BedZed is a pleasant enough little community, though everything is not in place yet: the doctor's surgery provided has yet to be occupied, for instance, and on the day I went there were no electric cars taking advantage of the charging points provided. There was a fair sprinkling of eco-friendly tiny Smart cars to be seen, however. To me, it feels just a little bit too much like an experimental public housing project in its relatively low-tech, rough-edged way. And whatever else it is, nobody could describe it as pretty. But it is certainly market-tested. House prices there have been rising just as they do everywhere, with the value of the smallest apartments rising from £106,000 to £170,000 in little more than a year. With a selection of homes from the little one-bed examples to a full four-bed town house - and these have reasonably-sized front gardens at ground level - BedZed is likely to become highly sought-after, not least because its sustainable credentials mean tiny utility bills - around £150 all in for a year, in the case of a one-bed flat. Except in very cold weather, heating is hardly required at all.