.
We do not pad the bill. If your oven turns out to be cleaner than you thought, or one half of the double is barely used, we will tell you and you only pay for what needs doing.
The non-caustic dip-tank, and why it matters
The dip-tank is the whole reason this works.
When we arrive, the racks, the side runners, the trays and any removable inner door glass come out of your oven and go into a heated tank of non-caustic solution in the van. The carbon lifts off in the solution rather than under a wire brush. The parts soak over the time it takes us to do the rest of the oven. No wire wool gouging your enamel, no caustic soda eating the aluminium, no half-cleaned corners because a sponge cannot reach them.
Caustic is the cheap way and it is the wrong way. Traditional caustic dips will strip the print off your dials, dull aluminium trays to a chalky grey, and leave a smell that hangs around a closed-up flat for days. Ours does not. Because the solution is non-caustic, the oven is safe to switch on and cook in the same day, with no burning-off period and no chemical taint on the first roast.
The carbon lifts off in the solution rather than under a wire brush.
While the parts soak, the cavity, the door, the seal and the inner glass get cleaned by hand at your worktop. We mask the floor, we are careful around the gas connection, and we put everything back and run the oven briefly to check it heats before we leave. You get a working, clean oven, not a dismantled one.
Hard water, brown glass and Havering kitchens
Havering sits on chalk, and the borough is supplied by Essex and Suffolk Water, so the tap water out here is properly hard. That matters more than you would think for an oven. People wipe the door glass with a wet cloth, the minerals in the water dry into a cloudy film, and over a year or two that film bakes on with the grease until the glass looks permanently brown and you assume it is ruined.
It usually is not ruined. Most of the time that brown haze on a Romford oven door is hard-water scale plus carbonised fat between the two panes of glass, and once the door is split and both faces are treated, the glass comes back clear. We see it constantly in the older Gidea Park houses and in the harder-working kitchens of converted flats above the high street.
It is one of the more satisfying parts of the job. The customer expects a grey oven and gets a glass door they can see the shelf through again.
Single, double, range and AGA
Not every Havering kitchen has a basic built-in oven, and we are set up for the rest of them too.
A single built-in oven at £77 is the most common booking, fitted in most of the inter-war and post-war housing that makes up the bulk of the borough. A double oven at £110 covers the main-oven-plus-grill or main-plus-second-oven units that go into bigger family kitchens around Emerson Park and Upminster.
If you have a range cooker, a 90cm range is £114. These turn up a lot in the extended kitchens of the larger Gidea Park and Cranham houses, where a wide dual-fuel range is the centrepiece. And if you have a proper two-oven AGA, that is £143; we clean the enamel, the hotplates and the ovens without the harsh abrasives that damage the vitreous finish.
Smaller jobs round out a booking. A hob is £23 to £28, an extractor and its grease filter is £28, and a microwave inside and out is £22. Get the lot done in one visit and your whole cooking corner is sorted in an afternoon.
Where we work across the borough
We cover all of Havering. Romford and the RM1 town centre, Hornchurch, Upminster, Rainham, Elm Park, Harold Hill, Harold Wood, Collier Row, Gidea Park, Emerson Park and Cranham.
The borough grew fast in the 1930s, when the District line was electrified and pushed out to Upminster with new stations at Elm Park and Upminster Bridge, and street after street of semi-detached houses went up along the line. Those kitchens have been re-fitted two or three times since, but the ovens still cake up the same way. North of the town, the big former council estates at Harold Hill and Collier Row are a steady part of our round as well.
Parking is usually straightforward away from the centre, which keeps things simple, but the town-centre flats around South Street and Mercury Gardens need a permit bay or a paid bay, so tell us the postcode when you book and we will sort the van out. We are a local-rate call on 01708 territory, though the quickest way to reach us is the number at the bottom of this page.
Booking, timing and the guarantee
Booking is a phone call or an email. Ring 0333 555 2076 or email [email protected], tell us the oven type and your Havering postcode, and we will give you a firm price and a time. No site visit, no waiting in for a quote.
On the day we work to the time we agreed. The clean takes roughly an hour to ninety minutes for a single oven, a bit longer for a double, a range or an AGA. You do not need to do anything beforehand; in fact, please do not run the oven hot just before we arrive, because a stone-cold oven is safer and quicker for us to strip down.
We back the work with a re-clean guarantee. If you are not happy with any part of the oven once it has cooled and you have had a proper look, call us within 48 hours and we will come back and put it right at no extra cost. We would rather fix it than have you tell a neighbour we left a streak.
We are honest about reviews. Our Trustpilot score sits at 3.1 out of 5 across 128 reviews, and we read the critical ones, because a cleaning firm that pretends it is flawless is a firm that has stopped listening. The oven side of the business is where we are strongest, and the guarantee above is how we stand behind it.
If you are moving out rather than just sorting the kitchen, an oven clean often goes in alongside a full end of tenancy cleaning in Havering, since a clean oven is one of the first things a Havering letting agent checks against the inventory. We also handle carpet cleaning in Havering and regular domestic cleaning in Havering, so one call can cover the whole house. For the full picture of how the dip-tank service works across London, see our oven cleaning service overview.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much is oven cleaning in Havering?
A single oven is £77, a double oven is £110, a 90cm range cooker is £114 and a two-oven AGA is £143. Hobs are £23 to £28, an extractor is £28 and a microwave is £22. We confirm the exact price on the phone before we set off.
Can I use the oven the same day you clean it?
Yes. We use a non-caustic dip-tank, so there is no toxic residue and no burning-off period. Once we have refitted the racks and checked the oven heats, you can cook in it that same evening with no chemical taint.
Do you use caustic chemicals in my kitchen?
No. The racks and trays soak in a heated non-caustic solution in the van, and the cavity is cleaned by hand. Nothing caustic touches your enamel, your dials or the aluminium trays, and there is no lingering smell in the flat afterwards.
My oven door glass has gone brown. Can you fix it?
Almost always, yes. Havering has hard water, and that brown haze is usually mineral scale plus baked-on fat trapped between the door panes. We split the door, clean both faces, and the glass normally comes back clear rather than staying grey.
How long does an oven clean take?
About an hour to ninety minutes for a single oven. A double oven, a range or an AGA takes longer because there is more cavity, more glass and more parts to dip. We give you a realistic time when you book.
Which areas of Havering do you cover?
All of it. Romford, Hornchurch, Upminster, Rainham, Elm Park, Harold Hill, Harold Wood, Collier Row, Gidea Park, Emerson Park and Cranham. Give us your postcode when you book and we will confirm a time.
Do I need to do anything before you arrive?
Nothing, really. Just leave the oven switched off and cold. A stone-cold oven is safer and faster for us to strip down, so please do not run it hot in the hour before your appointment.
Can you clean the hob and extractor at the same time?
Yes, and most people do. A hob is £23 to £28 and an extractor with its grease filter is £28. Booking them with the oven gets the whole cooking area done in one visit rather than spread over two.
What if I am not happy with the clean?
Call us within 48 hours and we will come back and put it right at no extra cost. We back every oven clean with a re-clean guarantee because we would rather fix a missed streak than lose a Havering customer over it.
How do I book oven cleaning in Havering?
Ring 0333 555 2076 or email [email protected] with your oven type and postcode. We are Monster Cleaning Ltd, Companies House number 9919639, based at 255 Upper Richmond Road West, SW14 8QS, and trading since 2014.