IKEA Starts Selling Its BoKlok

IKEA has started accepting applications to be a resident of their BoKlok houses in Gateshead, England. The houses are branded as ‘affordable’ and will cost up to £150,000 and will only be available to non-homeowners earning between £15,000 and £35,000. Potential owners have being invited to apply for one of the houses by filling in a form at the Ikea store at Gateshead’s MetroCentre.

The first of the 120 BoKlok flats have been erected across the road from the Gateshead International Stadium on Tyneside and will be ready for occupation in January 2008.