The house he became famous for Very bad The TV series is up for sale, and the owners of a modest home in an older Albuquerque neighborhood are hoping the property’s role in the long-running series will help them get a pretty penny.
Centered around legendary meth cooks Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, the series has been out for more than a decade, but its legacy continues to draw attention to the house and other filming locations associated with it around the city.
The governor of New Mexico also recently selected Walter White, played by Bryan Cranston, to star in an anti-litter campaign in New Mexico.
while Very bad It has certainly left its mark on New Mexico and this quiet block of Albuquerque, and the menu is sure to spark renewed interest. It will reach $4 million.
Fans often flock to homes, sometimes hundreds of cars pass by in a single day, Joan 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 got older and the show became more popular, it became harder to protect them. The family had to put up a metal fence and install security cameras to keep fans out.
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 just our memories. It’s time to move on. We’re done. There’s no reason to fight anymore.”
New fence posts stand outside the house used in the AMC-TV series “Breaking Bad” in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Friday, October 13, 2017.
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It was in 2006 when a film scout first approached Quintana’s mother about filming a pilot episode at home. Within months, the equipment was prepared and filming began.
The family got to meet Cranston and the other stars and watched behind the scenes as the crew members worked their magic. Quintana’s mother always made sure to get cookies for the cast and crew.
The interior of the house was used for the setting, while the interior scenes were filmed in a studio.
As for the famous pizza scene, Quintana remembers pizza boxes lining the sidewalk. Plenty of uncut cheese and pepperoni mains were ready in case Cranston didn’t succeed on the first try. He did just that – landing a pizza on the roof after his character’s wife slammed the door in his face.
Homeowners had a hard time keeping fans from trying to throw their pizza or trying to sneak into their popular backyard pool.
The housing market in New Mexico’s largest city is certainly not what it was when Walter White was applying 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 six percent this year.
Some online real estate calculators put the estimated market value of a four-bedroom ranch-style home at just over $340,000. But with star power Very bad Behind her, the global luxury real estate service is listing Quintana and her family’s home for just under $4 million.
eXp Luxury’s David Christensen told The Associated Press on Friday that it was a busy day as the listing process began and that investors would be looking at the property. Ideas include turning the house into a vacation rental or museum.
The listing company has created a website to showcase the property, describing it as an opportunity to own a piece of pop culture history.
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