The Brady Bunch house is owned by Tina Trahan, an art collector who bought the Studio City property from HGTV in September 2023 for roughly $3.2 million.1Los Angeles Department of City Planning. CHC-2025-5716-HCM 11222 W Dilling Street The split-level home at 11222 Dilling Street, built in 1959, served only as the exterior shot during the show’s original run; everything viewers saw inside was filmed on a soundstage.
Who Tina Trahan Is
Trahan and her husband, former television executive Chris Albrecht, collect iconic real estate. They have also been acquiring floors of Stone Manor, a century-old lakefront estate in Wisconsin.
Trahan has been direct about her intentions for the Dilling Street property. She told the Wall Street Journal she considers the house a piece of artwork rather than an investment, that no one would live in it, and that making the kitchen functional for real cooking would ruin what she treats as a curated exhibit. She has said she plans to use the home for charity and fundraising events. Asked about the financial logic, she compared the purchase to buying fine art: something done out of love for the piece, not expectation of return.
The carrying costs back up that framing. Annual upkeep on a property like this can run one to three percent of its value, and an older home with specialty finishes lands on the higher end. Property taxes, insurance, and the cost of keeping a mid-century television replica presentable all land on an owner collecting no rental income.
How HGTV Came to Sell It
HGTV bought the house in 2018 for $3.5 million after a public bidding war. The network then renovated it on camera for the series A Very Brady Renovation, adding more than 2,000 square feet to the rear of the original 2,500-square-foot structure and bringing the total to about 5,140 square feet.1Los Angeles Department of City Planning. CHC-2025-5716-HCM 11222 W Dilling Street The addition housed the famous floating staircase and upstairs bedrooms that never existed in the actual house. Designers used vintage materials and period-correct details to replicate the show’s orange-and-green interiors, and all six original cast members participated.
HGTV listed the property in May 2023 at $5.5 million. After months on the market, it closed to Trahan for just under $3.2 million, about 9 percent below what the network had paid in 2018. The asking price reflected the renovation investment; the sale price reflected how narrow the buyer pool is for a 5,000-square-foot home decorated as a 1970s sitcom set.
The McCallister Family’s 45 Years
Before the media attention, the house was a regular family home. George and Violet McCallister bought it in 1973 for $61,000, while The Brady Bunch was still on the air. They kept it for nearly five decades, preserving the exterior much as it looked when Paramount’s cameras first captured it in 1969.
After both McCallisters died, their children listed the home in 2018 at $1,885,000. The listing triggered a flood of offers. HGTV’s winning $3.5 million bid nearly doubled the asking price and effectively moved the property out of the private-residence market for good.
What Protects the House Now
On March 4, 2026, the Los Angeles City Council designated the Brady Bunch house a Historic-Cultural Monument under case number CHC-2025-5716-HCM.1Los Angeles Department of City Planning. CHC-2025-5716-HCM 11222 W Dilling Street
The designation has practical weight. Historic-Cultural Monument status in Los Angeles means any proposed exterior alterations, demolition, or significant changes have to go through a city review process. For a property whose value rests on looking exactly like it did on television, that protection matters. It also means a future owner cannot simply tear down the house and redevelop the 12,571-square-foot lot, which in Studio City would otherwise be a tempting move.1Los Angeles Department of City Planning. CHC-2025-5716-HCM 11222 W Dilling Street
Can You Visit?
The house sits on a quiet residential block in Studio City. Trahan has set up “The Brady Experience,” a program offering limited visits to the property. Access can be requested through the program’s website or through the ticketing platform Bucketlisters, though availability is limited and nothing is guaranteed on a given day.
Most fans simply view the facade from the public sidewalk. Photographing a home’s exterior from public property is constitutionally protected, but the surrounding homes belong to neighbors with no connection to the show. Staying on the sidewalk, keeping visits brief, and avoiding large groups or professional equipment are basic courtesy. Los Angeles requires filming permits for commercial production on public property, and the city treats unpermitted commercial shoots as a misdemeanor.