Breaking Bad house goes up for sale for $4,000,000 as homeowner says ‘we’re done’
If you are looking - or even able - to afford your first home, then Walter White's house from Breaking Bad would be a sweet choice.
The house in Albuquerque, which served as Walter White's (Bryan Cranston) abode in the TV series, went up for $4 million.
However, the property looks completely different now to how fans would have remembered it; firstly, there's no pizza on the roof and secondly, the owners have put fences up and blockades out the front - and that's for a good reason.
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Before it became known as the Breaking Bad house, the building was Joanne Qunitana's childhood home with her parents, Fran and Louis Padilla, having bought it back in 1973.
But one interaction changed everything for her family back in 2006, as Quintana explained to KOB 4: “My mother never ever answers the door, and she did.
"They introduced themselves and handed her a card and said, ‘We would like to use your house for a pilot.’ And she’s like, ‘You want to buy a bridge in Brooklyn? What are you talking about?’”
Just two weeks later, once they'd confirmed the project was legit, they opened their door to filming.
“We were, like anybody, it’s a once in a lifetime thing. You got to meet the actors, the actresses, you got to see how they set up the equipment and what it all takes,” she added.
The house only served as the exterior, while the inside shots were filmed on a proper set, but it offered Quintana and her family a window into Hollywood 'magic'.
She recalled how her mom used to offer the crew cookies, adding: “Aaron Paul had to grunt and get angry to get into his character of Jesse. What was funny was Bryan Cranston could not eat not one cookie.
"Because he had cancer in the show, so he was losing weight. So he would pass, but everybody, all the directors, all the writers would eat the cookies.
"The last day of shooting, he takes a picture holding my mom’s biscotti because he finally got to eat her cookies."
However, the magic soon wore off as Breaking Bad fans began to show up outside the house to take pictures, or attempt to throw a pizza up there themselves - which even garnered the attention of creator Vince Gilligan, who didn't find it humorous at all.
"Let me tell you, there is nothing funny or original or cool about throwing pizzas on this lady’s roof. It is just not funny. It’s been done before. You’re not the first." he said (via The Independent).
However, things became scary when a package addressed to Walter White was delivered to their door, which led them to install a fence and security cameras.
"My brothers said, that’s it, we’re done, fence is going up. That’s too close for comfort, the front door." Quintana said.
Now, with 300 cars showing up at their home every day, according to Quintana, her family have decided to place the home on the market - which Zillow values at under $350,000, PEOPLE reports.
She added: "This was our family home from 1973, almost 52 years. So we’re going to walk away with just our memories. It’s time to move on. We’re done.
"There’s no reason to fight anymore.”
Topics: Film and TV, Breaking Bad, US News
Joe Yates