by Sears Homes | Sep 24, 2014 | Uncategorized |
“Sears sold about 70,000 kit homes during their 32 years in the kit house business,” I tell folks at my lectures, “but judging from my emails, you’d think that number was 70 million kit homes.” Some people really, really, really want...
by Sears Homes | Apr 9, 2011 | Uncategorized |
When I last visited Hopewell in 2003, many good things happened, and I was treated kindly. Sadly, I discovered that many of Hopewell’s “Sears Homes” were not really Sears Homes at all. There were some folks in Hopewell that were pretty unhappy about...
by Sears Homes | Apr 3, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I’ve seen a lot of houses in a lot of cities, but I’d have to say, the collection of kit homes I found in Raleigh is really remarkable. The houses were (for the most part) in wonderfully original condition, and the homeowners we met during our survey were...
by Sears Homes | Mar 30, 2011 | Uncategorized |
As mentioned in prior posts, Hopewell, Virginia is the proud owner of eight bona fide Sears homes in the Crescent Hills area. That’s well and good, but they also have entire neighborhoods of Aladdin kit homes in other parts of Hopewell. It’s a puzzle...
by Sears Homes | Feb 21, 2011 | Uncategorized |
In April 2008, my husband and I traveled to Roanoke for a vacation. While he rested at the hotel, I drove out to Vinton to hunt for Sears Homes. This was a quickie drive through, so I suspect I missed a few. And it turns out, I was right. About a year later, I drove...
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