Would you buy a home from Sears? These people did and they love it

[@minniemouse970]

My grandparents had a sears house growing up. It was absolutely gorgeous

[@gantmassey2346]

For the last three years, I have owned a wonderful 1923-vintage Sears Craftsman house in Battle Mountain, Nevada. The kit was was shipped out by rail, pieced together, and is now one of the oldest houses in town. As with all near-100 year old homes, it has needed some TLC, but even after a century, it structurally sound, wonderfully proportioned, and cute as a button. Best of all, the two by fours are actually 2"x4"! I'm being transferred for my job so I'm going to have to sell (sob), but if I can find another Sears Craftsman of a similar vintage out East, I'd not hesitate to invest. What a terrific historical artifact.

[@rodneyspears3265]

Its a good thing IKEA doesn't sell houses.

[@bluesharp59]

The fun days of great shopping life is over. Now it will only be memories. R.I.P. Sears I will miss you.

[@Kinseydsp]

Love Sears always will, When I think of America I think of Sears!

[@Me-mb1ex]

The Magnolia is my dream house.😩

[@se7enupmustang]

Now I wanna buy a house from Amazon

[@jj7958]

You might be able to or at least I've heard you can by a shipping container house. like a mobile home. lol

[@Shwalker07]

With the poor quality items you usually get, I'll pass. I'll take something that is built to last like these homes.

[@Sparky-ww5re]

I think I'll pass on that. Unless i know for a fact (never gonna know in this day and age ) that every single part down to the nitty gritty it MADE IN THE U.S.A. how many want to bet they will build the parts fron China??? My girlfriend's mother and father used to live in a Craftsman Bungalow, built in 1927. They are using it as a rental property, and the people currently living there say it is a very solidly built home unlike anything you will find today in new construction. Apart from updating the knob and tube wiring and glass screw fuse panel to safer up to code stuff, everything is pretty much original, way better than anything you could buy at Lowe's or Home Depot. Sears was once upon a time, as American as American Apple Pie .

[@timnewman1172]

I live in a 1914 foursquare that was a kit home, it is built like a fortress!

[@delilahgillis5287]

MY GRANDPARENTS BROUGHT SEARS CLASSIC ROCK FACE BLOCK FOR $500, ROCHELLE, ILLINOIS IN 1912. ALOT OF HOUSES IN THE AREA. 90 MILES WEST OF CHICAGO & WE HAD 2 TRAIN LINES GOING THUR ROCHELLE.

[@adolfovasquez7794]

Some beuatiful houses from Sears!!

[@donaldmack7213]

There is an old coal mining town in southwestern PA by the of Mather, PA. that has a lot of sears homes. These were built by the coal company around 1920 and rented to the miners. Later in the 40’s they were sold to the miners.

[@KurtisHord]

My introduction to “architecture” as a kid was pouring over these catalogs that were at my local Carnegie library.

[@tolfan4438]

Whether its a sears kit or not any rural home built pre ww2 most likely was built with sears catalog supplies

[@susansawarin5776]

Eaton's sold houses in Canada, as well. I have seen 2 in Saskatchewan.

[@nunyabidnis5407]

We lived in an Osborne for 30 years. Loved it, lots of character and lots of maintenence.

[@lucindagaskill7137]

I live in a farm style sears kit home that my Grandfather and my Uncles put together. in 1921. It's not as impressive as the homes in this video but I remember my Grandmother keeping it spotless. The one thing that I love are the maple floors and Grandma always kept them sparkling.

[@rbear4574]

My home is a 1922 Montgomery Ward 1 1/2 story craftsman style.

[@jake_of_the_jungle9840]

The millwork is amazing I wish things like that could still be reasonably bought

[@alanstrong3295]

You would like the one at 1114 Duncombe St in Sac City, IA.

[@littlecasino60]

Elgin, Illinois is near Landford, according to the 'Roseanne' show., LOL

[@chriswright8464]

We have a couple in my town that are still in use!!

[@neverstoplearning7214]

there's one here in Henderson, NY that is still standing after all these years

[@paulkelleyvieth]

@WashingtonPost did you get permission from "Oklahoma Houses by Mail" to use that photo. The proprietor of the site explicitly states that you do so.

[@kristancorsiglia6756]

I love these houses!

[@kennethscalir3092]

Wow, here are the non closing Sears locations: 1. Burbank, California. 2. Concord, California. 3. Stockton, California. 4. Whittier, California. 5. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 6. Miami, Florida. 7. Orlando, Florida. 8. Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. 9. Braintree, Massachusetts. 10. Frederick, Maryland. 11. Jersey City, New Jersey. 12. Newburgh, New York. 13. Greensboro, North Carolina. 14. Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. 15. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 16. El Paso, Texas. 17. Tukwila, Washington. 18. Union Gap, Washington. A total of 18 non closing Sears stores. Separately, there is a booming separate company called Sears Mexico, owned by billionaire Carlos Slim that is doing quite well in Mexico

[@jgg204]

This type of construction should be brought back. Instead, Toll Brothers is erecting million dollar monstrosities that no one wants or can afford

[@RudyAviles]

i enjoyed watching this

[@daveheel]

so they were like ikea homes? :)

[@scottyee707]

no this was real wood.

[@hanaw4613]

Thats amazingly crazy.

[@chuckjendrzejczyk7117]

My grandparents house is a Sears home. A ranch.

[@thedandyflaneur9337]

What song is playing?

[@stardog2779]

Back then i would and sell it for a huge profit in 2021

[@kpascua23]

Red Dead Redemption 2 - John Marston's Home

[@tonifresco6598]

Kevin Pascua lol I thought the same thing

[@sidneywidney]

Talk about equity. The best money ever spent

[@wilcox728]

I lived in a sears built home

[@visteobman4202]

Nice job wapo.

[@CheeseTheAnimator_onGoAnimate]

My grandma’s house is a kit Home like this

[@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc]

Whoa! Almost Mo from the Stooges!

[@jeffreyrichardson]

Jody's wish book...

[@stardog2779]

Houses for 2000 plus😳

[@lawrencelewis8105]

I used to own a Sears kit house in Poughkeepsie, New York. About 6 of the houses on the street were Sears kits, all basically the same but changed a bit since they were built in 1930. There are quite a few of them in that part of New York if you know what you are looking at. A boxy 2 story building, Large front porch, 2 bedrooms, one bathroom, one car garage, hot air heat on a 25' x 125' lot. Not a bad house but too small if you have more than one kid. I used to work in the Sears in Poughkeepsie as well. In the garage. The stealing privileges were awesome! Everyone who worked in the garage had the best tires, shocks, batteries and what not on thier cars. Not just stealing, but the employee prices were really low and you could make deals on stuff. A friend went in one day and the sporting goods department had a 14 foot aluminum boat that they wanted gone as a display. He bought it for $100.00! Really, it was not a bad place to work. And the women that worked there! They had to have 36Cs or better to get a job, at least it seemed that way. The girl that worked at the candy counter had some set on her!

[@charlesmurphy1510]

What is this "Democracy Dies in Darkness" shit?

[@scottwiler8881]

WAPO

[@kelpfarming]

Now when do we talk about the black experience. You always gotta crap on anything that doesnt have the,,,,and then the racism part.

[@jumpinjojo]

The narrator has an institutional haircut.

Junk

[@pennsyadmini1654]

Wrong! I owned one and saw many others. Solidly built.

[@grouchomarx4]

Troll.

[@daveheel]

yeah, they look very nice.

[@Me-mb1ex]

Yes, that’s why they’re still standing 100 years later.😂