The home where Walter White descended into criminal infamy has a new antihero - but one armed 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 finally had sufficient and reached her own breaking point.

Years of intruders and photo-hungry superfans have actually turned her home into a zone of dispute between a private life and pop culture obsession. 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 backyard keeping watch.

When fans stick around too long or come too near her residential or commercial property, she delves into action and blasts them with a powerful 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 picture, then you go!'

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

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

Quintana informs 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 lastly had enough and reached her own breaking point and is hosing down fans

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

And while the show ended 12 years back, your home and other recording locations around town continue to draw in crowds of fans hoping to capture a look of where the show was set.

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

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

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

Everything began after Quintana's mother was approached in 2006 by a movie scout with wish to shoot the pilot episode at their home. Within months the recording had begun.

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

The household had the chance to enjoy behind the scenes and satisfy the cast and crew. Quintana's mother likewise constantly had cookies for anybody working the set.

But in the years since Breaking Bad ended, Quintana has actually seen the house transformed into something of a pop culture trip site.

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

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

The household didn't shy away at inviting fans initially however when the doorbell sounded in the early hours of the morning their mindset changed

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

On more than one event, die-hard fans have actually hurled whole pizzas onto her garage roofing, simulating the notorious scene where Bryan Cranston's character loses his cool and throws a pie after his character's better half, Skyler, shut the door in his face.

Ever since, the house owners stated it was tough to stop fans from trying their own pizza tosses or sneaking into the iconic backyard swimming pool.

The home was only utilized 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 nothing initial, or amusing, or cool, about tossing a pizza on this lady's roofing,' 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 happy to take pictures with fans, however when there was a knock at the door in the early hours of the early morning the household's mindset rapidly changed.

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

Quintana can be heard barking instructions at fans eager to capture a look of your home

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

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

She has given that installed a perimeter fence to keep individuals back but has actually now required to hosing down undesirable guests 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 opinion online. Some viewers support Quintana, calling her 'a legend' defending her right to safeguard her residential or commercial property while others have buffooned her habits, suggesting she could rather have actually taken advantage of the attention.

'She just sits there all the time and tells people how silly they are lol,' one commenter composed.

'If she was smart, 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 quietly noted the home for $4 million, a figure that shows not simply the residential or commercial property, but the concern that comes with it.

In recent 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 photo 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 well-known landmarks' that is acknowledged internationally by millions of fans.

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

The home's listing has actually approached its sale as accepting it as a relic 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 want a BnB, they desire a museum, they want access to it. Go for it,' Quintana stated.

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