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Your house 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, however a garden hose pipe.

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

Years of trespassers and photo-hungry superfans have turned her home into a zone of dispute between a personal life and pop culture fixation. 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 yard chair in her front lawn keeping watch.

When fans stick around too long or come too near to her residential or commercial property, she jumps 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 an image from that corner,' she can be heard informing one stunned visitor. 'Do not get close. And no tripods, no absolutely nothing. One picture, then you go!'

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

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

Quintana tells fans to keep away from her home and to remain across the street or get too close

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

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

And while the program ended 12 years earlier, your house and other shooting places around town continue to pull in crowds of fans wanting to see where the program was set.

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

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

She matured in your home in addition to her siblings. She watched the program's production unfold from her front patio, and even befriended cast and crew in the early days.

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

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

The family had the opportunity to enjoy behind the scenes and meet the cast and crew. Quintana's mom likewise constantly had cookies for anybody working the set.

But in the years considering that Breaking Bad ended, Quintana has actually seen your house transformed into something of a pop culture expedition site.

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

Whilst the show was completed more than a decade back, your house and other shooting areas around town continue to attract crowds of fans wanting to catch a look

The family didn't hesitate 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 regularly appear at dawn. Fans have taken the 'reenactment' of well-known scenes from the show to ridiculous brand-new heights.

On more than one event, die-hard fans have actually hurled entire pizzas onto her garage roof, 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.

Ever since, the house owners stated it was challenging to stop fans from trying their own pizza tosses or slipping into the renowned yard swimming pool.

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

The stunt ended up being such a problem that Breaking Bad developer Vince Gilligan had to personally step in on a 2022 episode of the Better Call Saul podcast.

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

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

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

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

Quintana can be heard barking guidelines at fans excited to see your home

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

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

She has actually since installed a perimeter fence to keep people back but has actually now taken to hosing down unwanted guests with her pipe when her pleas go disregarded.

'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 viewpoint online. Some viewers support Quintana, calling her 'a legend' safeguarding her right to safeguard her residential or commercial property while others have mocked her habits, suggesting she could rather have capitalized on the attention.

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

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

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

In January, the stress seemed to boil over. Quintana silently noted the home for $4 million, a figure that not simply the residential or commercial property, however the concern that includes it.

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

Breaking Bad with Bryan Cranston as Walter White in an image 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 well-known landmarks' that is recognized worldwide by millions of fans.

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

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

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

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