If you’re selling everything in the home — why not sell the home itself?  Swedish furniture giant Ikea will be introducing its “BoKlok” line of prefabricated houses in the German state of Hesse, with the promise that unlike most of its home furnishings, there will be no assembly required.

Ikea has partnered with building firm Skanska and will develop several different models which will be constructed by German firm Bien-Zenker. The first set of nine row houses will be sold in the Wiesbaden suburb of Auringen on April 17th.

“No customer will have to put their home together themselves with an Allen key,” Bien-Zinker head Philipp Mühlbauer joked.

Later in April, another 30 Ikea row houses and apartments will go on the market in Offenbach, with owners able to move in before year’s end, according to Mühlbauer.  The energy-efficient prefab houses, which sell for between €180,000 and €250,000 (approx. $246K – $340k US), are expected to be allotted by drawing, due to high demand.

“We want to make the process as relaxed as possible for our customers,” Ikea spokesperson Sabine Nold said, adding that further locations include Nuremberg and Hofheim-Langenhain in the Taunus region near Frankfurt.

The BoKlok, or “build clever,” group operates independently, but uses IKEA stores for sales presentations. The company plans to buy plots of land and erect the homes with standard floor plans in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Great Britain.

Models include 84 or 102-square-metre living spaces, in addition to family homes with two, three, or four bedrooms.

source: thelocal.de