Kit homes are an increasing popular option for home buyers looking for a cost-effective way to build their own house or ...

Last week, I featured a gallery of photos of Alabama kit homes bought from Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalogs. While some readers were surprised to learn Sears sold kits for everything from outhouses to ...

I own a house that was built from a kit. Seriously, it was. Think Lincoln Logs on steroids. Which is funny, because I can’t even assemble a Hot Wheels racetrack without a pit crew by my side. This was ...

Before there was modern prefab, there were kit homes from lumber companies and catalogs. One of the oldest local examples is a steep-roofed house in Simi Valley that was shipped from Chicago by rail ...

Kevin Weems lives in a Sears kit house at 1855 Lincoln Highway East. It was built in 1914. Depending on your definition of "prefabricated," his house would be one of the oldest prefabricated houses in ...