'Brady Bunch' House In Studio City Sells for $3.2 Million

LOS ANGELES, CA — The "Brady Bunch" house in Studio City that served as an exterior for the famed sitcom before its interior was used for HGTV's "A Very Brady Renovation" has sold. The $3.2 million sale price means HGTV took a hit on the deal.

The home was listed for $5.5 million and sat on the market for months until it was sold to Tina Trahan, a historic home enthusiast and the wife of former HBO chief executive Chris Albrecht. HGTV bought the 1950s home for $3.5 million in 2018 when it hit the market for the first time in 50 years.

Trahan told Patch she would not live in the house or rent it out on Airbnb. Instead, she plans to use it for charity.

"I feel you can't gut or renovate the house because then it wouldn't be the Brady house anymore," Trahan told Elmhurst Patch.

"We don't want people having parties there," she said. "If we were to loan it out, it would be more for a daytime situation. I don't want to disturb the neighborhood. I'm keeping it totally Brady. This is 'The Brady Bunch' house."

The Brady Bunch house in Studio City is the second-most photographed home in America behind the White House. It was the subject of a bidding war the last time it hit the market. HGTV won a bidding war with NSYNC's Lance Bass for the house.

HGTV reunited all six Brady kids for its premiere of “A Very Brady Renovation” hosted by Drew and Jonathan Scott, The Property Brothers. The nostalgic project struck a nerve with generations that grew up watching the show, and the premiere of “A Very Brady Renovation” became the highest-rated season premiere in HGTV history.

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The record number of fans who tuned into watch all six Brady kids reunited for HGTV’s premiere of “A Very Brady Renovation” got to see something they never actually saw on the “Brady Bunch” — the Brady kids in the real Brady House. The home's exterior was used for the show's opening, but the interior scenes were shot on a studio set.

HGTV invested $1.9 million into turning the real home into an exact replica of the set. To do that, they had to add a whole second level, expanding the home by 2,000 square feet.

“Standout features in the completed home include the iconic floating staircase, the burnt orange-and-avocado green kitchen, the kids’ Jack-n-Jill bathroom and a backyard with a swing set, teeter totter and Tiger’s dog house,” HGTV said in a written release.

The real estate listing's 31 pictures just have to be seen to be believed. From the office where Mike Brady drew up his architecture plans, to the backyard where Peter accidentally broke Marcia's nose with an errant football, to the bunkbeds Peter and Bobby shared to the front entry where jealous Jan shouted "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia," every detail is painstakingly replicated.

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A portion of the proceeds from the sale will go to help provide up to 250,000 meals for Turn Up! Fight Hunger, an initiative that helps kids living with hunger in the U.S. through No Kid Hungry, according to HGTV.

The home sale includes many of its contents, including customized pieces such as the green floral living room couch and the credenza with a 3-D printed horse sculpture, according to HGTV.
Click here to see all the pictures of the Brady Bunch house.