My fellow Gen X’ers, do I have a story for you. Somebody, quick, go ring the Gen X alarm. Remember our after-school ritual? We would get home, let ourselves in, grab a snack, and turn on the TV until a parent got home at which point we were banished to our rooms to do homework. In that all-important lineup was The Brady Bunch.
You remember the story, a mixed family, six kids, Mike and Carol, a live-in maid named Alice, their dog, Tiger, and many, many innocent hijinks. Well, the home that was used as the establishing shot at the beginning of every episode hit the market this week and let me tell you, it is glorious.
Here’s a Story, About The House of Brady
Back in 2018, a bidding war ensued when the “Brady” house, located at 11222 Dilling Street, North Hollywood, California, was put on the market and HGTV won the war by plunking down $3.5 million. The new asking price is $5.5 million and it is worth every single penny. Let me tell you why.
Investing $1.9 million, HGTV not only restored the exterior of the home to reflect the way it looked in that establishing shot but they meticulously rebuilt the interior of the home to look just like what we watched religiously on those weekday afternoons.
Hollywood Make-Believe Made Real
Recreating the interior of the Brady house was no small feat since the original home did not have a second floor and the layout of the first floor was completely different.
The person HGTV hired to do this renovation should have a statue in their honor, carved by hand, and put on display at the Museum of Natural History’s Entertainment section.
Another incredible example of the work done to recreate this masterpiece of a home is in the kitchen.
The free-floating staircase is sensational. They even 3D-printed a replica of the horse statue that was always on the credenza in front of the stairs.
When HGTV added the second floor, the square footage increased to 5,140. The home now has a total of five bedrooms and five bathrooms. The bedrooms are equally on point.
Remember Greg’s groovy attic bedroom?
Here you go, baby! They have left out nothing.
While HGTV has no doubt gotten its money back on its investment through the four-series program they did as they were working on this home as well as other TV specials using this home, they have earned the asking price of $5.5 million.
To the Gen X’er who buys this masterpiece of pop culture history, remember to invite the rest of over when you get a chance. We will bring the snacks.
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