The homes will be on sale next month and buyers could be living in them by the autumn.
Internal company documents reveal that first-time buyers will be offered a 'start package'.
It includes advice on setting up a new home, the services of a personal shopper, 12-months' interest-free loans on big purchases and discounted mortgage and insurance deals.
Buyers will also be offered an interior decorating service and a £250 Ikea voucher.
The Swedish firm already sell flat-pack housing in Scandinavia, but until now the cost of land in the UK proved too expensive.
The plans only became viable after Ikea struck a deal with the Hyde Group Housing Association, who own 20,000 properties nationwide and specialise in low-cost home ownership.
Hyde will buy the land and organise the building work, which will be carried out by Ikea subsidiary BoKlok.
There will be six apartments in each L-shaped block and between three and seven blocks on each site, which will be agreed with local councils before they go on sale at Ikea's 13 British stores.
A spokesman said last night: 'BoKlok homes will provide well designed, flexible housing for people with average household earnings typically between £15,000 and £30,000 per annum.'
