L.a. City Council Declares The 'brady Bunch' House A Historic Landmark

Here’s nan story…of really a seemingly non-descript location successful nan San Fernando Valley turned into an L.A. landmark.

The L.A. City Council voted to designate nan “Brady Bunch” location arsenic a historic-cultural monument connected Wednesday, enshrining nan Studio City Midcentury arsenic a portion of nan city’s history.

“Long earlier it became a pop‑culture visit tract and backdrop for countless photograph ops, nan Brady Bunch House helped style America’s imagination of family life successful nan precocious 1960s and early ’70s — particularly nan thought of a blended family,” said Adrian Scott Fine, president of nan L.A. Conservancy. “We’re thrilled to spot it now designated arsenic a Historic-Cultural Monument, ensuring nan Brady Bunch — and their iconic location — stay portion of Los Angeles’ story.”

The Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission unanimously voted to urge nan house, located astatine 11222 Dilling St. successful Studio City, arsenic a landmark connected Jan. 15. The Planning and Land Use Commission approved nan nickname a period later, sending last opportunity to nan City Council.

“I look guardant to seeing this memorialized successful nan due measurement arsenic portion of San Fernando Valley tv history,” Councilmember Adin Nazarian said during nan Planning meeting.

The landmark status protects nan location from demolition, but doesn’t prohibit it. If nan proprietor ever wants to destruct nan home, nan Cultural Heritage Commission tin hold nan process for up to a twelvemonth to find preservation solutions. The committee besides gets much oversight connected projected alterations.

“The Brady Bunch” was filmed successful a workplace for nan entirety of its iconic tally from 1969 to 1974. So really does a location that was simply for exterior shots upwind up arsenic a landmark?

Through painstaking renovations and a spot of reality TV magic.

The location was built successful 1959 by designer Harry M. Londelius, who gave nan modern ranch a shingle roof, cathedral ceilings and heaps of Palos Verdes stone. After starring successful nan show, nan location became a awesome for Southern California’s suburban, single-family charm.

For decades, it was owned by Violet and George McCallister, who bought it for $61,000 successful 1973. Once they died, their children sold it successful 2018 for $3.5 cardinal — astir doubly nan original ask.

The bloated waste value was nan consequence of a bidding war, arsenic offers poured successful from TV enthusiasts and celebrities, including ‘N Sync’s Lance Bass. In nan end, cablegram web HGTV emerged arsenic nan winner.

The transmission had large plans for nan property, announcing a $1.9-million remodel that would recreate nan interiors precisely really they looked successful nan show. The full process was documented successful a four-part miniseries titled “A Very Brady Renovation.”

The show featured nan actors who played nan Brady kids taking sledgehammers to nan interiors while “Property Brothers” stars Drew and Jonathan Scott reshaped nan surviving spaces.

An wrong look astatine nan “Brady Bunch” location successful Studio City.

(Ryan Lahiff for Eklund | Gomes)

The last consequence was a adjacent picture-perfect replica of nan Brady abode: nan floating staircase, nan groovy orangish room counters, moreover nan celebrated vase destroyed by a stray hoops during a celebrated episode. (“She ever says don’t play shot successful nan house.”) To make abstraction for nan throwback bedrooms, nan unit added 2,000 quadrate feet to nan rear of nan house, arsenic good arsenic a 2nd communicative — which they hid from nan thoroughfare by lowering nan foundation by a foot.

The renewal astir doubled nan quadrate footage, featuring 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms crossed much than 5,000 quadrate feet.

After nan miniseries, HGTV took a bath connected nan sale. They flipped it for $3.2 cardinal successful 2023 — $300,000 little than they paid for it 5 years earlier and $2 cardinal little than nan asking price.

The location was bought by historic-home enthusiast Tina Trahan and her hubby Chris Elbrecht, erstwhile main executive of HBO. It came pinch a fewer Brady-themed furnishings throw-ins specified arsenic a greenish floral sofa and credenza complete pinch a 3-D printed equine sculpture.

Fans still flock to nan location to return photos from nan street, but Trahan and Elbrecht opened it to nan public for nan first clip successful November, offering a constricted tally of tours for $275.