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The New Mexico property’s role in the long-running series featuring Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul has boosted its market value and made the unassuming house a piece of pop culture history. Do you have an extra $4million (€3.8m) to spare? In this economy, probably unlikely, but if you happen to be a) a millionaire b) have a side-hussle as a legendary meth dealer or c) a TV fan with a stacked bank account, you could buy the house made famous by the Breaking Bad TV series.
Indeed, the casa de Walter White is up for sale, and the owners of the otherwise unassuming home in one of Albuquerque’s older neighbourhoods are hoping the property’s role in the long-running series will help them fetch a pretty penny. Fans often flock to the home, sometimes with hundreds of cars driving by in a single day, Joanne Quintana . Quintana said her parents purchased the home in the 1970s and that she and her siblings grew up there.
As her parents got older and the show's popularity skyrocketed, it became harder to protect them. 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.
“This was our family home from 1973, almost 52 years," she told KOB-TV. "So we’re going to walk away with just our memories. It’s time to move on.
We’re done. There’s no reason to fight anymore.” Some online real estate calculators put the estimated market value of the four-bedroom ranch-style home at just over $340,000 (€326,000).
But with the star power of Breaking Bad behind it, the global luxury realty service that is listing the home for Quintana and her family has it priced at just under $4 million. The listing company has set up to showcase the property, billing it as a chance to own a piece of pop culture history. Centered on mythical methamphetamine cookers Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, Breaking Bad wrapped up more than a decade ago, but its legacy continues and left its mark on New Mexico.
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