‘Worst investment ever’: fan buys Brady Bunch house for $3.2m

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Studio City home used for exterior shots in the famed sitcom was recently renovated to also look like the Brady house inside

The Los Angeles house that stood in for the home in The Brady Bunch has sold for US$3.2m , 42% below the $5.5m asking price.

The 1959 Studio City property was used as the exterior of the Brady family home from 1969 when the sitcom began until it finished in 1974, with all the interiors filmed on a sound stage. The former single-storey home had an extra floor added to match the interior of the Brady Bunch home.When the former owner died after living at the property for nearly 50 years, it was sold in 2018 for $3.5m to television network HGTV – havingFor a TV show titled A Very Brady Renovation, the network renovated the interiors to look exactly like the Brady home, with actors from the series, including all six Brady children, assisting with the work.

The renovations, which included adding the famous staircase up to an entirely new second storey, reportedly cost $2m – much more than the initial $350,000 estimate, according to city records

 

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