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Sears Kits Built Many Homes in the Rural Midwest

When she started her search for a house, Amy Balicki didn’t set out to buy a Sears kit home in Downers Grove, Illinois – but she probably should have. That’s because Downers Grove was a prime location ...
The Burlington Free Press

New Frameworks builds pre-fabricated kits and homes with sustainable materials

Vermont homebuilder New Frameworks is constructing prefabricated homes ranging from 300 to 1,200 square feet using sustainable straw structural panels. The "Casitas Line" offers kit or turnkey options ...
Yahoo

You Can Still Build a House Like a Sears Kit Home — But There’s a Catch

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The Advocate

Sears stores keep disappearing, but Sears Kit homes like the ones in Lafayette will remain

As Sears stores close around the country, the longtime retailer’s legacy may be a catalog item it stopped selling in the 1940s: home kits. Estimates from the Sears Archives website suggest the company ...
Lansing State Journal

Kit homes were ordered from store catalogs before 1950. How many are still in Lansing?

Over the decades, the kit homes ranged in price from $3,000 to $10,000 depending on the size, design and scope. The companies also sold garages, boilers, chicken coops, bathtubs and built-in shelving.
MLive

Remember when Sears sold houses? See some of Ann Arbor's kit homes

ANN ARBOR, MI - For about 40 years at the turn of the 20th century, Sears Roebuck and Co. sold houses. You'd pick the model you liked from the Sears' Modern Homes catalog and, within a few weeks, a ...