“The Brady Bunch” superfans higher maintain onto their bell bottoms: The TV household’s retro residence in Studio Metropolis will lastly be accessible to the general public for the primary time.
The double doorways to the midcentury Studio Metropolis residence — made well-known with its look within the beloved Seventies sitcom — will open to followers for 3 days in November because of a restricted occasion by popular culture historian Alison Martino and her Classic Los Angeles. Martino, an on-air host and producer for Spectrum information and the daughter of singer-actor Al Martino, unveiled the “Brady Expertise” on Monday on Fb.
“It’s like stepping again into our childhood! IT IS ASTONISHING and you will notice each single room,” she introduced. “I’ll personally be taking every one in every of you all through the home.”
From Nov. 7 to 9, Martino will information followers who’ve shelled out $275 every by means of the enduring Dilling Avenue property. The occasion is now offered out. Although the house’s facade appeared all through the run of the household sitcom, its inside on the time bore no resemblance to the colourful rooms proven on display. The interiors of the Brady residence had been constructed on units at Paramount Studios in Hollywood.
The well-known abode, initially inbuilt 1959 with late modernist structure, was renovated many years after “The Brady Bunch” resulted in 1974.
HGTV bought the house in 2018 for $3.5 million (greater than twice the asking value) and renovated the inside to match what “Brady Bunch” audiences noticed onscreen. The house renovation community documented that course of in “A Very Brady Renovation,” which featured the celebrities who portrayed the Brady youngsters.
As a part of the renovations, HGTV reproduced the groovy areas from the set within the residence, including a second ground to accommodate the extra rooms. The community offered the house in 2023 for $3.2 million to Tina Trahan, a historic-home fanatic and spouse to former HBO govt Chris Albrecht.
The house, in all its “Brady Bunch” glory, has grow to be “much more groovy with extra outstanding classic decor added,” Martino added in her announcement. She mentioned nothing within the residence can be off limits, permitting followers to “see each element up shut.”
Proceeds for the three-day occasion will profit animal rescue Wags and Walks, a trigger that Martino mentioned Brady household canine “Tiger would positively approve!”
