The house he made famous Breaking Bad The TV series is up for sale, and the owners of an otherwise unremarkable house in one of Albuquerque’s older neighborhoods are hoping the property’s role in the long-running series will help them rake in a pretty penny.
Centering on mythical meth chefs Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, the series ended more than a decade ago, but its legacy continues to draw eyes to the house and other related filming locations around town.
The governor of New Mexico also recently chose the character of Walter White, played by Bryan Cranston, to star in an anti-littering campaign in New Mexico.
While Breaking Bad has certainly left its mark on New Mexico and on this quiet block in Albuquerque, the listing is sure to reignite interest.
Fans often flock to the home, sometimes with hundreds of cars passing by in one day, Joanne Quintana told Albuquerque television station KOB-TV.
Quintana said her parents bought the house in the 1970s and she and her siblings grew up there. As her parents grew older and the show’s popularity skyrocketed, it became harder to protect them. The family was forced to erect a metal fence and install security cameras to keep fans away.
Now that her parents are gone, it’s time to sell.
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“This has been our family home since 1973, almost 52 years,” she told the station. “So we’ll leave with only our memories. It’s time to move on. We’re done. There is no more reason to fight.”
Posts for a new fence stand in front of a house used in the AMC-TV series “Breaking Bad” in Albuquerque, NM, on Friday, Oct. 13, 2017.
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It was 2006 when a film scout first approached Quintana’s mother about filming a pilot episode at home. In a few months, the equipment was set up and filming began.
The family met Cranston and the other stars and watched behind the scenes as the cast members worked their magic. Quintana’s mother always had cookies for the cast and crew.
The interior of the home was used for preparation, while the interior scenes were filmed in the studio.
For the famous pizza scene, Quintana remembers the pizza boxes lined up on the sidewalk. Plenty of uncut cheese and pepperoni were ready in case Cranston didn’t make it on the first try. He did just that – dropping the pizza face up on the roof after his character’s wife slammed the door in his face.
Homeowners had a hard time preventing fans from trying to throw a pizza themselves or sneaking a dip in the iconic backyard pool.
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The housing market in New Mexico’s largest city is certainly not what it was when Walter White was looking for a mortgage, and the price Quintana’s parents paid five decades ago is unimaginable now. The median price in the Albuquerque area is approaching $400,000, and interest rates are expected to hover around 6% this year.
Some online real estate calculators estimate the market value of a four-bedroom ranch-style home at just over $340,000. But with the star power of “Breaking Bad” behind it, the global luxury real estate service listing the home for Quintana and her family has a price tag of just under $4 million.
David Christensen of eXp Luxury told The Associated Press on Friday that it was a busy day with the listing announcement and that investors will be eyeing the property. Ideas include turning the home into a holiday apartment or museum.
The listed company has set up a website to showcase the property, billing it as an opportunity to own a piece of pop culture history.
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