>you will never build a 10 room home for $7k
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Any idea what year this is from?
I wanna calculate it in today's money.
>>71067782
>Price does not include cement , brick or plaster
what a scam
>>71067927
1922
>>71067927
They advertised them between 1908 and 1940. My guess would be the late 20s. Bigger homes wouldn't have been as popular in the depression.
>>71067927
1918-1922 it was offered by Sears
http://www.searshomes.org/index.php/tag/magnolia-kit-home/
>>71067927
Around 1920, somewhere around $83,000
>>71068109
>$88,703.71
>>71067927
$91,964 today
>Sears will never be good again
This is a worse feel. They used to sell everything from handguns and rifles to opium and pre-fab houses.
>>71068305
I have a cheap .22 from them actually
>>71068287
That's still really good
>>71068215
>>71068287
>>71068288
Why the fuck does buying something similar today cost 5 times as much as the 1922 value in consideration of inflation. That is just fucking stupid.
>>71068650
Notice the price of the home does not include cement, brick, and plaster. Also there are several other factors to consider about buying homes back then, such as the lack of homeowners insurance, lack of zoning laws, and the fact that not many people were making the ki d of money to be able to buy this kind of home back then.
>>71068596
$90,000 in wood alone, with no stone, brick, or plaster is not "really good." Typical margins on new constructions are 25% for materials. Add labor and the rest of the shit you actually need and it's a $400,000+ build.
Inflation is a bitch.
