Ikea is putting on sale flat-pack homes, with their own plot of land, at the furniture giant's store in Gateshead, Tyne & Wear today.
The timber-framed homes will be targeted at first-time buyers struggling to get on the property ladder.
The concept was pioneered in Sweden in the 1990s and has grown in popularity with more than 1,000 of the houses springing up each year across Scandinavia.
Home improvement enthusiasts, however, will be denied the ultimate DIY project since all the properties will already be assembled.
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