1 Fed up Owner of Iconic 'Breaking Bad' Home Takes Extreme Measures
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Your home where Walter White descended into criminal infamy has a 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 lastly had sufficient and reached her own snapping point.

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

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

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

'You can take a picture from that corner,' she can be heard informing one shocked visitor. 'Do not get close. And no tripods, no nothing. One photo, 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 child Walt Jr. in AMC's Emmy-winning work of art, Breaking Bad, which ranged from 2008 till 2013.

For five seasons, your house stood in as the symbol of White's descent as he went from struggling teacher to callous drug kingpin.

Quintana tells 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 sufficient and reached her own snapping point and is hosing down fans

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

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

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

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

She grew up in the house along with her siblings. She enjoyed the show's production unfold from her front deck, and even befriended cast and team in the early days.

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

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

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

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

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

Whilst the show was finalized more than a years earlier, your home and other recording areas around town continue to draw in crowds of fans intending to capture a peek

The household didn't shy away at inviting fans in the beginning 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 famous scenes from the show to ridiculous brand-new heights.

On more than one celebration, die-hard fans have tossed entire pizzas onto her garage roofing, imitating the notorious scene where Bryan Cranston's character loses his cool and tosses a pie after his character's better half, Skyler, shut the door in his face.

Since then, the property owners said it was to stop fans from trying their own pizza tosses or sneaking into the renowned backyard pool.

Your home was only 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 step in on a 2022 episode of the Better Call Saul podcast.

'There is absolutely nothing initial, or funny, or cool, about throwing a pizza on this lady's roofing,' Gilligan said, exasperated.

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

Initially, Quintana enjoyed to take photos with fans, however when there was a knock at the door in the early hours of the early morning the household's attitude rapidly altered.

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

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

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

'My bros stated "That's it, we're done, fence is increasing. That's too close for convenience is the front door",' she included.

She has given that set up a perimeter fence to keep individuals back however has actually now taken to hosing down undesirable guests with her hose pipe when her pleas go neglected.

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

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

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

'She just sits there all the time and informs individuals how dumb they are lol,' one commenter composed.

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

'The street and walkway are public residential or commercial property,' added a third, questioning her legal footing.
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In January, the tension seemed to boil over. Quintana silently listed the home for $4 million, a figure that reflects not just the residential or commercial property, however the burden that comes with it.

In current months a fence has now been set up 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 filmed 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 worldwide by countless fans.

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

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

'I hope they make it what the fans desire. They desire a BnB, they desire a museum, they want access to it. Go for it,' Quintana said.

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