When she started her search for a house, Amy Balicki didn’t set out to buy a Sears kit home in Downers Grove, Illinois – but she probably should have. That’s because Downers Grove was a prime location ...

Sears sold mail-order kit homes from 1908 to 1942, ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. Few Sears kit homes were sold in Florida, likely due to shipping logistics and the homes' ...

Daniel Goltzman in front of his Burlington home, which may be a Sears, Roebuck & Co. kit house Credit: James Buck When architect Daniel Goltzman bought his home in the Five Sisters neighborhood of ...