Have you always wanted to live in Walter White’s house? Yes, that house, his iconic family home from Breaking Bad. It’s a very real place in Albuquerque where Bryan Cranston’s character tossed a pizza onto the roof in a rage. It’s also where Walt sat by the pool proudly admiring his plan to poison an innocent child, because he was a vile monster. Well, if that legendary abode is the place you want to call your own, you might need to start selling crystal meth to afford it. The house from Breaking Bad is officially on the market for a whopping $4 million dollars.
Joanne Quintana told KOB4 (in news we first heard at IGN) her and her siblings are selling their family house, a.k.a. Walter White’s house. Her family purchased it in 1973, but everything about their lives inside that 1,900-square foot home changed in 2006. That’s when a promising TV show knocked on their door and asked to use it for a pilot.
AMC not only picked up the show, it went on to become one of the biggest hits in television history. In turn the house, whose interior was never actually used for filming, has become a huge destination for fans, much to the chagrin of its owner. With so many people, some of who don’t understand boundaries and privacy, stopping by for pictures (or to throw pizzas on the roof!) the family had to put up a fence to keep themselves safe. That included protecting their sick, elderly parents.
Now that they’ve both passed away, their kids have decided it’s time to move on. And they’re hoping to do so with a big payoff for being part of a legendary show. The family only got paid a fee per shoot. They never got residuals.
The $4 million asking price for the Breaking Bad house dwarfs the amount the home would get otherwise get according to Zillow. But that assessment is for normal house in that neighborhood. Instead those house is worthy of its own website.
Quintana and her siblings know they’re likely to be the last family to call 3828 Piermont Drive NE home. They expect the buyers will transform it into a BnB or museum, something the fans will want.
So long as the new owners don’t turn it into a make crystal meth lab, it should be fine.
