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The house made famous by the Breaking bad TV series is up for sale, and the owners of the otherwise blighted 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.
Centered on mythical meth-cookers Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, the series wrapped more than a decade ago, but its legacy continues to draw lookies to the house and other associated filming locations around town.
The governor of New Mexico also recently tapped the character Walter White, played by Bryan Cranston, to star in a campaign against littering in New Mexico.
While Breaking bad sure has left his mark on New Mexico and this quiet block in Albuquerque, the listing is sure to rekindle interest. And it goes for $4 million.
Fans flock to the home often, sometimes with hundreds of cars driving by in one day, Joanne Quintana told Albuquerque television station KOB-TV.
Quintana said her parents bought the house in the 1970s and that she and her siblings grew up there. As her parents grew older and the show’s popularity skyrocketed, it became harder to protect her. The family was forced to put up a metal fence and install security cameras to keep fans at bay.
Now that her parents are gone, it’s time to sell.
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“This was our family from 1973, almost 52 years,” she told the station. “So we leave with only our memories. It’s time to move on. We’re done. There’s no reason to fight anymore.”
Posts for a new fence stand outside the 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 shooting a pilot episode at the house. Within months, the equipment was set up and filming began.
The family got to meet Cranston and the other stars and watch from behind the scenes as crew members worked their magic. Quintana’s mom always made sure to have cookies for the cast and crew.
The inside of the house was used for prep, while interior scenes were shot in a studio.
For the famous pizza scene, Quintana remembers boxes of pizza lining the sidewalk. Lots of unsliced cheese and pepperoni props were ready in case Cranston didn’t make it at first. He did – landing the pizza face-up on the roof after his character’s wife closed the door in his face.
The homeowners had a hard time preventing fans from throwing their own pizza or trying to sneak dips in the iconic backyard pool.
The housing market in New Mexico’s largest city is definitely not what it would have been when Walter White applied for a mortgage, and the price paid by Quintana’s parents five decades ago is now unimaginable. The median price in the Albuquerque area approaches $400,000, and interest rates are expected to hover around six percent this year.
Some online real estate calculators put the estimated market value of the four-bedroom ranch-style home at just over $340,000. But with the star power of Breaking bad behind it, the global luxury realty service that is listing the house for Quintana and her family has priced it at just under $4 million.
David Christensen with eXp Luxury told The Associated Press on Friday that it has been a busy day with the listing going live and that investors will be looking at the property. Ideas include turning the house into a vacation rental or a museum.
The listing 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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