[PROCON]

Sears was indeed the Amazon of the 20th Century.

[bleach]

I bought one across the street from me to rehab and tinker with. Early twenties model called The Martha Washington, neat little 3br house.

[Swordmaker]

One of my rental properties is a Sears Mail Order house my parents bought to build on their lot for my Dad’s mother when she moved to California in 1953. They added a single car garage to the two bedroom one bath house, but the majority of it arrived on a flatbed truck. My Mom and Dad built it on a foundation they poured them selves over the next several months and did all the plumbing and wiring themselves. . . and the city building inspector said it was all done perfectly.

I just finished remodeling that house to bring it up to 2015 building and electrical codes. . . completely rewiring and upgrading the plumbing. The materials and construction standards offered by Sears and Roebuck houses were excellent and the plans for building them were very good, so good that anyone could do it if they had basic carpentry skills.

[rhoda_penmark]

The example house looks like a reversed 1932 Lynnhaven model, but with brick façade! The brick would not have come with the Sears house kit, I don't think. Maybe it was added by a later owner.

[ViLaLuz]

Mine is a Sears bungalow, 1921, the first in the neighborhood. A slew followed.