A new community of 93 pre-fab houses designed by Ikea

and you won't need to worry about putting it together

Ikea has teamed up with a British builder and they are making Swedish style prefabs for moderate income key workers such as nurses and teachers.

these houses will sell for $260,000 for a two bedroom townhouse

Assembled in a factory nearby, they get to the site ready to be bolted together and take about 16 weeks from start to completion.

The system is called BoKlok (Ikea speak for smart living)

Already in Glasgow, and now in Gateshead

built of sustainable materials and are energy efficient

They claim to use good planning principles in the surrounding community with lots of green space and parks, recycling facilities, and close to public transport.

In the middle of the 1990s, Skanska and
IKEA began a partnership with the intention