Keefe notes the roof was replaced in the last decade; there also were updates to the HVAC, including adding air conditioning, and the family replaced the upstairs flooring in preparation to sell the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- When a much-needed appliance breaks in your home, you may count on a warranty service to step in and make things right. But some frustrated customers say that's not what's happening ...

Before Walmart and long before anyone dreamed of Amazon’s “Prime Day,” there was Sears, Roebuck & Co. The company’s famous catalog brought everything from washing machines to entire mail-order houses ...

Sometimes kitchen renovations really come down to the need for a better layout. That was the case for Carli Otero and her family, the proud owners of a charming 1924 Sears kit home in the D.C. metro ...

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The race for governor in Virginia and other top positions in Richmond has tightened significantly over the summer, but Democrats continue to lead in the off-year election set for November 4. That is a ...

One of three California Sears stores recently closed, and another will shutter later this month. That will leave the Bay Area home to the last Sears to be standing on the West Coast. The store's days ...

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 ...

In an article for The Daily Yonder, Pat Raia describes the kit homes once sold in Sears catalogs that offered an affordable homeownership option for many Americans in the early and mid-20th century.