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Kit houses have been around for the past 100 years at least, I'm willing to bet the ones from 100 years ago are better quality than the ones now.

by notus 7y ago

mc32 7y ago
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.
- ghaff 7y ago
  This 99pi episode discusses them https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-house-that-came-in-the-mail/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-house-that-came-i... Apparently there aren’t a lot at least in anything like their original form.
- jweir 7y ago
  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.
- joe_the_user 7y ago
  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.
drocer88 7y ago
Sears Catalog Home: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Catalog_Home https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Catalog_Home
User23 7y ago
One of my good friends lives in one. There is even a little shed in the back yard that was the living quarters while her grandparents built the place.
seanmcdirmid 7y ago
Sears used to offer houses in their famous catalog. MUJI sells little kit houses in its Ginza flagship store (actually they sell them online as well https://www.muji.com/jp/mujihut/en.html https://www.muji.com/jp/mujihut/en.html).
- notus 7y ago
  Kind of unrelated but MUJI has pretty nice clothing, it's minimalist, well priced, and good quality.
shantly 7y ago
As in Buster Keaton's "One Week", which also features one of the greatest and most enviable marriages in all of cinema. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd6ddOlbKp8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd6ddOlbKp8

Kit houses have been around for the past 100 years at least, I'm willing to bet the ones from 100 years ago are better quality than the ones now.

by notus 7y ago

Kit houses have been around for the past 100 years at least, I'm willing to bet the ones from 100 years ago are better quality than the ones now.

mc32 7y ago

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.

ghaff 7y ago
This 99pi episode discusses them https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-house-that-came-in-the-mail/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-house-that-came-i... Apparently there aren’t a lot at least in anything like their original form.
jweir 7y ago
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.
joe_the_user 7y ago
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.

drocer88 7y ago

Sears Catalog Home: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Catalog_Home https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Catalog_Home

User23 7y ago

One of my good friends lives in one. There is even a little shed in the back yard that was the living quarters while her grandparents built the place.

seanmcdirmid 7y ago

Sears used to offer houses in their famous catalog. MUJI sells little kit houses in its Ginza flagship store (actually they sell them online as well https://www.muji.com/jp/mujihut/en.html https://www.muji.com/jp/mujihut/en.html).

notus 7y ago
Kind of unrelated but MUJI has pretty nice clothing, it's minimalist, well priced, and good quality.

shantly 7y ago

As in Buster Keaton's "One Week", which also features one of the greatest and most enviable marriages in all of cinema. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd6ddOlbKp8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd6ddOlbKp8