The Brady Bunch House Sells for $2 3 Million, Below Ask Price

Table Of Content

• HGTV paid $3.5M to buy The Brady Bunch house in 2018
• Tornadoes leave trail of destruction as 4 injured, hundreds of homes damaged
• Homeless encampments are on the ballot in Arizona. Could California, other states follow?
• If you were around to watch the show, which aired from 1969 to 1974, then you'll recognize the staircase.
• HGTV’s Brady Bunch house renovation series: A Very Brady Renovation brought the house back to its glory days
• You can now live in 'The Brady Bunch' house for nearly $2 million

To hold you over until next fall, take a room-by-room tour of how the property appeared on TV, and what it looks like now. The Brady Bunch takes place in Los Angeles, and the home was chosen to be the Brady family home as producers thought it looked middle-class. Originally built in 1959 with Late Modernist architecture, the house was used for exterior shots throughout the show’s five-season run from 1969 to 1974, followed by decades of syndication, cementing the mixed family of eight in pop culture. The building would become what is known as the second-most photographed home in America, behind the White House. While the show's interior house scenes were shot on a soundstage, HGTV bought the property in 2018 and rebuilt it to replicate the set from the 1970s sitcom.

HGTV paid $3.5M to buy The Brady Bunch house in 2018

The house, which was purchased by Tina Trahan for $3.2 million in September 2023, was designed to look like an exact replica of The Brady Bunch set. Photos of the North Hollywood, California, property will bring nostalgia to loyal fans of the ABC sitcom. Located in Studio City, California, the home served as the exterior of the house in The Brady Bunch. In 2019, the network invested $1.9 million to transform the home as part of its series A Very Brady Renovation. On it, hosts Drew and Jonathan Scott worked with the cast members who played the six Brady kids to make the interiors look like the sets on the show.

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“This whole show is filled with so much love,” Maureen McCormick, who played Marcia, told TODAY in 2019. She said she plans to use the home for gatherings, like fundraisers and charity events. According to The Wall Street Journal, Tina Trahan, who is a fan of "The Brady Bunch" sitcom and the 1995 movie, is the new homeowner. "It’s crazy walking in feeling like it’s Stage 5 at Paramount," McCormick added. They even outsourced through fans to find rare items that were on display in the house.

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In 2019, standing outside Dilling St where a staggering renovation of The Brady Bunch house was now complete, Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti officially recognized May 23rd as ‘Brady Bunch day’. A man named Brady might have been busy with three boys of his own but he still managed to carve out enough time to build the dream ’70s family home. These are the real deal, with a stone-for-stone match achieved by projecting the image onto the wall and then tracing it. The split-level home’s first set of stairs, located by the front door, was scrapped and replaced by these floating beauties.

The first challenge was how to transform the house, a split-level ranch, into the two-story abode seen on TV. To add an upper floor while preserving the look of the facade — nothing could be visible over the roofline — crews dug down behind the nearly 2,500-square-foot house and built a 2,000-square-foot addition that held the bedrooms. To get interiors right, a research team analyzed each episode to determine everything from color palettes to placement of furniture. “There were no architectural plans left, so they had to figure out the perspectives and the scale by looking at the show,” says Plumb.

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If you were around to watch the show, which aired from 1969 to 1974, then you'll recognize the staircase.

All six original Brady kids also made appearances on the show—their first time reuniting in years—to lend a hand (and knowledgable eye) to the redesign. "It was strange being the 2nd floor because our bedroom was really on the other side on the ground floor of the set," said Mike Lookinland, who played Bobby Brady. Jasmine Roth, Karen E Laine, Mina Starsiak Hawk, Leanne Ford, Steve Ford and Lara Spencer were also brought in to help transform every room of the house. In addition to bringing in talented HGTV design experts to transform the residence into a ’70s-style haven, former cast members of The Brady Bunch also lent a hand. Barry Williams, Maureen McCormick, Christopher Knight, Eve Plumb, Mike Lookinland and Susan Olsen all appeared in the seven-episode reality program.

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With exactly eight chairs at the dining room table (sorry, Alice!), the Brady's dining set on "The Brady Bunch" coordinated with the kitchen and was the focal point of many family discussions worked into the various episode plots. Lighter wood hues paired with brightly colored cushions was a popular look for 1970s families. Forget Alexa, because 1970s homes like the Brady's had a groovy intercom system throughout — another tough find for the designers in today's world of wireless devices. The Brady Bunch was filmed all over the city, as well as in the city’s Paramount Studios which is located on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. "Was in the area and swung by to snap a photo in front of the house. It looked just like it did on the show - far out!" one fan of the home said on Yelp in February. "There was a security guard in a car in the driveway, who was very friendly and told us how close we could get for pictures."

The sofa was one of many furniture pieces that had to be located and restored. Emma Farrow is an experienced copywriter, social media fanatic, and beauty-loving gal. She spends her time forever writing about the lives of super star celebs, reviewing the latest makeup products, or giving us tips on the digital marketing and social media industries. Her blog is currently in progress but give her a follow on Instagram @emmaaafarrow to keep up with her latest happenings.

The online listing for the home notes that "Reportedly it is the 2nd most photographed home in the USA after the White House." The project to transform "The Brady Bunch" home also reunited six original cast members, who joked at the time that HGTV paid "WAY too much" for the home. The five-bedroom home is still an absolute dream however and very much exists at 4439 Firment Avenue, Sherman Oaks, California.

Also, as part of the second episode, Good Bones stars Mina Starsiak Hawk and Karen E Laine tackled three rooms—the boys’ room, the girls’ room, and the Jack and Jill bathroom. This time, Olsen was paired up with Lookinland and the two went thrift shopping. They were successful in finding a red lamp and blue drums for the boys’ room. Barry Williams, who helped do the restoration, said he hopes viewers of "A Very Brady Renovation" will get "an experience of what this house represented." Finding a 1970s couch was one of the challenges the designers had to overcome. Since the couch was in so many scenes over the years, viewers would instantly know if it wasn't correct.

Leanne and Steve Ford, who star in Restored By the Fords, will be in charge of the kitchen, according to People. The living room might be one of the most difficult parts of the house to redo. The gathering place in the show had a staircase descending into the room, but in the actual Brady house, there isn't one. The home is more than 5,000 square feet and sits on a 12,000-square-foot lot with citrus trees. Sharon is a writer and contributor at Better Homes & Gardens, where she writes, edits, and updates content on the website, refreshing recipes and articles about home design, holiday planning, gardening, and other topics.

Today’s building code required the addition of plexiglass panels for safety. The room that belonged to Jan, Marcia, and Cindy will be designed by Karen E. Laine, Mina Starsiak Hawk, and Susan Olsen, who played Cindy, People reports. Although the Property Brothers are renovation pros, Drew and Jonathan might feel a little pressure with their important tasks.

Mike and Carol Brady's bedroom on "The Brady Bunch" was one of a few different bedrooms the designers were responsible for recreating. Heading back to the days of quilts, large lampshades, and wooden nightstands, pieces of this bedroom are classic enough to be used in a room today paired with modern stylings. The Brady's kitchen was classic 1970s all the way with orange countertops and green cabinets. This groovy design was fun for HGTV's designers to replicate with its bright and cheerful colors. Props like the Brady family's tan rotary phone needed to be located and restored.

Soon, people at LA charity events might be able to get their own glimpse of the home if the new owner follows through on her plans. The housekeeper and honorary Brady family member, Alice, would have looked right at home in this kitted-out kitchen. "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." Trahan, who told the Journal the house was "the worst investment ever," said she felt the home was overpriced as nobody was going to live in a home with outdated and retro appliances, but saw the home as a work of art. HGTV, which purchased the home for $3.5 million in 2018, had to settle for a figure that was $2.3 million less than its initial listing and about 9% less than what it originally paid for the home, The Wall Street Journal reported. "As for Lance Bass, my brother from another mother, perhaps third time's a charm?" Brown said of the singer and podcast host's dream to own the classic home.