num_pages: 165
description: Between 1908 - 1940, more than 75,000 Sears homes were built. Sears kit homes contained 30,000 pieces, including 750 pounds of nails, 27 gallons of paint and a 75-page instruction book. Sears estimated that the average carpenter would charge $450 to assemble those 30,000 pieces of house. The painter's fee: $34.50. Sears estimated that other skilled labor would cost $1 an hour. Prices for these build-it-yourself kit houses ranged from $600 - $6000.
language: English
title: The Houses That Sears Built; Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Sears Catalog Homes
titlecomplete: The Houses That Sears Built; Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Sears Catalog Homes
genres: History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 45
publisher: Gentle Beam Publications