1 Fed up Owner of Iconic 'Breaking Bad' Home Takes Extreme Measures
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The house where Walter White came down into criminal infamy has a brand-new antihero - but one equipped not with blue meth or a barrel of money, however a garden pipe.
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Joanne Quintana, the real-life owner of the renowned Breaking Bad home in Albuquerque, New Mexico has actually lastly had enough and reached her own snapping point.

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

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

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

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

The ranch-style house on Piermont Drive was celebrated on screen as the house of Walter White, his partner Skylar, and their child Walt Jr. in AMC's Emmy-winning masterpiece, Breaking Bad, which ran from 2008 up until 2013.

For five seasons, your home stood in as the sign of White's descent as he went from having a hard time teacher to ruthless drug kingpin.

Quintana tells fans to avoid her home and to stay throughout the street or get too close

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

The ranch-style house on Piermont Drive was immortalized on screen as the house of Walter White, his better half Skylar, and their boy Walt Jr. in Breaking Bad from 2008 up until 2013

And while the program ended 12 years earlier, your home and other filming places around town continue to draw in crowds of fans hoping to see where the show was set.

White and his on-screen home due to the fact that familiar to countless fans around the world.

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

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

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

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

The household had the opportunity to watch behind the scenes and satisfy the cast and crew. Quintana's mom likewise always had cookies for anyone working the set.

But in the years since Breaking Bad ended, Quintana has seen your house changed into something of a pop culture expedition site.

The home's listing has approached its sale as an antique of the program, calling it Walter White's House and offering it as an opportunity to own a 'piece of television history'

Whilst the program was finalized more than a decade ago, your home and other recording locations around town continue to attract crowds of fans wanting to capture a look

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

Tour buses come down her street while selfie stick-holding fans routinely appear at dawn. Fans have actually taken the 'reenactment' of well-known scenes from the program to ridiculous brand-new heights.

On more than one occasion, die-hard fans have hurled entire pizzas onto her garage roof, mimicking the notorious scene where Bryan Cranston's character loses his cool and throws a pie after his character's partner, 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 sneaking into the renowned yard pool.

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

The stunt ended up being 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 absolutely nothing initial, or amusing, or cool, about throwing a pizza on this girl's roof,' Gilligan stated, exasperated.

'She is the sweetest lady on the planet, and if you are getting on her nerves you are doing something seriously f *** ing wrong.'

Initially, Quintana mored than happy 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 rapidly changed.

'Around 4:30 am the doorbell rang, my mommy got up and opened the door and it was a package,' Quintana stated. The package was dealt with to Walter While, so they called the bomb team.

Quintana can be heard barking instructions at fans eager to capture a glimpse of your home

Walter White, seen here played by Bryan Cranston, tossed a pizza onto his house in the 3rd season after a confrontation with his spouse

'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 actually considering that installed a perimeter fence to keep individuals back however has now required to hosing down undesirable guests with her hose pipe when her pleas go disregarded.

'Back up, cowboy,' she told one visitor attempting to inch closer for a 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 secure her residential or commercial property while others have buffooned her habits, suggesting she might instead have actually taken advantage of the attention.

'She just sits there all day and tells people how stupid they are lol,' one commenter wrote.

'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 seemed to boil over. Quintana silently noted the home for $4 million, a figure that shows not just the residential or commercial property, however 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 photo 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 explained as among Albuquerque's 'most popular landmarks' that is recognized worldwide by countless fans.

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

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

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