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Opened Jun 17, 2025 by Annie Jacoby@anniejacoby512
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Fed up Owner of Iconic 'Breaking Bad' Home Takes Extreme Measures


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

Joanne Quintana, the real-life owner of the renowned Breaking Bad home in Albuquerque, New Mexico has lastly had sufficient and reached her own snapping point.

Years of intruders and photo-hungry superfans have turned her home into a zone of conflict in between a private life and pop culture obsession. 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 yard chair in her front lawn keeping watch.

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

'You can take an image from that corner,' she can be heard informing one stunned visitor. 'Do not get close. And no tripods, no nothing. One picture, then you go!'

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

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

Quintana informs fans to avoid her home and to remain throughout the street or get too close

Joanne Quintana, the real-life owner of the renowned Breaking Bad home in Albuquerque, New Mexico has 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 home of Walter White, his better half Skylar, and their boy Walt Jr. in Breaking Bad from 2008 till 2013

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

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

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

She matured in the house in addition to her siblings. She watched the show's production unfold from her front deck, and even befriended cast and team in the early days.

All of it started after Quintana's mom was approached in 2006 by a movie scout with want to shoot the pilot episode at their home. Within months the had begun.

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

The household had the chance to see behind the scenes and meet the cast and team. Quintana's mother likewise always had cookies for anyone working the set.

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

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

Whilst the show was settled more than a decade back, your house and other shooting locations around town continue to attract crowds of fans intending to capture a peek

The family didn't shy away at inviting fans at first however when the doorbell rang in the early hours of the early morning their mindset altered

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

On more than one occasion, die-hard fans have hurled whole pizzas onto her garage roofing, simulating the infamous 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 homeowners stated it was difficult to stop fans from attempting their own pizza tosses or slipping into the iconic yard pool.

Your house 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 creator Vince Gilligan needed to personally step in 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 lady in the world, and if you are getting on her nerves you are doing something seriously f *** ing wrong.'

Initially, Quintana enjoyed to take images with fans, however when there was a knock at the door in the early hours of the morning the household's mindset rapidly altered.
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'Around 4:30 am the doorbell sounded, my mommy got up and opened the door and it was a plan,' Quintana said. The bundle was resolved to Walter While, so they called the bomb squad.

Quintana can be heard barking guidelines at fans eager to catch a look of the house

Walter White, seen here played by Bryan Cranston, tossed a pizza onto his home in the 3rd season after a fight with his partner

'My bros said "That's it, we're done, fence is increasing. That's too close for comfort is the front door",' she added.

She has actually given that set up a border fence to keep individuals back but has actually now required to hosing down unwanted guests with her tube when her pleas go overlooked.

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

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

The viral clip has split viewpoint online. Some audiences support Quintana, calling her 'a legend' safeguarding her right to safeguard her residential or commercial property while others have buffooned her habits, recommending she could instead have actually capitalized on the attention.

'She just sits there all the time and informs people how silly they are lol,' one commenter wrote.

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

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

In January, the tension seemed to boil over. Quintana silently noted the home for $4 million, a figure that shows not just the residential or commercial property, but the problem that includes it.

In current months a fence has now been erected to keep fans back from the home

Breaking Bad with Bryan Cranston as Walter White in a picture from 2012. The indoor scenes were all recorded 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 famous landmarks' that is recognized internationally by millions of fans.

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

The home's listing has actually approached its sale as embracing it as an antique of the show, calling it Walter White's House and using it as a chance to own a 'piece of tv history.'
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'I hope they make it what the fans want. They want a BnB, they want a museum, they want access to it. Go for it,' Quintana stated.

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