Celebrity Justice
Mary-Kate -- Piti-Full House War

She's the most unlikely celeb to be embroiled in a kitchen dispute.
Mary Kate Olsen
Our spies say Mary-Kate Olsen, who must weigh 90 lbs. soaking wet (educated guess), has pissed off her former landlord in the Hollywood Hills.

We're told two years ago Mary-Kate rented a house for $15,000 a month in the bird streets above the Sunset Strip. The landlord claims Mary-Kate's people customized the kitchen to her needs (insert joke here) -- counters, paint, etc, and Mr. Homeowner says it was a disaster. The pic you see is the new kitchen -- he tore the old one out after Mary-Kate split back in April.

Marty Singer, Mary-Kate's lawyer, tells us the landlord gave M.K. permission to re-do the kitchen and then restore it when she moved out. He says before she had the chance to restore, he tore the kitchen out, put a new one in and expects her to foot the bill. Singer says it's a bogus attempt to get her to pay for a remodel.

We're told the landlord believes Mary-Kate's people also did something to the pond in the front of the house, which allegedly caused it to flood like a mutha.

The landlord is withholding M.K.'s $30k security deposit and there's a big fight. The landlord wants even more from her and she wants her security deposit back.

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16. Forget about MK and the kitchen B.S.,..............

What the hell has happened to Madonna's face??? OMG she looks like the "new" Joyce Wildenstein....come on Madonna, what's so hard with just aging gracefully????????

Posted at 3:15PM on Jul 28th 2008 by Victoria

Dang I had to respond again,your comment about Madonna is hilarious..lmao. She has had to much surgery and it's sad BUT funny.

Posted at 3:56PM on Jul 28th 2008 by anonymous

17. That kitchen above is Ugly. My kitchen in my house is prettier more style . I have crown molding
lights above and below the cabinets . Viking appliances ( stainless steel ) . Plus my kithenette in the
basment is prettier too . They over charged her , if you do the job yourself , you can save $$$$$$$$$.

If I had a construction company to do my kitchen , the way it looks now , it would cost me $60,000
I did it for $30,000 , 20x20 sq ft . I rather do the work ourselves or I could get my friend who has his
own construction company , do the job , but instead , he buys the material for us and we get it at his Cost.
No middle man .

I know another man , he has a huge construction going on , he has 40 lumber companies , he owns a bank
yes you read that correctly , plus he has so much land ( 40 different pieces of land throughout this area , he sells it out to construction companies , and tells them if you buy the land you can get a discount on lumber , etccccc ,
through him , plus he owns his , own realestate company ,,,,,,,,,,,,When you talk to him , he's so down to earth of a person , he doesnt act like he snotty or anything , very pleasant person .
He gave his daughter his first home , which is the 12 ,000 sq ft , I said above , it has 12 car garage ,
to much to list. He went out and had another mansion built for him and his wife ,
the kids doesnt live at home how ,they're adults. It's nice to know someone who owns construction companies.


Olson Twins can afford anything if they wanted , but they need not to tear anything part . If you don't like the
way a home / townhome /condo look , just dont rent or buy it .


I appreciate my house , so glad we did the work outselves . 4bedrooms / 4 bathrooms , 3 car garage , rec room ,
media room . inground pool , walkout basement with patio and deck . 4,000 sq ft .

Posted at 6:12PM on Jul 28th 2008 by I have to agree that's not a pretty kitchen

18. Someone tell me please why she needs a kitchen she doesn't eat- I mean eating than wacking it up doesn't call for a kitchen. She's an ugly little monkey who can't act.

Posted at 4:29PM on Jul 28th 2008 by Cree

19. #16 I have to agree that's not a pretty kitchen

Geezum diarrhea of the mouth much?

Posted at 4:39PM on Jul 28th 2008 by blah

20. 16? Wow, long story!

Posted at 4:48PM on Jul 28th 2008 by Kelli

21. iF SHE COULD AFFORD $15,000 PER MONTH...SHE CAN AFFORD TO LOSE HER $30,000 DEPOSIT

Posted at 4:58PM on Jul 28th 2008 by Mali Bu

22. the landlord is probably right

renting to celebs can be a nightmare

they trash the place, think they're above the law, and sic their lawyer on you

Posted at 5:42PM on Jul 28th 2008 by celeb nightmare

23. the landlord gave permission to change the kitchen IF its changed back .,.,it wasnt changed back .,.,.,.,like it or not

seems like a very simple case .,,.,,.,breach of contract slam dunk win for the property owner

the landlord doesnt have to like the taste or changes the tenant made so even if the landlord has poor taste .,.,thats his choice .,..,,change the kitchen back means just that .,.,.

rich celebs think laws dont apply to them .,.,.,guess again .,.

Posted at 5:51PM on Jul 28th 2008 by celebs are the neatest people .,,NOT

24. $30K security hahahahhaahaahaahahaha

Posted at 5:53PM on Jul 28th 2008 by that guy

25.
we can clearly see the irony in this;

we can understand vince vaughn wanting to
remodel a bathroom for all the food he eats;

but for this little thing that by-passes the kitchen
at every chance, makes NO sense at all.......


.

Posted at 6:26PM on Jul 28th 2008 by westley allan todd

26. Mary Kate,

Just shove that 30k up his ass and just forget about that security deposit and move on. I am sure 30k will reimburse any loss he has.

Mwah!

Posted at 9:13PM on Jul 28th 2008 by ryan

27. Mary-Kate, would you like something to eat??

No, I'm fine. I had 1/2 a Dorito chip last week. I'M ON A DIET. WHY DO YOU WANT ME TO BE FAT??

Posted at 2:22AM on Jul 29th 2008 by Shawn

28. I think she shoud just pay the bill and get it over with, I mean, how much could that ugly kitchen cost, $10-$20?

Posted at 7:47AM on Jul 29th 2008 by Bally

29. 23. That kitchen above is Ugly. My kitchen in my house is prettier more style . I have crown molding
lights above and below the cabinets . Viking appliances ( stainless steel ) . Plus my kithenette in the
basment is prettier too . They over charged her , if you do the job yourself , you can save $$$$$$$$$
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DO IT HERSELF???? First of all, she's so frail if she even tried to pick up a hammer it give her a hernia. Secondly, why would a spoiled little fart like her even consider getting dirty?
You're nuts if think she ever would even think about doing her own work.

Posted at 4:55AM on Jul 29th 2008 by Captain Obvious

30. People lets keep this in perspective. Media outlets (gossip rags) like TMZ are making this a story. Most likely, it's a non-issue. In fact it is! There's no big story herre. MK is a great girl. Both Olsen's are. She can afford $30,000. Think about it -- if she was going to have to retrun the kitchen to the way it was before she did her renovations, that would have been at least $15 - 20K in that part of town. So the Landlord DOUCHE went in and did the remodel without giving her time (and it is ugly now). He may have used cheap labor for all we know and only spent $10K to do it and now sees a way for him to pocket $20K. Pure speculaion on my part.

The point is, now she doesn't have to do the remodel and honestly, $30K is not a lot to her. But! The fact she is figthing the Landlord tells me that she feels he is in the wrong and being dishonest, so she has her Lawyer handle it. I believe her.

Posted at 8:31AM on Jul 29th 2008 by HOPE

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