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Opened Jun 22, 2025 by Art Fairbanks@artfairbanks67
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Fed up Owner of Iconic 'Breaking Bad' Home Takes Extreme Measures


Your home where Walter White descended into criminal infamy has a brand-new antihero - however one equipped not with blue meth or a barrel of cash, but a garden hose.

Joanne Quintana, the real-life owner of the iconic Breaking Bad home in Albuquerque, New Mexico has actually finally had sufficient and reached her own breaking point.

Years of trespassers and photo-hungry superfans have actually turned her home into a zone of conflict in between a personal life and popular culture fascination. Now Quintana is taking matters into her own hands and striking back.

In a video published to Instagram, Quintana can be seen resting on a lawn chair in her front yard keeping watch.

When fans linger too long or come too near to her residential or commercial property, she jumps into action and blasts them with a powerful jet of water from her garden tube before barking commands at them to keep away.

'You can take a picture from that corner,' she can be heard telling one shocked visitor. 'Do not get close. And no tripods, no absolutely nothing. One picture, then you go!'

The ranch-style house on Piermont Drive was commemorated on screen as the house of Walter White, his other half Skylar, and their kid Walt Jr. in AMC's Emmy-winning masterpiece, Breaking Bad, which ran from 2008 till 2013.

For 5 seasons, the house stood in as the symbol of White's descent as he went from having a hard time instructor to ruthless drug kingpin.

Quintana informs fans to avoid her home and to stay across the street or get too close

Joanne Quintana, the real-life owner of the iconic Breaking Bad home in Albuquerque, New Mexico has actually finally had adequate and reached her own breaking point and is hosing down fans

The ranch-style home on Piermont Drive was commemorated on screen as the house of Walter White, his partner Skylar, and their kid Walt Jr. in Breaking Bad from 2008 up until 2013

And while the show ended 12 years back, the home and other recording locations around town continue to pull in crowds of fans wanting to catch a peek of where the program was set.

White and his on-screen home since familiar to countless fans all over the world.

But for Quintana, it has always been her home after her parents bought the residential or commercial property in the 1970s.

She grew up in your home along with her brother or sisters. She viewed the show's production unfold from her front deck, and even befriended cast and team in the early days.

Everything began after Quintana's mother was approached in 2006 by a film scout with intend to shoot the pilot episode at their home. Within months the filming had actually begun.

At the time, she told KOB-TV that it felt like 'the magic of Hollywood.'

The household had the opportunity to watch behind the scenes and meet the cast and team. Quintana's mother likewise constantly had cookies for anybody working the set.

But in the years given that Breaking Bad ended, Quintana has actually seen your house changed into something of a popular culture expedition website.

The home's listing has approached its sale as a relic of the program, calling it Walter White's House and offering it as a chance to own a 'piece of tv history'

Whilst the show was finalized more than a decade ago, your home and other filming areas around town continue to attract crowds of fans wanting to catch a look

The family didn't shy away at welcoming fans at very first but when the doorbell sounded in the early hours of the early morning their attitude altered

Tour buses boil down her street while selfie stick-holding fans frequently appear at dawn. Fans have taken the 'reenactment' of popular scenes from the program to unreasonable new heights.

On more than one occasion, die-hard fans have actually tossed whole pizzas onto her garage roofing system, mimicking the notorious scene where Bryan Cranston's character loses his cool and throws a pie after his character's other half, Skyler, shut the door in his face.

Ever since, the property owners stated it was difficult to stop fans from trying their own pizza tosses or slipping into the renowned backyard pool.

Your home was just used for equipment and preparation. Any interior scenes were shot on a set at the studio lot.

The stunt became such an issue that Breaking Bad developer Vince Gilligan had to personally intervene on a 2022 episode of the Better Call Saul podcast.

'There is nothing initial, or funny, or cool, about tossing a pizza on this woman's roofing system,' Gilligan stated, exasperated.

'She is the sweetest woman worldwide, and if you are getting on her nerves you are doing something seriously f *** ing incorrect.'

Initially, Quintana was pleased to take images with fans, but when there was a knock at the door in the early hours of the morning the household's attitude quickly altered.

'Around 4:30 am the doorbell sounded, my mama got up and unlocked and it was a package,' Quintana stated. The plan was dealt with to Walter While, so they called the bomb team.

Quintana can be heard barking instructions at fans excited to capture a glance of your house

Walter White, seen here played by Bryan Cranston, threw a pizza onto his home in the 3rd season after a confrontation with his wife

'My brothers said "That's it, we're done, fence is going up. That's too close for comfort is the front door",' she included.

She has since set up a boundary fence to keep people back but has now required to hosing down undesirable guests with her hose pipe when her pleas go neglected.

'Back up, cowboy,' she told one visitor attempting to inch closer for a much better shot.

When another gushed that he was a fan of the program, she snapped back: 'The entire world is a fan. Doesn't impress me.'

The viral clip has actually split opinion online. Some audiences support Quintana, calling her 'a legend' protecting her right to safeguard her residential or commercial property while others have mocked her behavior, suggesting she might instead have actually capitalized on the attention.

'She just sits there all day and informs people how dumb they are lol,' one commenter composed.

'If she was smart, she 'd start charging,' another quipped.

'The street and sidewalk are public residential or commercial property,' added a 3rd, questioning her legal footing.

In January, the tension appeared to boil over. Quintana quietly noted the home for $4 million, a figure that shows not just the residential or commercial property, however the problem that comes with it.

In recent months a fence has actually now been put up to keep fans back from the home

Breaking Bad with as Walter White in a picture from 2012. The indoor scenes were all shot at a studio and not at the New Mexico home

The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home was referred to as one of Albuquerque's 'most well-known landmarks' that is acknowledged worldwide by countless fans.

Some fans have even proposed that she rent the home out on Airbnb to capitalize its prestige.

The home's listing has actually approached its sale as welcoming it as a relic of the show, calling it Walter White's House and offering it as a chance to own a 'piece of television history.'
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'I hope they make it what the fans desire. They desire a BnB, they desire a museum, they want access to it. Go all out,' Quintana said.

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