Its asking price of little under $6 million is almost definitely higher than what the TV family would have spent. According to RealtyTrac, the house sold for $725,000 in 1990, years before housing prices in San Francisco surged. It increased in value to about $1.5 million by 2000, but then dropped back down to $725,000. In other words, the Full Houses were rich kids. Joseph Schumpeter wrote that capitalism creates new wealth which attracts more capital which creates more new wealth and so on. The Full House story shows that even if you start with nothing, work hard, and are really good at what you do, you can still end up with something valuable. Besides, considering that the family lived in a small apartment while their house was being built for them, they probably didn't spend much time in it once it was done.