The house where Walter White descended into criminal infamy has a new antihero - but 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 enough and reached her own snapping point.

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

When fans remain 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 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 home on Piermont Drive was immortalized on screen as the residence of Walter White, his better half Skylar, and their son Walt Jr. in AMC's Emmy-winning masterpiece, Breaking Bad, which ran from 2008 until 2013.

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

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

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 and is hosing down fans

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

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

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

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

She grew up in your house in addition to her brother or sisters. She viewed the program's production unfold from her front deck, and even befriended cast and crew in the early days.

It all began after Quintana's mom was approached in 2006 by a film scout with intend to shoot the pilot episode at their home. Within months the shooting had actually started.

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

The family had the chance to watch behind the scenes and meet the cast and crew. Quintana's mother also always had cookies for anybody working the set.

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

Whilst the show was finalized more than a decade earlier, your home and other shooting locations around town continue to draw in crowds of fans intending to capture a glance

The family didn't hesitate at inviting fans in the beginning but when the doorbell sounded in the early hours of the early morning their attitude changed

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

On more than one celebration, die-hard fans have actually tossed whole pizzas onto her garage roofing system, simulating the infamous 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 said it was difficult to stop fans from trying their own pizza tosses or slipping into the renowned yard pool.

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

The stunt became such a problem that Breaking Bad developer Vince Gilligan needed to personally step in 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 lady's roofing,' 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 was happy 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 changed.

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

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

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

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

She has considering that set up a border fence to keep individuals back but has actually now taken to hosing down unwanted guests with her hose pipe when her pleas go ignored.

'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 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' protecting her right to safeguard her residential or commercial property while others have buffooned her habits, suggesting she could rather have capitalized on the .

'She simply sits there throughout the day and informs individuals how stupid they are lol,' one commenter composed.

'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 stress appeared to boil over. Quintana quietly listed the home for $4 million, a figure that shows not just the residential or commercial property, however the burden that features it.

In current months a fence has actually now been set up 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 acknowledged internationally by millions of fans.

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

The home's listing has actually approached its sale as accepting it as a relic of the program, calling it Walter White's House and providing 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 want a BnB, they want a museum, they want access to it. Go all out,' Quintana stated.

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