Your home where Walter White came down into criminal infamy has a new antihero - however one equipped not with blue meth or a barrel of cash, however a garden hose pipe.

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

Years of trespassers and photo-hungry superfans have turned her home into a zone of conflict between a private life and pop culture fascination. 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 yard keeping watch.

When fans remain too long or come too near her residential or commercial property, she leaps into action and blasts them with an effective jet of water from her garden tube 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 nothing. One photo, then you go!'

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

For 5 seasons, your house stood in as the sign of White's descent as he went from struggling teacher to ruthless drug kingpin.

Quintana informs fans to avoid her home and to remain across the street or get too close

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

The ranch-style home on Piermont Drive was celebrated on screen as the residence of Walter White, his partner Skylar, and their son Walt Jr. in Breaking Bad from 2008 up until 2013

And while the show ended 12 years back, the house and other shooting places around town continue to pull in crowds of fans intending 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 constantly been her home after her moms and dads bought the residential or commercial property in the 1970s.

She matured in your home together with her brother or sisters. She watched the show's production unfold from her front porch, and even befriended cast and crew in the early days.

It all started 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 filming had started.

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

The household had the chance to watch behind the scenes and fulfill the cast and crew. Quintana's mother likewise always 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 trip site.

The home's listing has actually approached its sale 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'

Whilst the show was settled more than a years ago, your home and other filming places around town continue to attract crowds of fans intending to catch a glance

The family didn't shy away at welcoming fans at first however 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 popular scenes from the show to absurd brand-new heights.

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

Since then, the homeowners said it was tough to stop fans from attempting their own pizza tosses or slipping into the renowned yard pool.

Your house was only used for equipment and prep. 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 intervene on a 2022 episode of the Better Call Saul podcast.

'There is absolutely nothing original, or amusing, or cool, about tossing a pizza on this woman's roofing system,' Gilligan said, exasperated.

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

Initially, Quintana was delighted to take pictures with fans, however 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 called, my mama got up and opened the door and it was a package,' Quintana said. The bundle was resolved to Walter While, so they called the bomb squad.

Quintana can be heard barking directions at fans eager to catch a peek of the home

Walter White, seen here played by Bryan Cranston, threw a pizza onto his home in the third season after a fight with his other half

'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 actually given that set up a border fence to keep people back but has now taken to hosing down unwanted visitors with her hose when her pleas go neglected.

'Back up, cowboy,' she told one visitor trying to inch closer for a 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 split viewpoint online. Some viewers support Quintana, calling her 'a legend' defending her right to secure her residential or commercial property while others have mocked her behavior, recommending she could rather have actually profited from the attention.

'She just sits there throughout the day and informs people how foolish they are lol,' one commenter composed.

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

'The street and walkway are public residential or commercial property,' included a third, questioning her legal footing.

In January, the tension appeared to boil over. Quintana silently noted the home for $4 million, a figure that reflects not just the residential or commercial property, but the concern that comes with it.

In current months a fence has actually now been erected 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 shot at a studio and not at the New Mexico home

The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home was referred to as among Albuquerque's 'most popular landmarks' that is acknowledged globally by countless fans.

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

The home's listing has approached its sale as accepting it as an antique of the show, calling it Walter White's House and using it as a possibility to own a 'piece of television history.'

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

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