The Brady Bunch house in Studio City is said to be the most photographed house in America, after the White House.

(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

'Brady Bunch' house in Studio City sells for $3.2 million, more than $2 million below May list price

Emily St. Martin

Sept. 11, 2023

The "Brady Bunch" house, renovated by HGTV, has sold for more than $2 million

below

asking price.

After spending the summer on the market, the Studio City property just closed escrow. Historic home enthusiast Tina Trahan,

husband

Chris Albrecht

was

scooped up the

sitcom gem for $3.2 million.

In May,

for $3.5 million in 2018

.

As to why HGTV accepted an offer more than $2 million below asking (and $300,000 shy of what

paid

in 2018)

Compass Danny Brown, the listing agent on the property, told The Times

"This is a one of kind property which was impossible to comp. This is not a home anyone would ever live in

"We felt the property was worth about $3M - $3.5M and thats exactly where it landed because there are no intellectual property rights that are included in the sale

uilt in 1959 with Late Modernist architecture, the house was

used

for exterior shots

the sitcoms five-season run from 1969 to 1974, followed by decades of syndication

the mixed family of eight in

American pop culture.

When HGTV bought the home,

interior bore no resemblance to the

audiences watched the

Scenes shot inside the Brady residence were filmed on sets

at Paramount Studios in Hollywood

.

In 2018, HGTV looked to meld the two realities and bought the house at 11222 Dilling St. for for $3.5 million

nearly double the original asking price. The channel outbid Hollywood celebrities,

including former N Sync member Lance Bass.

The network spent

$1.9 million to

re

create the

home where America came to know Mike, Carol, Greg, Marcia, Peter, Jan, Bobby and Cindy Brady. HGTV

added a second story to accommodate

the rooms

seen in the show.

HGTV documented the process on A Very Brady Renovation, which featured the six actors who played the Brady children. The cast, alongside HGTV hosts Drew and Jonathan Scott

worked to gut the house while the crew painstakingly reproduced the sets rooms and 1970s decor

down to

cabinet hardware. The online listing for the

house invited buyers to own a piece of pop culture history

and showed images of its detailed and polished

square-foot interior, which

five bedrooms and

bathrooms.

HGTV said the home came equipped with 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.

"HGTV spent about $5.5M+ purchasing and gutting the house which is why we listed it at $5.5M even though we knew it was an aspirational list price," Brown

"By the way, HGTV did fine making revenue on 'The Very Brady Renovation' show and several other ancillary revenue streams. As for my brother from another

Lance Bass, perhaps third time's the charm?"