HGTV Sells ‘Brady Bunch’ House to Superfan Who Called it the ‘Worst Investment Ever’

"No one is going in there to make pork chops and applesauce in that kitchen," Tina Trahan said of her new 'Brady Bunch' home

The newest owner of the iconic Brady Bunch home thinks the house's former owner, the HGTV network, paid too much money when it purchased the property in 2018 because it didn't have modern appliances or conveniences.

“No one is going in there to make pork chops and applesauce in that kitchen," Tina Trahan told The Wall Street Journal. "Anything you might do to make the house livable would take away from what I consider artwork.”

Trahan, 53, who lives primarily in Bel Air and admits to being a fan of the sitcom, paid $3.2 million for the house located in Studio City, Los Angeles, which is about 9 percent less than HGTV paid for the home in 2018.

Even at the bargain price, Trahan admitted the purchase was “the worst investment ever” and said she plans to use the property for fundraising and charitable events.

“Nobody is going to live in it,” she told the WSJ. “It’s almost like a life-size dollhouse."

Trahan, who has been married to former HBO chief executive Chris Albrecht since 2016, claims to be a historic home enthusiast and fan of The Brady Bunch sitcom and 1995’s The Brady Bunch Movie.

“I thought that was hilarious,” she said of the movie, per the WSJ.

HGTV listed the house for sale in May for $5.5 million.

The network bought the home In 2018, (famously outbidding Lance Bass) for $3.5 million, almost double the listing price. The iconic facade was used for exterior shots on the sitcom, but its interior scenes had been filmed on a soundstage, so the inside of the real house didn't match what viewers remember. A slew of HGTV stars and the six actors who played the Brady kids in the series completely renovated the interiors of the home on the series A Very Brady Renovation.

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Fans saw the famous six Brady siblings — Barry Williams (Greg), Maureen McCormick (Marcia), Christopher Knight (Peter), Eve Plumb (Jan), Mike Lookinland (Bobby) and Susan Olsen (Cindy) — all back together for the first time in 15 years and in the house for the first time in nearly 50 years when the final result was revealed on the HGTV special series.

Prior to HGTV's purchase, the home had remained within the same family for five decades.

The house, which is estimated to have been built around 1959, now spans more than 5,000 square feet. The famous orange and avocado-green kitchen has been replicated to appear exactly as it did in the series. Now with five bedrooms and five bathrooms, HGTV added an additional 3,000 square feet to the home in the form of a second level, according to the home's listing.

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While WSJ reports that HGTV spent about $2 million renovating the home to resemble The Brady Bunch interior set, initially the plan was to upgrade the home to the tune of $350,000, according to official city records first reported by The Blast and obtained by PEOPLE.

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Listing agent Danny Brown of Compass reportedly told the WSJ the property was difficult to price, and HGTV reportedly debated listing the property between $3 million and $10 million.

“There’s no normal average family that could move in there and live in it, so it was almost like you were selling a fixer,” Brown said. “What am I going to compare it to, the Freddy Krueger house on Elm Street or the Home Alone house?”

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