IKEA is work with Boklok UK to be part of a revolution in housing in the UK. Boklok means “Live Smart” and is a project to provide affordable homes to people on average incomes. It aims to build small communities of Boklok housing with at least 12 flats, 6 in each block.
So will you soon be able to go to IKEA and drive away with a new home? Well, no, you won’t. Boklok finds the land, gets permission to build, and the low-cost housing will only be available to people who can’t afford IKEA supply the kitchens and the bathroom. Buyers can then choose furniture and get advice on interior design from IKEA.
Boklok has been selling housing in Scandinavia since 1998 and the flats cost about 30% less than a normal flat. So far, Boklok has sold over 2,000 home-all of them in communities with shared facilities, such as gardens, to make neighbors socialize as much as possible
Houses of this type are called prefabs in the UK and the USA. And they’re not a new idea. In the early 〖20〗^thcentury, the large American shop, Sears, offered prefabs. In Japan and the UK after World War II, prefabs were a popular way of building new houses quickly and cheaply.
Nowadays the prices of housing in many countries makes it very difficult for a lot of people to buy or even rent. Prefabs offer home buyers modern, quality homes which are designed by architects and often very environmentally efficient. In the USA the popularity of prefabs is growing rapidly with young people who want a 〖21〗^stcentury designed houses.