Entire "walls" of 24-40 residential containers will appear in south-west London. Thus the local branch of YMCA intends to address the shortage of housing for single young people. Rent of one Y:Cube with a standard area of 26 sq.m will cost around €720 per month, which is by 2/3 less than the city average, reports ee24.com with reference to opp-connect.com.
Each "box", consisting of a bedroom, bathroom and combined living room and kitchen, is worth €37 thousand. In addition, owner will need to buy or rent one of brownfield sites. Thus, the total investment in the construction of one block of containers will be £1-2 million (€1.23-147 million). In each case, the funds will come from different sources: it may be a small group of investors, or even super-rich people who believe in the success of a startup.
Plug and Play! Ready-made module, which arrives to the place of installation, is available for use both separately and as part of a multi-story wall of a large number of modules.
The pilot project will be located in the London Borough of Merton in late 2014. Young people who are living in hostels will be able to rent Y:Cubes for 3-5 years.
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