You can smell Borough Market frying before you reach it, and yet the oven in your own flat is the one thing in the kitchen you have given up on. We can sort that this week.
Last updated April 2026. The prices and service details below are current for Southwark and the surrounding SE postcodes.
Monster Cleaning does oven cleaning in Southwark from £77, with the parts soaked and the cavity done by hand so you can cook in the oven the same day.
What it costs in Southwark
The numbers first. These are fixed prices for Southwark, not a figure that drifts up once we are stood in your kitchen.
- Single oven
- £77
- Double oven
- £110
- Range cooker up to 90cm wide
- £143
- Two-oven AGA
- £143
Most people want more than the oven done while we are there, so the add-ons bolt straight on. Mix these with any oven above:
- a hob, £23 to £28, depending on whether it is gas, ceramic or induction
- an extractor hood with its filters, £28
- a microwave, cleaned inside and out, £22
No call-out fee. We quote the figure on the phone, and that is the figure you pay.
Why same-day is the point
Oven cleaning
from £77
For a single oven, agreed before we start.
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The thing people ask before anything else is whether they can use the oven that night. With us, you can, and that is a big part of why we work the way we do.
- The racks, the side runners, the fan guard and any removable trays come out and go into a soak in your kitchen, which lifts the baked-on carbon.
- Meanwhile we get on with the cavity by hand.
- We rinse and dry the soaked parts before they go back in, and wipe the hand-cleaned cavity down properly.
- A window open for a while clears whatever smell the products leave.
That wipe-down matters. Residue left in a hot cavity is exactly why some ovens taste faintly of chemicals for a week after a so-called deep clean.
The racks, the side runners, the fan guard and any removable trays come out and go into a soak while we clean the cavity by hand.
So, the honest answer to the question we hear most: cook in it tonight.
Pyrolytic ovens
One caveat we will always be straight about. If your oven is pyrolytic, the self-cleaning sort with a special coating inside the cavity, we do not soak those liners, because the coating can be scratched. We hand-clean that cavity instead, and the removable parts still get soaked as normal.
Southwark flats and baked-on grease
Southwark is mostly a borough of flats, and the kitchen tells you which era you live in.
- Warehouse conversions
- Down by the river around Bankside and Hopton Street, the old Bankside Lofts type of place, with a long open living space and the cooker tucked into a galley along one wall.
- The towers
- A few streets on: NEO Bankside opposite the Tate and the blocks behind the Blue Fin Building, where the kitchens are compact and very well sealed.
- The older stock
- Ex-council blocks like Falcon Point by the Founders Arms, and the little two-storey Victorian cottages over towards the Old Kent Road.
Different buildings, same problem. When the cooker sits in a small, enclosed space the oven runs hot and the splatter has nowhere to escape, so it bakes onto the door glass and the back wall far quicker than it would in a big open kitchen.
The sealed new-builds are the sly ones, because they look easy and then the compact oven inside concentrates the heat and grease into a tiny cavity.
Hard water
The water finishes the job. London sits on chalk, and Thames Water rates the supply as very hard, around 293 parts per million of dissolved minerals. That hardness is why:
- your kettle furs up within weeks of descaling it
- oven trays and grill pans build a dull grey scale that ordinary spray slides straight over
Heat bonds that scale to the grease, and you are left with the dark crust that a sponge only polishes.
None of it troubles a long soak. Hard-water scale and baked carbon both release given enough soak time, which is the entire reason we take the parts out rather than scrubbing at them in place.
We did a flat off Hopton Street last winter where the previous tenant had never once cleaned a double oven in three years; the trays came out of the soak looking like they had come out of a box.
Getting the kit to your door
The local thing that shapes an oven job here is the front door, more than parking. A lot of Southwark addresses are flats up a few floors:
- sometimes in a block with a concierge and a service lift
- sometimes a conversion with a narrow staircase and no lift at all
We are used to both. Tell us the floor and whether there is a lift when you book, and we plan the slot and the kit around it.
We cover the whole borough, well beyond the riverside strip by Tate Modern:
- SE1
- The streets at Bankside and Borough
- SE16
- Bermondsey and Rotherhithe
- SE15
- Peckham
- SE5
- Camberwell
- SE22
- The East Dulwich end
If you are near a station, Borough, London Bridge, Elephant and Castle or Rotherhithe on the Overground, even better, because we can carry the kit in without hunting for somewhere to leave the van.
Most of what we clean here is domestic. Family ovens, landlord turnarounds, and a steady run of move-out jobs that get booked alongside our end of tenancy cleaning in Southwark.
We take on small commercial kitchens too, the cafe-sized ones near the market, but the bread and butter is the flat oven that has not had a proper clean in a couple of Christmases.
A visit, step by step
We arrive in the window we agreed. The soak does the heavy lifting, so by the end the parts are the easy bit.
- We lay protective sheets so nothing drips on your floor, and set our kit down where you are happy with it, usually on a sheet in the kitchen.
- The removable parts come out first and go straight in to soak while we work on the fixed cavity.
- We clean between the door panes where the door comes apart, the seals, the racks, the trays, and the hob and extractor if you have added them.
- Everything is rinsed, dried and put back.
- We show you the finished oven before we pack up.
- Single oven
- Normally done in 75 to 90 minutes
- Double or range
- Closer to two hours
- AGA
- Can run to a half-day, because there is simply more cast iron to work through
The firm behind the van
We are Monster Cleaning Ltd, cleaning London homes since 2014. The office is at 75 Shakespeare Avenue, Feltham, TW14 9HU, and we run oven and domestic jobs across south and central London from there.
Customers rate us 4.7 out of 5 on Google.
For the method in more detail, our oven cleaning service overview walks through how soaking the parts and the cavity clean fit together.
Booking an oven clean
Booking is quick, and we give you the fixed price there and then.
- Ring 0333 555 2076 or email office@monstercleaning.com.
- Tell us your SE postcode and what you have, a single, a double, a range cooker or an AGA, and any hob, extractor or microwave you want added.
- We book a slot, usually the same week and often within a couple of days.
You do not need to do much to get ready:
- empty the oven
- warn the porter if there is one
- keep the water and power on
Leave the rest to us. We turn up with the tools and the products, and we leave you an oven you can use the same evening.
While we are in the kitchen, plenty of Southwark customers ask us to look at the rest of the flat. If that is you, our domestic cleaning in Southwark team handles the regular and one-off house cleans.
For rugs and stairs there is a separate carpet cleaning in Southwark service. Mention it when you book the oven and we will line it up.
Frequently asked questions
How much does oven cleaning in Southwark cost?
A single oven is £77, a double £110, and a 90cm range cooker £143. A two-oven AGA is £143. Add a hob for £23 to £28, an extractor for £28, or a microwave for £22. There is no call-out fee on top.
Can I cook in the oven the same day you clean it?
Yes. The racks and parts are soaked and rinsed before they go back, and nothing is left in the cavity to bake on. Once it is wiped down and the parts are back in, you can use it that evening.
Do you cover all of Southwark or just Bankside and Borough?
All of it. We clean ovens along the SE1 riverside at Bankside and Borough, out through Bermondsey and Rotherhithe in SE16, Peckham in SE15, Camberwell in SE5 and the East Dulwich end in SE22. If your postcode starts SE1, SE16, SE15, SE5 or SE22, you are on our patch.
Can you clean a self-cleaning or pyrolytic oven?
Yes. The removable parts are soaked as usual, but we never soak pyrolytic liners, because the coating inside those cavities can be damaged by abrasion. We hand-clean the cavity and tell you straight if a liner is the self-cleaning type.
How long does an oven clean take?
A single oven is usually 75 to 90 minutes. A double or a range cooker is closer to two hours. An AGA can be a half-day. In Southwark the access and the lift are what add time, not the oven, so we plan the slot around that.
Why does grease bake on so hard in Southwark kitchens?
Two reasons. Many flats here are warehouse conversions or compact new-builds with a small galley off the living space, so the oven runs hot in a tight room. And Thames Water rates the London supply as very hard, around 293 parts per million, so trays scale up and the carbon bonds harder.
Do you clean the hob and extractor hood as well?
We do. A hob is £23 to £28 depending on whether it is gas, ceramic or induction, and an extractor with its filters is £28. In a sealed conversion the filters clog quickly, so most people do the extractor at the same time as the oven.
Can you get into a warehouse conversion or a tower flat with the kit?
Yes, that is most of our Bankside work. We carry the kit up in the lift and set up where you are happy, often on a sheet on the kitchen floor. Tell us the floor and whether there is a service lift when you book, and we plan around it.
What do I need to do before you arrive?
Almost nothing. Empty the oven, and if you are in a block let the concierge or porter know we are coming so the lift is free. Switch the oven off a couple of hours before if it has been on. We bring the tools and the products.
Can the oven be cleaned as part of a move-out?
Yes, and a lot of our Southwark move-out ovens are booked that way. If you want the whole flat done, the oven folds into the kitchen, bathroom and the rest of the deposit-critical work on the day.
Are you insured, and is there a guarantee?
We are Monster Cleaning Ltd, trading since 2014, and we carry public liability insurance. Our 48-hour re-clean guarantee covers end of tenancy cleans only, not oven cleaning; if a tray or a door panel concerns you, ring 0333 555 2076.
How do I book an oven clean in Southwark?
Call 0333 555 2076 or email office@monstercleaning.com with your SE postcode and what you have, a single, a double, a range or an AGA, plus any hob, extractor or microwave. We give you a fixed price on the spot and a same-week slot where we can.