Inside the Brady Bunch House, Studio City's Newest LA Landmark
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On March 4, 2026, the Los Angeles City Council made the Brady Bunch House a Historic-Cultural Monument. Here is what the designation protects, and why a 1959 split-level on Dilling Street matters to Studio City.
The short answer
Yes, the Brady Bunch House is now a Los Angeles landmark. On March 4, 2026, the City Council voted 13 to 0 to make the house at 11222 Dilling Street a Historic-Cultural Monument. The protection covers both the 1959 exterior and the interior recreated in HGTV's 2019 A Very Brady Renovation, and in practice it prevents demolition and triggers design review before any major exterior change.
The house that wasn't quite the house
Ask anyone who grew up on The Brady Bunch and they can describe the inside of this house: the orange-and-green kitchen, the floating staircase, the patch of Astroturf between floors, Marcia's gingham bedroom, and Mike Brady's home office. None of it was ever inside this house. Those interiors were built on a soundstage at what was then CBS Studio Center, now Radford Studio Center. The Dilling Street home, built in 1959 and measuring roughly 2,477 square feet, appeared only in exterior establishing shots.
The Clark family owned the house for about 50 years and grew weary of the strangers idling at their curb. In 2018, HGTV won a bidding war for it, paying $3.5 million, roughly $1.6 million over asking, and then spent about $2 million renovating the interior to match the television sets. That project became A Very Brady Renovation. The kitchen, the staircase, and Marcia's room were now real, decades after millions of viewers first believed they already were.
In 2023, HGTV listed the house at $5.5 million and sold it for $3.2 million, roughly 42 percent under ask, to Tina Trahan, a historic-house enthusiast and the wife of former HBO chief Chris Albrecht. She told the Wall Street Journal she had no intention of moving in.
Nobody is going to live in it. Anything you might do to make the house livable would take away from what I consider artwork.
Tina Trahan, owner, in the Wall Street Journal
Instead, the house has functioned as an event space for charity work. That role has since become more formal: it now runs as ticketed, timed, self-guided tours called The Brady Experience. Tickets run about $290, each visit lasts roughly 90 minutes, and only about 10 guests are inside at a time, with proceeds benefiting the dog-rescue nonprofit Wags and Walks. Guests can wander the recreated rooms and photograph the 1970s interiors, but access is limited and timed rather than open. Christopher Knight, who played Peter Brady, told Reuters that the recreated rooms feel oddly familiar, like fantasy brought to life.
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Historic-Cultural Monument status is a city-level landmark protection. It is not a federal listing, and it is not an HPOZ. What it does is concrete: it protects the property from demolition, triggers design review for major exterior alterations, and empowers the Cultural Heritage Commission to delay significant changes for up to a year.
What it does not do is freeze the house in amber. Owners can still renovate, repaint, and replant. They simply cannot tear it down or substantially alter its character-defining features without a conversation first. During the nomination, the Commission debated whether to limit the designation to only the exterior, given that the interior is a recreation rather than an original set. It concluded that the recreated interiors warrant protection too. It is a notable choice: the protected object here is, in a sense, the idea of the Brady house, layered over decades of memory, television, and renovation.
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Studio City already has more than a dozen Historic-Cultural Monuments, including a Gregory Ain residence, USC Case Study homes on Laurelcrest, and the De Long and Wright Hackett House. Many of them are plotted on Debbie's Studio City architectural homes map. Most were protected for who designed them. The Brady house was protected for what it meant, which is a different kind of preservation argument, and a healthy one for our neighborhood.
Studio City's architectural significance is really twofold. There is the serious modernist work tucked along the canyon streets, and there is the workaday postwar housing that became the visual vocabulary of the suburban American sitcom. Both deserve protection, and both quietly shape how the area reads to buyers, something worth keeping in mind alongside the Studio City market. Boundary lines shape the picture too, a point Debbie Pisaro unpacks in her piece on the Carpenter Community Charter boundary, and the same postwar pockets show up in her guide to Footbridge Square.
There is a local footnote worth adding. Those Brady Experience tickets benefit Wags and Walks, and dog rescue is close to home here. Debbie Pisaro, who adopted her dog, Lennon, from a Los Angeles shelter, is partial to the charity angle, and she rounds up the neighborhood's most welcoming patios in her guide to dog-friendly restaurants in Studio City.
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If you watched the Brady Bunch, you knew this house. People make a pilgrimage to see it. To have it designated like this, it makes it all the sweeter.
Adrian Scott Fine, CEO, LA Conservancy
The slow-moving cars, the phone-camera tourists, and the bewildered Uber drivers idling on Dilling Street are part of the neighborhood's texture now. The designation means the house will still be standing when they arrive. For buyers and sellers who care about this kind of history, it is exactly the sort of context Debbie Pisaro brings to every conversation, whether the subject is a landmark or the house next door. Welcome to the list, 11222 Dilling. You have earned it.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Brady Bunch House a Los Angeles landmark?
Yes. On March 4, 2026, the Los Angeles City Council voted 13 to 0 to designate the house at 11222 Dilling Street a Historic-Cultural Monument. The nomination was sponsored by Councilmember Adrin Nazarian, and producer Lloyd Schwartz along with original cast members Barry Williams and Christopher Knight spoke in support. The designation covers both the 1959 exterior and the interior recreated for HGTV's 2019 A Very Brady Renovation.
Where is the Brady Bunch House located?
The Brady Bunch House is at 11222 Dilling Street in Studio City, California. It is a two-story split-level home built in 1959, measuring roughly 2,477 square feet.
Did The Brady Bunch film inside this house?
No. The interiors seen on the show were built on a soundstage at what was then CBS Studio Center, now Radford Studio Center. The Dilling Street home was used only for exterior establishing shots. HGTV renovated the real interior in 2019 to match the television sets.
Who owns the Brady Bunch House?
Tina Trahan, a historic-house enthusiast and the wife of former HBO chief Chris Albrecht, bought the house from HGTV in 2023 for $3.2 million. She told the Wall Street Journal she does not intend to live in it. The house now operates as a tour and event venue: it hosts The Brady Experience, ticketed, timed, self-guided tours whose proceeds benefit the dog-rescue nonprofit Wags and Walks.
Can you tour the Brady Bunch House?
Yes, but not by walking up to the door. Public access runs through The Brady Experience, a ticketed, timed, self-guided tour that admits only about 10 guests inside at a time during scheduled daytime hours. Guests can wander the recreated rooms and photograph the 1970s interiors, and ticket proceeds benefit the dog-rescue nonprofit Wags and Walks.
How much are Brady Experience tickets?
The Brady Experience costs about $290 per ticket for a visit that lasts roughly 90 minutes and admits about 10 guests at a time. It began as a limited charity event in late 2025 and has continued as ongoing timed tours in 2026, so confirm current dates and pricing before you book.
What does Historic-Cultural Monument status mean?
It is a city-level landmark protection. It protects the property from demolition, triggers design review for major exterior alterations, and lets the Cultural Heritage Commission delay significant changes for up to a year. Owners can still renovate, repaint, and replant, but they cannot demolish the house or substantially alter its character-defining features without review.
Why does the Brady Bunch House designation matter to Studio City?
Studio City already has more than a dozen Historic-Cultural Monuments, and most were protected for the architects who designed them. The Brady Bunch House was protected instead for what it means to television history, which is a different kind of preservation argument. The designation keeps a well-known local landmark standing and adds to the neighborhood's growing roster of protected homes.
What to do next
A landmark on your street changes the story of a block, and it is the kind of detail that belongs in any honest read of a neighborhood. If you are weighing a move in or around Studio City, it helps to work with someone who knows both the modernist canyon houses and the postwar streets that shaped the sitcom, and who can tell you what a designation like this does and does not mean for value. That is the perspective Debbie Pisaro brings to every listing and search, and her contact page is the quickest way to reach her.
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Reach DebbieWritten by Debbie Pisaro, a 24-year California luxury agent and the founder of Coastline 840, DRE #01369110. For more on the neighborhood's architecturally significant homes, explore her world of Studio City architectural homes. Designation and visiting details can change; this post reflects reporting available as of July 8, 2026, so confirm current visiting information for The Brady Experience before planning a trip. Coastline 840 · Studio City