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First BoKlok display home opens at Gateshead

By Emily Clark

16:29 January 31, 2008 PST

Alan Prole, Managing Director of Live Smart @ Home in BoKlok display apartment

February 1, 2008 In the latest news from the IKEA affordable housing project in the UK, the first BoKlok display home has been unveiled in Gateshead. A two-bedroom apartment has been fitted out, along with a two-bedroom unit converted to an office/marketing complex that features a BoKlok exhibition area. The apartment and the unit are open now for the public to view. Read More

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More BoKlok homes for Gateshead

By Emily Clark

22:09 October 21, 2007 PDT

Boklok flats

October 22, 2007 Following our report earlier this month that applications had opened for the innovative

BoKlok housing project in the UK, approval has been granted for even more of the homes to be built at Gateshead in the UK. Read More

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Applications open for first UK Boklok housing

By Emily Clark

22:24 October 7, 2007 PDT

BoKlok housing design

October 8, 2007 IKEA has accepted applications from potential homeowners for the first release of Boklok houses in the UK. Gizmag has been following the progress of this innovative housing development that aims to create affordable and sustainable housing to offer space and flexibility to low income families. Read More

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More IKEA homes for Gateshead, UK

By Loz Blain

An artists' impression of the BoKlok 2 and 3-bedroom homes.

May 18, 2007 The popular BoKlok affordable housing project gained momentum in the UK on Wednesday with the announcement that Live Smart @ Home have applied to almost quadruple the number of properties the company is building. The stylish and efficient factory-fabricated family homes, which we previewed last month, are soon to go on sale, and likely to disappear fast. Read More

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IKEA's ingenious affordable housing system

By Loz Blain

IKEA's ingenious affordable housing system

April 16, 2007 Built in a quality-controlled factory, delivered and assembled in a day. The BoKlok (pronounced Boo Clook) housing concept, a partnership between property company Live Smart @ Home and Swedish furniture giant IKEA is only months away from bringing the average UK family a stylish, efficient and affordable housing option. Read More

 
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