“I ended up in hospital in Bath yesterday, I had a few chest pains and just feeling generally lousy, so I was brought in here and turns out I had a massive amount of fluid all around my heart, which was actually stopping my heart working.
“Had they not got rid of it, which they did in an emergency operation last night, then it’s sort of quite serious, like, hours to live kind of c**p.
“So here I am, still around, thank goodness, thank god and angels, all those things.”
Martin continued: “There’s lots of other complicated things that have happened as a result, but we will work through those, and I’ll keep you updated.”
Homes Under the Hammer airs weekdays on BBC One at 10am.