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First flat-pack home is unveiled

 

Inside the show flat

The first flat-pack home designed for people on low incomes has been unveiled on

Tyneside.

A two-bedroom show apartment was opened as part of the 93-unit complex near

Gateshead International Stadium.

 

The timber-framed BoKlok structures will cost up to £149,995 and will only be

available to first-time buyers earning between £15,000 and £35,000.

 

Six homes are nearing completion with the first residents expected to move in by

March.

 

The homes will be sold by furniture giant Ikea, with a one-bedroom flat starting

at £99,950 and rising to £124,950 for a two-bedroom apartment.

 

Houses will start at £132,500 for two beds, and £149,995 buys a three-bedroom

home.

 

'Viable solution'

 

Alan Prole, managing director of Live Smart@Home, said: " For the first time in

the UK, people will be able to experience what it could be like living in a

BoKlok home.

 

" This is a very exciting time for everyone concerned in this development and we

are now looking forward to welcoming our first residents. "

 

Councillor David Napier, Gateshead's housing chief, says: " Opening the show

apartment is a major landmark in this much talked-about development.

 

" I'm sure I am not alone in being genuinely excited about being able to see what

the inside of a BoKlok home actually looks like.

 

" What is already clear is that BoKlok seems to offer a new and viable solution

to the affordable homes problem. "

 

The show home will be open the public from Saturday.

 

Story from BBC NEWS:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/7217962.stm

 

Published: 2008/01/30 15:42:08 GMT

 

 

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