The “Brady Bunch” home, renovated by HGTV, has offered for greater than $2 million beneath its unique asking value.
After spending the summer time in the marketplace, the Studio Metropolis property simply closed escrow. Historic-home fanatic Tina Trahan, whose husband, Chris Albrecht, was as soon as chief govt of HBO, scooped up the sitcom gem for $3.2 million. Eklund|Gomes actual property brokers Marcy Roth and Fredrik Eklund represented Trahan within the buy.
In Could, after buying the house for $3.5 million in 2018 and overhauling it within the sequence “A Very Brady Renovation,” HGTV listed the groovy digs for $5.5 million.
As to why HGTV accepted a proposal greater than $2 million beneath asking (and $300,000 shy of what it paid in 2018), Compass’ Danny Brown, the itemizing agent on the property, informed The Occasions in an e mail, “This can be a one in all form property which was unimaginable to comp. This isn’t a house anybody would ever stay in.” Savvy traders, he mentioned, perceive that legal guidelines governing short-term leases are “nuanced and restrictive,” limiting the worth of the property for that use.
“We felt the property was value about $3M – $3.5M and that’s precisely the place it landed as a result of there are not any mental property rights which are included within the sale,” Brown mentioned.
Inbuilt 1959 with Late Modernist structure, the home was used just for exterior photographs in the course of the sitcom’s five-season run from 1969 to 1974, adopted by a long time of syndication that cemented the blended household of eight within the annals of American popular culture.
When HGTV purchased the house, its inside bore no resemblance to the place the place audiences watched the Brady youngsters develop up. Scenes shot contained in the Brady residence have been filmed on units constructed on Soundstage 5 at Paramount Studios in Hollywood.
An inside take a look at the “Brady Bunch” home in Studio Metropolis, renovated by HGTV and not too long ago bought for $3.2 million.
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In 2018, HGTV appeared to meld the 2 realities and acquired the home at 11222 Dilling St. for almost double the unique asking value. The channel outbid Hollywood celebrities, together with former ’N Sync member Lance Bass.
The community spent an extra $1.9 million to re-create the TV dwelling the place America got here to know Mike, Carol, Greg, Marcia, Peter, Jan, Bobby and Cindy Brady. HGTV even added a second story to accommodate all of the rooms that have been seen within the present.
HGTV documented the method on “A Very Brady Renovation,” which featured the six actors who performed the Brady youngsters. The forged, alongside HGTV hosts Drew and Jonathan Scott, labored to intestine the home whereas the crew painstakingly reproduced the set’s rooms and Seventies decor — all the way down to the cupboard {hardware}. The web itemizing for the home invited patrons to “personal a bit of popular culture historical past” and confirmed photos of its detailed and polished 5,140-square-foot inside, which has 5 bedrooms and 5 loos.
HGTV mentioned the house got here outfitted with “lots of its contents, together with custom-made items such because the inexperienced floral front room sofa and the credenza with a 3-D printed horse sculpture.”
A peak contained in the “Brady Bunch” dwelling renovated by HGTV.
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“HGTV spent about $5.5M+ buying and gutting the home which is why we listed it at $5.5M despite the fact that we knew it was an aspirational checklist value,” Brown mentioned by way of e mail. “By the best way, HGTV did effective making income on ‘[A] Very Brady Renovation’ present and several other different ancillary income streams. As for my brother from one other, Lance Bass, maybe third time’s the attraction?”
Occasions employees author Jonah Valdez contributed to this report.
