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Who can forget the hilarious 1986 comedy “The Money Pit”? It really tends to pop-in-mind every time someone mentions buying a cheap house. The Money Pit directed by Richard Benjamin stars Tom Hanks and Shelley Long. Attorney Walter Fielding (Tom Hanks) and his classical musician girlfriend, Anna Crowley (Shelley Long) are told they need to vacate the apartment they are subletting from Anna's ex-husband, Max Beissart (Alexander Godunov), who has just returned early from Europe. Through an unscrupulous realtor friend, Walter learns about a million dollar distress sale mansion on the market for a mere $200,000. He and Anna meet the owner, Estelle (Maureen Stapleton), who claims she must sell it quickly because her husband, Carlos (John van Dreelen), has been arrested and so they decide to buy it. From the moment Walter and Anna take possession of the house, it quickly begins to fall apart. Amongst other problems, the entire front door frame rips out of the wall, the main staircase collapses, the plumbing is full of gunk, the electrical system catches fire, the bathtub crashes through the floor, the chimney collapses, and a raccoon is living in the dumbwaiter. Contractors Art (Joe Mantegna) and Brad Shirk (Carmine Caridi) are called in as the only construction company who is willing to take on the work and who tear the house to pieces while Shirks assuring the couple that the work will take "two weeks". The repair work, however, continues for a grueling four months. Due to the stress of the renovations their relationship becomes more and more hostile and in a rare moment of agreement, they vow to sell the house once it is restored and split the proceeds but end up living happily ever after. Cheap houses Kansas City, however, even if they do need a repair or two don’t always mean that they are “a money pit”, quite the contrary; more often than not to Buy Cheap House Kansas City turns out to be the opportunity of a lifetime. Especially in this day and age when most houses are being sold for a fraction of pre-crisis prices cheap houses Kansas City could be exactly what you are looking for. When you buy cheap house Kansas City you have the opportunity to purchase a bigger house in a better neighborhood or a larger property than you had originally budgeted for. The key to choosing the right cheap house for you is to make sure that there are no hidden expenses. It is best to have the house evaluated by a professional, preferably someone who has nothing to gain from the sale going through. Such an evaluation will ensure that the house is in fact in the condition being described by the owners. What an evaluator will look for mainly is the condition of the electrical wiring, the plumbing and the infrastructure which tend to be the most costly and time consuming of renovations that Cheap Houses Kansas City may need. Hiring an evaluator will prevent you living out scenes from the movie and regretting buying a cheap house.
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