Re:Amazon sells a kit for a 2600 sqft house
by mc32 on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:10PM
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Yeah, that was Sears Roebuck's wheelhouse for some time. They actually looked pretty good in the catalogs; though I'm not aware of having been in one knowingly. Though I wouldn't be surprised if I have been in one.
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Re:Amazon sells a kit for a 2600 sqft house
by ghaff on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:16PM
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This 99pi episode discusses them https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-house-that-came-i...
Apparently there aren’t a lot at least in anything like their original form.
Re:Amazon sells a kit for a 2600 sqft house
by jweir on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:22PM
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I live in a Sears house from 1912. My house was rebuilt 10 years ago though and an extra floor added. All my neighbors have pretty much the original design though. They are pretty sweet little houses with a tiny drive way. Maybe a Model T could have fit down it - but no modern car can.
Re:Amazon sells a kit for a 2600 sqft house
by joe_the_user on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:27PM
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I lived in Sears house for about a year in the 1990s. It seemed like a fine house. It turned into a punk house at that point and the plumbing couldn't hold up to that but I suspect with normal use it would have been fine for a while longer.