In 1936 my granddad bought 2 parcels in the middle of orange groves in Pasadena, Calif. He built 1 Sears kit home for he & my grandma. In 1951 he & my uncles built a second home next door for my parents while my dad was fighting in the Korean war. By the time he got home his new home was ready to move into with his new wife. Thy managed to keep the home a secret from him until he returned from war. It was a wonderful home to grow up in. Both homes are still standing & historical landmarks. More importantly they look amazing.
There's not a single hope that modern will be remembered a hundred years on as fondly as this. So much charm and character, so homey and cozy. Thank you for a few pleasant minutes at the end of the day.
I grew up in a sears kit home that my grandfather built. It’s over 100 years old and still going strong. This brought me to tears as we had to seek the home after our mom passed.
@@christinehousden7604 Montgomery Wards also sold homes like Sears. Also there were several companies that sold houses by mail, they are also known as kit homes.Aladdin Homes of Bay City Michigan, Lewis Homes , Liberty Homes, Sterling Homes,Gordon van Tine, ,Bennett Brothers of New York,Quick Built Bungalows,Pacific Ready Cut Homes of California, and some other companies.Pacific Ready Cut Homes supplied houses for the Alamo Quarry in San Antonio. The company town was known as Cementville.Rev.Petet Baque founded the Missionary Servants of St.Anthony, an order of nuns to teach etc the plants workers, who were mainly Hispanics.The area of the former Cementville, is the Alamo Quarry Market Place.When they built the movie theatre there, there is a huge engine in the Middle of the theatre.
What a gorgeous home! These were affordable as well as beautiful. People could make them as fancy or as simple as they chose to, and I wish we still had more affordable options for actual homes, such as these. Sears had such an incredible selection, too. 😊❤
What an amazing house. Bet that one was top of the line. It's big. Ones in my area are smaller. More the cottage style. I hope someone is bringing her back to life. Love your presentation with the ads. Hardware was $1.00!!
This is a absolute dream house.. I've heard bits and pieces of buying houses back then through Sears but didn't know it was so easy to pick out each item.. this house is incredible still after all this time.. gorgeous floors.. sure wish prices were the same lol.. I'd get myself a couple of them.. thanks for sharing.. great history information
As always another interesting explore! You can tell whoever lived there previously really cared about the house, it is in very good shape. I really liked the leaded glass windows, they were stunning! Take care.
About 40 years ago, I lived in a Sears and Roebuck house in Rochester NY. It had bay windows in the living and dining room, the ice delivery box was still there near the side door, And if I'm remembering correctly, it still had a claw foot bathtub. And there was another house just like it a few doors down the street! Full of character.
@@TheSkulde13 thank you for your comments, it's crazy you could get all those beautiful features and the house at those prices. Thank you for watching.
All I can say is...... WOW, WOW, WOW!!!!!!! It is stunning! They could do that then and now the outrageous costs for a bunch of square boxes?!?!?! We've been ripped off for decades. Thank you for showing this!!
I inherited my Great Aunt/Uncle's home, it was a Sears home, blt 1940, at the total cost of $4,000. I adored that house, sadly a tornado in 2019 took, almost, the entire neighborhood. Completely leveled my home as well as my surrounding neighbors, we all lost everything. Most tragically, a 14 yr old boy from the adjoining neighborhood, as well. That was terrible day.
I am enjoying this channel so much that as now I became a new subscriber!! I have a fascination for antique homes and all in it!! Keep up the good work!! 👍🏼💕👏🏼👏🏼🙋🏼♀️
Sears home kits were amazing and built to last as this one proves to us. The issue is with any home structure up keep is mandatory to keep the house in the best shape. Good video and thanks for sharing with us. This was a beautiful home at one time and still is!
Years ago I devoured a book called Letters from Honeyhill, which was the experiences of a homestead couple in Wyoming shortly after The Great War. They were beekeepers who started out living in a shack but prospered enough after many years to buy one of these Sears and Roebuck houses. There were pictures of it and it was so sturdy and handsome, very much like this one shown. Sadly, like so many others, the couple suffered acute financial hardship when the Great Depression rolled around.
I very recently read a novel about a Sears kit home, it was the first time I had ever heard of them. This video makes me think I have probably seen a few growing up and had no idea.
This home was bought from a Sears and Roebuck catalog. It's lasted almost 100 yrs. Why can't builders today build home like this? These so called contractors build temporary homes that last 15 yrs at the most then need major repairs. This is exactly why I won't buy homes today. They're built like crap using substandard homes we're supposed to pay huge amounts of money for. Then have to pay taxes on said property the rest of your life for it. No thanks, that's not a good way to spend your money. You can't even leave these homes to your kids because they won't last. They aren't generational homes. It's just sad.
What a lovely place. And to think it was personally designed from a catalog. How cool is that? We live in Alabama. I miss Sears department stores. We had a washer & dryer sears kenmore that lasted for many years. Living in Alabama there are a lot of old stores miss. Top dollar,freds,zayre, Kmart, millers and mcclellan's. Thanks for posting. I so enjoyed it.
Back then, almost everything Sears made was top quality that lasted a very long time. Most of our tools, lawn equipment is Sears. Major appliances were built for durability. My parent's Kenmore Dryer lasted 50 years (some minor parts replacement) and their Coldspot Refrig/Freezer also lasted 50 years. I sure miss them.😞
Incredibly beautiful and sad to see its neglected condition. I’m also sad to see Sears go under. Hopefully someone with a vision and business sense can salvage it.
This is nothing my girlfriend worked in San Francisco. This was about maybe 80s. She worked at the Sears mansion. The old mansion was about two block long or two blocks long but she she worked there as a house cleaner made.
Thank you for your question, I don't give out locations so to protect the property. No information on the future of this place. Thank you for watching.
In 1936 my granddad bought 2 parcels in the middle of orange groves in Pasadena, Calif. He built 1 Sears kit home for he & my grandma. In 1951 he & my uncles built a second home next door for my parents while my dad was fighting in the Korean war. By the time he got home his new home was ready to move into with his new wife. Thy managed to keep the home a secret from him until he returned from war. It was a wonderful home to grow up in. Both homes are still standing & historical landmarks. More importantly they look amazing.
@@zoeemiko8149 thank you for sharing such a great story and thank you for watching.
Are you allowed to share both those homes on this site?
There's not a single hope that modern will be remembered a hundred years on as fondly as this. So much charm and character, so homey and cozy. Thank you for a few pleasant minutes at the end of the day.
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@@UrbanEyeAbandoned I whole heartly agree, no words were necessary as the pictures told the whole story, it was wonderful, thank you for sharing.
These were well built homes. Very beautiful😊
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I grew up in a sears kit home that my grandfather built. It’s over 100 years old and still going strong. This brought me to tears as we had to seek the home after our mom passed.
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This place is beautiful. It's amazing what you could buy back then.
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I am currently living a a Sears and roebuck 1917.
It’s been a wonderful 25 years so far.
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Absolutely beautiful quality and well built to last generations. Things were made so well with such amazing attention to detail. Gorgeous!
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Shocked, House is abandoned, for it is a beauty.. 1913, even before my time.. So hope house gets new owner. Thank you UrbanEye, another beauty....
@@ndog2005 thanks for your comment and thank you for watching.
Imagine how exciting it would've been to pick your home from a catalogue. Everything just as you've always wanted.beautiful home.❤
@@christinehousden7604 amazing! Thank you for your comments and for watching
@@christinehousden7604 Montgomery Wards also sold homes like Sears. Also there were several companies that sold houses by mail, they are also known as kit homes.Aladdin Homes of Bay City Michigan, Lewis Homes , Liberty Homes, Sterling Homes,Gordon van Tine, ,Bennett Brothers of New York,Quick Built Bungalows,Pacific Ready Cut Homes of California, and some other companies.Pacific Ready Cut Homes supplied houses for the Alamo Quarry in San Antonio. The company town was known as Cementville.Rev.Petet Baque founded the Missionary Servants of St.Anthony, an order of nuns to teach etc the plants workers, who were mainly Hispanics.The area of the former Cementville, is the Alamo Quarry Market Place.When they built the movie theatre there, there is a huge engine in the Middle of the theatre.
What a gorgeous home! These were affordable as well as beautiful. People could make them as fancy or as simple as they chose to, and I wish we still had more affordable options for actual homes, such as these. Sears had such an incredible selection, too. 😊❤
Thank you for your comments, there were great home, thank you for watching.
What an amazing house. Bet that one was top of the line. It's big. Ones in my area are smaller. More the cottage style. I hope someone is bringing her back to life. Love your presentation with the ads. Hardware was $1.00!!
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I ❤ your videos. Thanks for presenting these architectural gems with such grace and dignity ❤
@@lynnshomo2013 glad you like them and thank you for watching.
😊😊 I live in Michigan and we have many of the Sears homes. They are very beautiful and nice to live in 😊
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She's a jem! Didn't realize all that was available through Sears and Roebuck. You put this together like the masterpiece it is. Thank you!
@@jilldaugherty1528 thank you for your comments and for watching.
This is a absolute dream house.. I've heard bits and pieces of buying houses back then through Sears but didn't know it was so easy to pick out each item.. this house is incredible still after all this time.. gorgeous floors.. sure wish prices were the same lol.. I'd get myself a couple of them.. thanks for sharing.. great history information
The prices were great. LOL! Thank you for your comments and watching.
As always another interesting explore! You can tell whoever lived there previously really cared about the house, it is in very good shape. I really liked the leaded glass windows, they were stunning! Take care.
@@Sandjan90 glad you liked it. Thank you for watching.
About 40 years ago, I lived in a Sears and Roebuck house in Rochester NY. It had bay windows in the living and dining room, the ice delivery box was still there near the side door, And if I'm remembering correctly, it still had a claw foot bathtub. And there was another house just like it a few doors down the street! Full of character.
@@dottiebaker6623 thank you for sharing sounds amazing. Thank you for watching.
Fascinating. The colors and woodwork beautiful. Thanks for showing this. Sears had a great idea for the times.
@@darlenejohnson8864 glad you liked it and thank you for watching.
I love old houses. They had so much character in them. Love the woodwork, stained class windows.
Yes they did, thanks for watching.
Beautiful home. So much value for the money back then.
@@rosiemcnaughton9933 thank you for communicating and for watching.
This house is amazing. I would love the opportunity to restore this house to its former glory.
@@TheSkulde13 thank you for your comments, it's crazy you could get all those beautiful features and the house at those prices. Thank you for watching.
My Grandmother Opal House, was a major share holder of Sears and Robuck when it first began...
I wish it would revive and become what it once was❤
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All I can say is...... WOW, WOW, WOW!!!!!!! It is stunning! They could do that then and now the outrageous costs for a bunch of square boxes?!?!?! We've been ripped off for decades. Thank you for showing this!!
@@alixp3411 glad you liked it and thank you for watching.
Hope someone will restore it cause it's still not in that bad of shape. Thanks for sharing!
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I inherited my Great Aunt/Uncle's home, it was a Sears home, blt 1940, at the total cost of $4,000. I adored that house, sadly a tornado in 2019 took, almost, the entire neighborhood. Completely leveled my home as well as my surrounding neighbors, we all lost everything. Most tragically, a 14 yr old boy from the adjoining neighborhood, as well. That was terrible day.
@@joymelton-bollen6383 thank you for sharing your story and for watching.
I'm so sorry..
I lived in one of those for a while. The owner bought the kit and the local lumber yard suppliedthe materials. Beautiful woodwork in it.
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I am enjoying this channel so much that as now I became a new subscriber!! I have a fascination for antique homes and all in it!! Keep up the good work!! 👍🏼💕👏🏼👏🏼🙋🏼♀️
@@diannefaith7866 Glad you like it and thank you for subscribing. Thanks for watching.
Dear@@UrbanEyeAbandoned , my pleasure !!💞🙋🏼♀️ I also enjoy reading interesting comments from your community!!! 😊
I have a few of these 'kit" homes in Royal Oak MI. Absolutely wonderful! I hope someone takes on restoring this gem!
They are amazing, thanks for watching.
Sears home kits were amazing and built to last as this one proves to us. The issue is with any home structure up keep is mandatory to keep the house in the best shape. Good video and thanks for sharing with us. This was a beautiful home at one time and still is!
Glad you liked it and thanks for watching.
UrbanEye thanks for sharing this history with me i really enjoyed it and God Bless.
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Mine is a 1929 model that would cost me. About 15 grsnd to build with today's material to around 20 grand
You did a great job on this. ♥
Thank you so much glad you liked and thank you for watching.
Years ago I devoured a book called Letters from Honeyhill, which was the experiences of a homestead couple in Wyoming shortly after The Great War. They were beekeepers who started out living in a shack but prospered enough after many years to buy one of these Sears and Roebuck houses. There were pictures of it and it was so sturdy and handsome, very much like this one shown. Sadly, like so many others, the couple suffered acute financial hardship when the Great Depression rolled around.
@@CarolStJohn-ev9ry thank you for sharing a great story about how sears touched so many lives. Thank you for watching.
I’m envious of whoever purchases this home.
@@khanysafan1705 it is amazing. Thanks for watching.
Hope someone buys this house to restore it to its former beauty
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I very recently read a novel about a Sears kit home, it was the first time I had ever heard of them. This video makes me think I have probably seen a few growing up and had no idea.
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Fascinating in so many ways. Thank you.
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Wonderful home!
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I’m impressed they are grander than I ever imagined. ❤
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This home was bought from a Sears and Roebuck catalog. It's lasted almost 100 yrs. Why can't builders today build home like this? These so called contractors build temporary homes that last 15 yrs at the most then need major repairs. This is exactly why I won't buy homes today. They're built like crap using substandard homes we're supposed to pay huge amounts of money for. Then have to pay taxes on said property the rest of your life for it. No thanks, that's not a good way to spend your money. You can't even leave these homes to your kids because they won't last. They aren't generational homes. It's just sad.
@@TinnaN2TheAfterlife thank you for watching.
Greed is what is stopping us from finding honest true house builders.
@@nathanburford1971 thank you for watching.
Such a beautiful home❤️!
@@nancyspinks9670 thanks for watching
What a lovely place. And to think it was personally designed from a catalog. How cool is that? We live in Alabama. I miss Sears department stores. We had a washer & dryer sears kenmore that lasted for many years. Living in Alabama there are a lot of old stores miss. Top dollar,freds,zayre, Kmart, millers and mcclellan's. Thanks for posting. I so enjoyed it.
@@angelagilliland5659 glad you liked it, thank you for watching and commenting.
Back then, almost everything Sears made was top quality that lasted a very long time. Most of our tools, lawn equipment is Sears. Major appliances were built for durability. My parent's Kenmore Dryer lasted 50 years (some minor parts replacement) and their Coldspot Refrig/Freezer also lasted 50 years. I sure miss them.😞
@@waukee321 Thank you for sharing, with it was like that today. Thanks for watching.
Great video!
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The home is in remarkable shape, I wonder why it was abandoned?
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I would love to be a care taker of one of these beautiful homes.
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Cause they did quality work back then with quality wood. Not like nowadays.
@@theresadimaggio7241 thanks for watching and your comments.
Sweet house.
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Its beautiful
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I grew up in a 1925 sears house.
Incredibly beautiful and sad to see its neglected condition. I’m also sad to see Sears go under. Hopefully someone with a vision and business sense can salvage it.
@@bambiwest1391 glad you liked it and thank you for watching.
This is nothing my girlfriend worked in San Francisco. This was about maybe 80s. She worked at the Sears mansion. The old mansion was about two block long or two blocks long but she she worked there as a house cleaner made.
Wow that's crazy how cheap those big ole' houses were back then. Would cost a fortune to build those today.
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@@UrbanEyeAbandoned So welcome.
i’m fascinated with the sears homes. i wonder how these homes are worth today in pristine condition 😊
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And it's still standing
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This is one of the most beaufiful homes you have shared. Why is it empty? Is it for sale? Please don't tell me they are going to tear it down.
@@sylvanramble1757 thank you for your comments, it has been on and off the market right now it just sitting there. Thank you for watching.
Where is this beautiful classic home? I want to save it. ❤
Thank you for you comment, I don't give locations so to protect the property and the owners. Thank you for watching.
@@UrbanEyeAbandoned so sad that it is deteriorating. Hope someone saves it soon.
Hoping someone will step in to save this home
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Same house today would cost u 10 grand to build to modern code requirements
Where is it located? Is anyone restoring it?
Thank you for your question, I don't give out locations so to protect the property. No information on the future of this place. Thank you for watching.
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they made beautiful houses, but accounting for labor and inflation they were more of a premium home.
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Im confused. You bought the house for a price. Then you bought everything for the house for a different price. I thought it was a complete home?
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Max be. 25 grand to build the same models today
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Beautiful home ! These houses tday are shitty made
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Just they dont have the skills needed to do it today an shows in new homes sold for. 500 grand