HGTV sells ‘Brady Bunch’ house for $3.2M

That’s the way this listing became off the market.

A lovely lady fan has purchased the California home that famously served as the exterior for a famed family’s house on “The Brady Bunch.”

The property, which former owner HGTV put up for sale this May, initially listed for $5.5 million.

Its new owner, 53-year-old historic home enthusiast Tina Trahan, paid $3.2 million for the Los Angeles abode, which she plans to use for fundraising, the Wall Street Journal first reported. 

“Nobody is going to live in it,” Trahan, who is married to former HBO chief executive Chris Albrecht, told the publication. “No one is going in there to make pork chops and applesauce in that kitchen. Anything you might do to make the house livable would take away from what I consider artwork.”

Seller HGTV bought the iconic Studio City compound in 2018, when it hit the market for the first time since 1973 and became subject to a bidding war that included Lance Bass. 

HGTV eventually paid $3.5 million for the 11222 Dilling St. property, and then another $1.9 million transforming its interior into a replica of the home on the beloved sitcom, the interior scenes from which were filmed on a Paramount Studios stage. 

(The renovation involved adding a second story in order to recreate the living room from the home shown in the show — and appeared on the 2019 series “A Very Brady Renovation.”)

The exterior of the home, which appeared on screen.
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The living area.
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A wide view of the layout.
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A still from season 1 of “The Brady Bunch.”
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The boys’ bedroom.
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The girls’ bedroom.
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The kitchen with period appliances.
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The interiors were filmed on a stage, but the real-life house had its interior remodeled to resemble the set.
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Despite the changes and its uniqueness, Trahan told the Journal that the Brady house’s starting ask was far too much considering the five-bedroom lacks modern appliances or conveniences. 

“There’s no normal average family that could move in there and live in it, so it was almost like you were selling a fixer,” Compass agent Danny Brown noted to the outlet. (Marcy Roth and Fredrik Eklund of The Eklund | Gomes Team at Douglas Elliman repped the buyer.) “What am I going to compare it to, the Freddy Krueger house on Elm Street or the ‘Home Alone’ house?”

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