Brady Bunch house is up for sale, listed by HGTV in Studio City LA

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• The “Schitt’s Creek” mansion in Toronto is for sale (again). But you’d need Rose family money to afford it
• ‘Worst investment ever’: fan buys Brady Bunch house for $3.2m – 42% under asking price
• In the end, HGTV closed the deal.
• Nix the oven? A skinny fridge? Tips on designing a tiny kitchen in your ADU
• What would the real ‘Brady Bunch’ house architect make of HGTV’s ‘Very Brady Renovation’?

In 1994, “Brady Bunch” creator Sherwood Schwartz told The Times that the show’s producers chose the house on Dilling Street because it “fit a place an architect would live.” The HGTV renovation pretty much assures the exact opposite. Pulling double duty, The Fords also created the family room, concentrating on the ‘70s-style wood paneling and plaid-patterned daybeds. Knight and Plumb stepped in when it was time to search for additional furnishing, like the chairs. The final detail was contributed by Plumb, who painted her own versions of the street scenes that were seen on the show.

The “Schitt’s Creek” mansion in Toronto is for sale (again). But you’d need Rose family money to afford it

Although the house was built in 1959, every room has a retro vibe⁠—just in case you couldn't tell from the bedroom. But the house he built at Dilling St. (what’s left of it), to some degree, tells the story of architecture at midcentury. The Times didn’t write much about Londelius during his lifetime (barring a few notices of his involvement in professional organizations and an announcement that he was designing a beauty salon in Sherman Oaks). Nor did the paper run an obituary when he died; that fell to the Chicago Tribune, which published a very short brief.

‘Worst investment ever’: fan buys Brady Bunch house for $3.2m – 42% under asking price

After spending the summer on the market, the Studio City property just closed escrow. Historic-home enthusiast Tina Trahan, whose husband, Chris Albrecht, was once chief executive of HBO, scooped up the sitcom gem for $3.2 million. Eklund|Gomes real estate agents Marcy Roth and Fredrik Eklund represented Trahan in the purchase. It took a grueling seven months to transform the home, including adding over 2,000 square feet to the back of the home to account for each room.

In the end, HGTV closed the deal.

Its 90-minute premiere, on September 9, showcased the start of the home's renovation, and it's ridiculously spot-on—down to the seesaw in the backyard and the horse statue in the entryway. In the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, The Brady Bunch made viewers involuntarily hum its insanely catchy theme song, and nearly 50 years later, the iconic show has stirred up nostalgic feelings with HGTV's A Very Brady Renovation. In August 2018, HGTV purchased the house—located at Dilling Street in Studio City, California through Douglas Elliman Real Estate—and fully transformed it into a replica of the original TV set that once stood at Paramount Studios. Though they are seen hammering and painting at high speeds when the show fast-forwards through construction scenes. There are, presumably, a lot of people on the screen, because it required 9,000 hours of work to transform the two-bedroom, split-level house in Studio City into the four-bedroom, two-story house with a den familiar to viewers of the show.

The network bought the property in 2019 for $3.5 million and spent almost $2 million in renovations to gussy up the house for its series, “A Very Brady Renovation,” hosted by Drew and Jonathan Scott. Its entire conceit rests on transforming the house on Dilling Street — whose interiors in no way match the interiors that Paramount designed on its soundstage — into the home that viewers know from the show. Indeed, the house is filled with iconic mid century furniture, including avocado green Knoll-style Tulip chairs and a pedestal table in the kitchen with a matching refrigerator, low slung credenzas, and the Mondrianesque paneled screen above the staircase. Built in 1959 with Late Modernist architecture, the house was used only for exterior shots during the sitcom’s five-season run from 1969 to 1974, followed by decades of syndication that cemented the mixed family of eight in the annals of American pop culture.

After months on the market, 'The Brady Bunch' house sells for $3.2 million

Redfin shows similar-sized homes in the same zip code ranging from $2.2 million to $7.8 million, so if a completely updated, state-of-the-art look combined with '70s design are what you’re into, the price isn’t too bad. 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 set’s rooms and 1970s decor — down to the 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 5,140-square-foot interior, which has five bedrooms and five bathrooms. HGTV will use a portion of the proceeds from the sale for 250,000 meals for Turn Up!

And over a year later, on September 9, 2019, A Very Brady Renovation officially premiered on HGTV, bringing in a whopping 8.1 million viewers for its first episode—an all-time record for the network. Each week, the limited TV series focuses on different spaces within The Brady Bunch house, worked on by a different combination of Brady kids and HGTV stars—culminating to incredible reveals. By the final episode, HGTV viewers will see the entire house unveiled with all its ‘70s charm. The same episode also featured the construction of the Brady's signature avocado green-and-orange kitchen.

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What would the real ‘Brady Bunch’ house architect make of HGTV’s ‘Very Brady Renovation’?

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. In 2018, HGTV looked to meld the two realities and bought the house at Dilling St. for nearly double the original asking price. The channel outbid Hollywood celebrities, including former ’N Sync member Lance Bass.

The five-bedroom, five-bathroom Los Angeles suburbs home was listed for $5.5 million by HGTV, which bought the property in 2018. In 2019, the network launched its series, "A Very Brady Renovation," to show the home's transformation. HGTV stars, like Drew and Jonathan Scott of The Property Brothers, took part in completing the flipping of the home.

It’s impossible to know what Londelius would make of the home’s current fate — as the centerpiece of HGTV’s latest reality show, “A Very Brady Renovation,” which debuted earlier this month, the highest-rated premiere in the network’s history. The Good Bones hosts built the bathroom with a tub, small-scale yellow tiles, and added a toilet⁠—not originally seen in the sitcom 'cause it was the '70s. 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. Trahan’s real estate agent, Marcy Roth at Douglas Elliman, told the Wall Street Journal that she thought Trahan was joking when she said she wanted to buy it.

Before HGTV bought the home in 2018, NSYNC singer Lance Bass reportedly bid on the famous house and thought he had initially won the bid. “This whole show is filled with so much love,” Maureen McCormick, who played Marcia, told TODAY in 2019. Wood paneling and furniture was extremely popular during the era of "The Brady Bunch," and a lot of it was installed in the house for the final reveal. Wood paneling has made a comeback in today's homes, but with different hues and stains for a gentler look.

So HGTV enlisted the help of viewers to help find authentic 1970s artifacts that were in good condition, taking the designers on a cross-country search for items. The house wasn't used for interior shots during the show's filming, meaning that HGTV was going to have to renovate a house that never included things like the iconic stairway in order to project the Brady look. According to the Wall Street Journal, the sale is $2.3 million less than the $5.5 million asking price by HGTV when the home went on the market in May.