Friday, Oct 05, 2007
Get them while their hot .... their lovely ?
Daily Mail: Ikea launches the £150,000 flat-pack home
Yesterday, people on low incomes were allowed to start applying for one of the cheap timber-framed homes, which begin at £99,500. If the project proves successful, similar developments could pop up in other parts of the country.
Posted by uncle chris @ 04:36 PM (1070 views) Add Comment
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1. uncle chris said...
2. pecker said...
I can see guys standing around after they've built one saying " Hang on, why have I got 324 nails/screws left over, must be spares!!!!" ;-)
3. harold said...
Yeah, about as lovely as the IKEA building at Brent Cross in North London.
4. Mark said...
for only 10 quid a month you can go into www.secondlife.com and rent land from all the BTLs in there........
5. robh said...
Yay *prefabs*
The post war ones are very well regarded I believe, bet these don't last as long
Will a HIP report comment on the builders' DIY skills?
6. John_coller said...
If you ever got board with the location all you would need is an allan key.
7. Cheekie Charlie said...
Just download the contents and instruction on the internet and buy the materials from Wykes the 15K.
8. tyrellcorporation said...
To be honest though I'd rather have one of these for £150k than a load of ol shite from Persimmon or Beazer for £275k!
9. su said...
Why would anyone who is hard-up want to buy one of these pre-fabs? There are loads of (second-hand) flats and houses in Gateshead which are much cheaper and some of them look quite decent.
10. su said...
Tyrell. Talking of Persimmon, you can buy a 2 bedroom new flat from £124,950 in East Gateshead. :-)
11. Alex228 said...
they will have to get cheaper b4 they are attractive, does the price cover the plot BTW?
fortunately IKEA knows how to reduce costs
12. tyrellcorporation said...
Su are you trying to tempt me to Gateshead to live in my dream flat overlooking some gas towers?!!! ;)
13. su said...
Tyrell. I think I have just the thing for you - a 4 bed town house in Mauchline for the fixed price of £150,000. Lovely views and it's in Scotland! :-)
14. crash bandicoot said...
I must admit I quite like the look of them. It's about time we got over our experiences with crap 1960's modernism and started building with new technologies, instead of bashing out crass "country cottage" clones.
15. su said...
Crash bandicoot. I'm all for giving new technologies a try, but don't you think timber cladding looks a bit mingy after a few years? I just see these becoming the slums of the future. And I'm no too chuffed that they're coming to Glasgow soon. They might look "smart" when they're new, but I bet they'll no look so grand in a decade or two - assuming they last that long.
16. crash bandicoot said...
Su,
I think that you are probably right, but I was comenting on the general theory as well as these specific examples. I am not an expert in building construction but lots of other countries use wood for buildings. My brother has just moved to Canada and most of the buildings in his area are wooden. If they look tired in twenty years time you could always change the cladding for a new piece. After all your standard bricks and mortar affair needs painting/windows/sofits every now and then. If you look at the new estates from the 1980's boom you will see some tired looking houses already.
17. planning4acrash said...
I am seeing many new buildings put up with timber cladding that I wouldn't build a garden fence from. Shame that you are right su, seems like old lessons were never learned. At least aggregate concrete from the 1960's was often robust!
18. harold said...
"I am seeing many new buildings put up with timber cladding that I wouldn't build a garden fence from."
Well at least they're biodegradable!
19. J. Arfur said...
Shouldn't that be, "They're lovely"?
20. su said...
Crash Bandicoot.
"If you look at the new estates from the 1980's boom you will see some tired looking houses already"
You are so right! That's one of the reasons I'm hesitant to buy a new-build. Plus the fact that they're normally miles from decent shops and health care facilities. (rather important when you have a young family!)
21. talking rot said...
P4AC said "At least aggregate concrete from the 1960's was often robust." P4AC, would these buildings be looked upon favourably, or unfavourably, by our un-elected planning officials? Can planning be refused if they are deemed unfitting when placed in an area with a different character?
22. shipbuilder said...
£150,000 house? Great - are Ikea supplying the land as well? No? Err........
Wouldn't a 'normal' Barrett box cost less that £150,000 without land?
23. David Smith's Sub Prime. . . said...
I wonder if we could have a flat pack Parliament that we could fold away 'when not needed'?