A new family will be sitting down to pork chops and applesauce at the house that TV fans know as the Brady Bunch home.
HGTV, which bought the Los Angeles home in 2018, has sold the property for $3.2 million to a superfan of the program. (The house served as the exterior in the show, but the show itself was shot on a sound stage.)
That amount is nothing to sneeze at, but it’s a little more than $250,000 less than the network paid for the house originally.
Tina Trahan, wife of former HBO CEO Chris Albrecht, was the buyer. She describes herself as a fan of the show and movies and told the Wall Street Journal she plans to use the house for fundraising and charitable events.
HGTV’s original asking price for the house, built in 1959, was $5.5 million. The roughly 2,500-square-foot home, located at 11222 Dilling St. in Studio City, sits on a 12,500-square-foot lot in a residential district and borders the Los Angeles River. While it certainly had a 1970s decor when it was last on the market, HGTV amped that up, renovating the home so its interior reflects what viewers of the show would expect when they walk inside. (That was all showcased in a reality show called A Very Brady Renovation.)
Not included in that update? Modern appliances, making it a tough house for people to call home today.
The house was listed for just $1.885 million in 2018, but HGTV found itself in a bidding war with NYSNC singer Lance Bass, which drove the price much higher. The last time it was sold before that, in 1973, it went for just $61,000.