The flat-pack home that costs just £10k and can be assembled in FOUR hours
AN engineer has designed a revolutionary new home, which he says is as easy to build as a bookcase.
If someone can put up an Ikea Billy bookcase then they can put this up.
Dr Mike Page says his revolutionary QB2 "cube house", which costs as little as £10,500 and takes only four hours to assemble, has everything a "scaled down" home-for-two could ever need.
The QB2 measures three metres by four metres and contains a lounge, spiral staircase, kitchen and full-size bathroom and bedroom over three floors and needs no planning permission.
Dr Page, an engineer at Hertfordshire University, said: "If someone can put up an Ikea Billy bookcase then they can put this up.
"It goes together like flat-pack furniture, although when a customer buys it they will get the finished product and won't have to put it together themselves.
"It takes around four hours to put the cube together, however it would obviously take longer when you add in the furniture, it depends how quickly you work.
Dr Page said the home has several practical touches, including a dining table that can be stowed to allow inhabitants to move around more and lounge on the couch.
"The QB2 has everything a normal home has, except it is all scaled down, however, there is still enough room for people with a double bed a feature available."
QB2 £10k flat-pack home assembled in FOUR hours
Having made its debut on George Clarke's Amazing Spaces on Channel 4 last week, the QB2 will go on the market early next year and cost between £10,500 to £45,000.
Because of its small dimensions, the QB2 is unlikely to need planning permission.
It houses a four-metre long galley bathroom, sink and composting toilet. The fully-functioning kitchen has a hob, fridge freezer and combination microwave.
The environmental tardis has low energy lighting - powered by solar panels on the roof - and mechanical heat-recovery ventilation, alongside conventional appliances.
he environmental tardis has low energy lighting - powered by solar panels on the roof - and mechanical heat-recovery ventilation, alongside conventional appliances.
It comes equipped with efficient hot water and heating and optional air-source heat pump.
"I think it is great, of course I would say that, but I really do think it is and it is the only one in the world," Dr Page added.