eric | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 21 2008 | remodel, sink, laundry room, house
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 09 2007 | generator, house, backup, diesel
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 04 2007 | boing boing, Cory Doctorow, ikea, prefab, house
Ikea has begun selling prefab houses in Sweden and is rolling them out in the UK.
Quoted: BoKlok homes don't exactly come in flatpacks, but they're not far off. The timber-framed buildings are almost entirely prefabricated. They are usually brought to the site on the back of trucks as pre-assembled units, like Portakabins, with the interiors already fitted out. Each apartment is made up of two of these units, which are simply moved into position by crane. Put on the roof and exterior wall cladding, plumb and wire it in, and it's ready to live in. The typical BoKlok arrangement is an L-shaped, two-storey block with three apartments on each floor. One such block can be put up in a day...
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 18 2006 | design, house, cabin, land
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 28 2006 | Disney, haunted, realty, house
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 04 2006 | seattle, door, windows, house
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