Estimated value today£171klast sold £162,500, 2024 · likely £151k–£190k
Energy ratingB2018 certificate
Energy bills, a year£372about £31 a month at 2026 prices
Price per m²£3,970/m²neighbourhood typical £3,512/m²
See 68, Martell Drive from the street and the air
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What's it worth with your changes?
Sale records can't see extensions, conversions or condition. Tell us what's changed since 2024 and we'll adjust the estimate, with a range that shows how sure we can be.
Low£159k
Likely£171k
High£183k
Starting value (our estimate)£171k
Range includes ±7% for the estimate itself. Effects are typical ranges, not this home's: a surveyor or local agent who sees it will do better. Work done before 2024 is already in the price. Evidence: of 573,662 homes we saw extended on their energy certificates (median +30 m²), the 123,110 that sold before and after grew a median 10.9% more than their neighbourhood: about a third of the extra space at the home's average price per m².
The home
Type
Flat (detached)
Tenure
Leasehold
Floor area
43 m² (463 sq ft)
Built
2016
Main heating fuel
gas
Sales since 1995
£168k (2018) → £158k (2022) → £163k (2024)
The estimate moves the last sale in line with the neighbourhood's like-for-like price index. It can't see extensions, condition or the market for this particular home: it is not a valuation.
A £1,648B £1,922C £2,197D £2,472E £3,021F £3,570G £4,120H £4,943
From the 2018 energy certificate, rescaled to 2026 gas and electricity prices (approximate national averages). Appliances, cooking and standing charges are not included; actual bills depend on how you live.
Getting about
Nearest station
Kempston Hardwick, 2.1 km (busiest route: Bedford)
Central London
72 km as the crow flies
Large employment centre
19 min by public transport · 12 by car
Town centre
24 min by public transport or walking
Commuting by train/Tube
1% of local workers · 25% mostly work from home
Airport
London Luton, 28 km
Everyday life
Weekly shop
food store about 7 min without a car
GP surgery
about 10 min
A&E
Bedford Hospital, 2.7 km (CQC: Requires improvement)
Top-rated primaries
none within 2 km
Top-rated secondaries
Bedford Free School (3.2 km), Goldington Academy (5.3 km)
Eating out
18 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood
School distances are straight lines; admissions depend on each school's catchment and criteria.
Council-wide average rents (ONS Price Index of Private Rents); bedrooms estimated from the certificate's habitable rooms. Before costs, voids, tax and mortgage interest.
Planning and development
Conservation area
not in one (postcode check)
Article 4 direction
none recorded
Brownfield sites in the neighbourhood
none on the register
This home extended?
no extension seen on its energy certificates
Extensions on the street
1 other home on Martell Drive (within 250 m) extended, most recently 2016
Company landlords
0.5% of homes in the neighbourhood are owned by companies (HM Land Registry, Oct 2026)
New homes completed 2021–2025
88 in the neighbourhood
Questions to raise
Generated from the facts above, as prompts for your solicitor, surveyor or the agent. Not legal advice.
LeaseholdAsk for the years left on the lease (under about 85 is a warning sign for lenders), the ground rent and how it rises, service charges for the last three years, any planned major works, and who the freeholder and managing agent are.
Flat in a blockAsk about the building's fire safety and cladding (an EWS1 form if the block is 11 m or taller), the reserve fund, and any restrictions on subletting, pets or alterations.
Recent new buildAsk for the new-home warranty (e.g. NHBC, typically 10 years) and what it still covers, any estate management or service charges, and whether roads and drains have been adopted by the council.
For every purchaseCommission a survey suited to the home's age and condition, check the title plan matches what you see on the ground (boundaries, access, parking), and ask about disputes with neighbours, rights of way and shared drives.