Fire Stamped Out At The 'The Money Pit' Movie House In Lattingtown

LATTINGTOWN, NY — The Lattingtown house that stood in for the eponymous "The Money Pit" in the 1986 Tom Hanks and Shelley Long comedy had a garage fire last week. The Locust Valley Fire Department responded to the fire on Dec. 6, and, along with firefighters from Bayville, Oyster Bay, East Norwich, Glen Cove and Glenwood, were able to quickly extinguish the flames.

The fire was in the home's five-car detached garage. The Locust Valley Fire Department reported that the fire "was quickly knocked down and placed under control" in 30 minutes, after the firefighters arrived around 4 p.m.

19 Feeks Lane, also known as Northway, is an eight-bedroom estate originally owned by Olympic Gold Medalist and sailor Eric Ridder. It sold for $3.5 million in 2019, reduced from a 2014 $12.5 million initial listing.

The 14,000-square foot house sits on over five acres in the Village of Lattingtown, and was used for exterior scenes in the 1986 film. The plot follows a couple as they attempt to renovate a "country home," and as costs skyrocket, so do the tensions in their relationship.

The real-life couple who renovated the home told the New York Times in 2014 that they could have made a sequel to the 1986 movie, after hiring 30 people to fix it up and spending at least $5.9 million in the process.

No injuries were reported in the December fire.