HGTV Sells ‘Brady Bunch’ House to Superfan Who Called it the ‘Worst Investment Ever’

The newest owner of the iconic The Brady Bunch home thinks the home’s former owner, the HGTV network, paid too much when it bought the property in 2018 because it didn’t have modern appliances or amenities.

“Nobody’s going to go there and make pork chops and applesauce in that kitchen,” Tina Trahan said The Wall Street Journal. “Anything you would do to make the house livable would take away from what I consider a work of art.”

Trahan, 53, who lives mostly in Bel Air and admits to being a fan of the sitcom, paid $3.2 million for the home in Studio City, Los Angeles, which is about 9 percent less than what HGTV paid for the home in 2018 .

Even at the bargain price, Trahan admitted the purchase was “the worst investment ever” and said she plans to use the property for fundraisers and charity events.

HGTV spent about $2 million renovating the interior of the property to resemble the home from the sitcom. ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty

“No one will live in it,” she said WSJ. “It’s almost like a life-size dollhouse.”

Trahan, who has been married to former HBO executive Chris Albrecht since 2016, claims to be an enthusiast and admirer of the historic home. The Brady Group sitcom and 1995 Brady Bunch movie.

“I thought it was hilarious,” she said of the film WSJ.

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HGTV put the house up for sale in May for $5.5 million.

The network bought the house in 2018 (famously outbidding Lance Bass) for $3.5 million, nearly double its listing price. The iconic facade was used for exterior shots in the sitcom, but its interior scenes were filmed on a sound stage, so the interior of the real house didn’t match what viewers remember. A host of HGTV stars and the six actors who played the Brady kids on the show completely renovated the interiors of the show’s home A very bold renovation.

Tina Trahan is the new owner of “The Brady Bunch”. She is married to former HBO executive Chris Albrecht.

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Maureen McCormick (AKA Marcia Brady) wanted to buy the ‘Brady Bunch’ house, which was later bought by HGTV

Fans saw the famous six Brady siblings – Barry Williams (Greg), Maureen McCormick (Marcia), Christopher Knight (Peter), Eva Plumb (Jan), Mike Lookinland (Bobby) and Susan Olsen (Cindy) – all together for the first time in 15 years and in the house for the first time in nearly 50 years when the final result was announced in a special HGTV series.

Prior to HGTV’s purchase, the home remained in the same family for five decades.

The house, which is estimated to have been built around 1959, now covers more than 5,000 square meters. The famous orange and avocado-green kitchen has been replicated to look exactly as it did in the show. Now with five bedrooms and five bathrooms, HGTV added an additional 3,000 square feet to the home in the form of a second level, according to the home’s listing.

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While WSJ reports that HGTV spent about $2 million renovating the home to resemble it The Brady Group interior, initially the plan was to upgrade the house to the tune of $350,000, according to official city records first released The Blast and obtained from PEOPLE.

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Listing agent Danny Brown of Compass reportedly said WSJ the property has been difficult to price, with HGTV reportedly discussing listing the property between $3 million and $10 million.

“There’s no normal average family that could move there and live in it, so it was almost like selling a fixer-upper,” Brown said. “What can I compare it to, Freddy Krueger’s house on Elm Street or s Home alone House?”

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