Does the Impending Sale of HGTV's "A Very Brady Renovation" Home Mark the End of Era?

A Very Brady Renovation marked the first series to reunite all the Brady kids since 1981amp8217s The Brady Girls Get Married and fans lapped it up to the tune of 28 million viewers making it one of the most successful series in the network39s history When the home originally hit the market in July of 2018 it was the first time in 50 years the thenowners had done so Purchased in 1973 for 61K the threebedroom twobathroom home was originally listed for 1885M and drew major interest from potential buyers like Lance Bass of Namp8217Sync fame However it was HGTV who would close the deal after a production meeting amp8220A member of our team suggested we purchase itamp8221 revealed HGTV Senior Vice President of Development and Production Loren Ruch during the series amp8220It was one of those lightbulb moments and we knew we had toamp8221 They did so for a cool 35M way over the asking priceThat amp8220lightbulb momentamp8221 turned out pretty well for the network ratingswise and the further 19M invested to turn the original 2500squarefoot splitlevel home into a 4000squarefoot twostory exact replica of the Brady home was money well spent Everyone involved in the series worked tirelessly to meticulously outfit the house in authentic detail sourcing vintage Formica for the kitchen countertops and even going to the extreme of having replica floral fabric and wallpaper custom printed to cover the living room couches and bedroom walls The results were incredible and experiencing them was something you had to do to believe it was actually realBeyond a competition at the seriesamp8217 conclusion to spend a weekend in the house and some organized tours by HGTV the house has since sat under watchful security and gone largely unused Unlike other memorable television homes of yesteryear namely the Bewitched and The Partridge Family homes to name just two located on the Warner Bros Ranch in Burbank itamp8217s doubtful the Brady Bunch house will meet their unfortunate fate Sadly in a recent development expansion both of those home facades recently met a wrecking ball reducing them to rubble With a current 55M listing price it just wouldnamp8217t make sense to destroy another piece of beloved television historyquotWell it39s officially the end of an eraquot wrote Brady Renovation Design and Build Manager Dylan Eastman on his Instagram page amp8220In 2018 we embarked semisecret on a oneofakind renovation that had to match something that only existed in our memories I hope the next owners treat it like we did We were tasked to put Stage 5 inside a house that was half the size and laid out 90 degrees differently Although it39s false to say the two houses had nothing to do with each other it is true that we didnamp8217t inherit what you saw in the show The work we did is beyond description I was codesigning while we built Figuring out the next important item There were terabytes of screengrabs of every object by season and episode so I could figure them out and find them in time It was an honor to work with the Bradys themselves some old friends and many new friendsamp8221Eve Plumb responded in Eastman39s comments quotIt is the most amazing thingquot she concurred quotThank you and everyone involvedquotOn a high note HGTV is planning to use a portion of the sales proceeds to help provide up to 250000 meals foramp160Turn Up Fight Hunger an initiative that helps kids living with hunger in the US throughamp160No Kid Hungryamp160And many of the curated contents including those customized green floral living room couches and the custombuilt credenza with a 3D printed sculpture of the famed Brady horse will be available for sale beginning this monthHGTVamp8217s next pop cultureinspired series Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge premiering in the summer will see a Southern California home transformed into a replica of the iconic toy house inspired by the famed Mattel fashion doll Barbieamp174 Given that home has no real walls that should immensely reduce production costsPhoto credit house and living room Anthony BarceloAll others by Steve GidlowClick the social buttons to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writers

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