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"Flat-pack Villages Offer Chance to Pick up an Affordable Home"
London Times
http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/article2
072484.ece

: Nine "Ikea" villages could be built in Britain within a year, in
: the strongest sign yet that the future is flat-packed.

: Plans are under way for more than 1,000 Swedish-style kit homes
: across the country, to cater for the increasing numbers of
: first-time buyers for whom most homes are now well beyond budget.

: Promoters believe that the BoKlok concept, a joint venture between
: Ikea and Skanska that began in the mid1990s, could present the key
: to affordable, sustainable housing. The Prime Minister put the
: housing crisis at the top of the political agenda this week,
: pledging to build three million affordable homes by 2020.

: Thanks to the Scandinavian design, which includes features that
: save energy and costs, the BoKlok concept offers a rare opportunity
: for buyers – a property with a five-figure price tag. Apartments
: begin at £90,000, and three-bedroom family properties are for sale
: at less than £150,000.

: Oversubscription, say developers, is inevitable. "People are
: desperate," Alan Prole, managing director of Live Smart, the
: British partner of BoKlok, said.

: More than 800 people have registered serious interest in the
: properties which will be assembled in Gateshead later this year.

: Within weeks of being shipped from a factory in Milton Keynes, the
: brown-field site in Gateshead will feature L-shaped blocks,
: containing six one or two-bedroom apartments with communal car
: parks and private balconies. New owners even receive a furniture
: voucher for Ikea stores.

Mark Reiff