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GETTING your foot on the property ladder is tough these days – but printable houses could be the answer.
A US company has designed a house that can be built in around 24 hours using a giant 3D printer and costs less than $4,000 (£2,900).
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Construction firm Icon has worked with non-profit New Story to create affordable printable homes for people.
It's just a concept for now, but it could one day be available to billions of people around the world.
"While recent decades have brought major advances in personal technology, construction practices remain relatively unchanged since the 1950s," the company explains.
"Icon aims to change this, ushering in a new era in construction to meet the needs of the future."
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The first concept home was unveiled this month, and was built using the Vulcan 3D printer.
The final production version of the Vulcan will be able to print a single-storey, 600-800 square-foot home in a single day.
Icon says the building is tested to "recognised standards and safety", and could help "end homelessness".
The company describes the creation of these home as a "quantum leap in affordability", with co-founder Jason Ballard adding: "This isn't 10% better, it's 10 times better."
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The eventual aim is to help home the "nearly one billion people without safe shelter globally".
But Icon's long-term goals are out of this world – literally.
According to the company's website, these 3D-printed homes could be a solution to "the difficulty of constructing off-planet space habitats".
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There's no word on when average Brits will be able to get their hands on a 3D-printed Icon home, but there are plans to roll the houses out in deprived areas of the world.
The first launch is expected to take place in El Salvador in "the coming 18 months", providing a community of homes for underserved families.
Would you be happy to live in one of these £3,000 printed homes? Let us know in the comments.
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