Celebrity Homes

Madonna says she has exclusive rights to the curb outside her NYC residence ... claiming the concrete in question is actually her personal driveway that leads into her private parking garage.

The Department of Buildings tells us that the singer does indeed have the right to a clear driveway, but she doesn't have the right to paint the curb or put up no parking signs on public property.

As TMZ first reported, Madge's neighbor was pissed she had a "Tenant Parking Only" sign and a yellow-painted curb in front of her place. The neighbor looped in the Department of Transportation who demanded Madonna remove the fake sign in addition to the DOT re-painting the curb.

According to the Dept. of Buildings, Madonna has the right to tow people using her spot, but she can't deter them with unauthorized signs.

Madonna just Instagrammed, "Yes Bishes I am Madonna and that is my driveway and if people park in front of it I can't drive in my driveway! So sorry the city doesn't like the color yellow! We will paint a nice dull grey to keep our neighbors happy! Sorry. I'm saying 3 extra Hail Mary's this Easter for this transgression."

Madonna's people concocted a scheme to snag precious parking spots in front of her super expensive NYC apartment, and the authorities came down on them like a brick.

Madonna -- who lives in a $40 million Upper East Side townhouse -- apparently wanted to claim some prime parking spaces ... problem is, they were public spaces, not hers. So we're told her people peppered the area with "Tenant Parking Only" signs. She also had someone emboss a "NO PARKING" warning curbside in cement. For bad measure, they painted the curb yellow.

One neighbor who smelled a rat contacted the city's Dept. of Transportation. Someone from the agency paid a visit Wednesday and told Madonna's people the signage had to be removed ... stat.

BTW, the neighbor tells TMZ, when she questioned a man standing outside Madonna's pad next to 3 SUVs about putting these signs up, the man responded, "We know the right people."

Well apparently, so does the neighbor.

We reached out to Madonna's people ... so far no word back.

A Saudi prince is being sued for hundreds of thousands of dollars for throwing a wild party, allegedly fueled by coke and naked women.

Prince Aziz al Saud rented a house for $90k a month in the Hollywood Hills. He threw a bash in August where 800 of his closest friends attended.

The owner claims the party was a disaster. First of all, he says he only authorized the 29-year-old prince to have 150 guests. He claims in a lawsuit he was present at the bash and at 4:30 AM it was out of control ... guests snorting coke, smoking weed and "numerous strippers dancing naked on the kitchen's countertops."

The lawsuit claims the prince promised he'd pay for the damages, but that didn't happen.

The owner says the floors, furniture and walls were trashed and the repair bill came to more than $86k. He's suing for more than $300k because of lost rent.

Justin Bieber is staying in a sick rental mansion before his Bay Area concert Friday night, and if he takes a deep breath ... he just might catch a whiff of Beyonce.

According to our source, Biebs is staying at the $10,000/night palace in Los Altos Hills that sits on 12 acres. The $50 million crib was home to Beyonce for a few days last month when she was in town for the Super Bowl.

The Airbnb spot also features a rooftop vegetable garden, an orchard, infinity pool, game room with a pool table and a fitness center.

Justin posted to social media thanking Airbnb, "Bay Area #Airbnb. Thanks for hooking me up, @airbnb.”

Not too shabby.

The condo rented by the San Bernardino shooters has been put up for sale ... and it looks like it's being priced to sell, but it seems like the seller is trading off the notorious publicity.

The owner has listed the home for $210,000 ... based on our survey of the area it's comparable to other 2 bedroom, 1,100 square foot condos. It's not lower than market value nor is the seller trying to score a premium because of its notoriety.

In the description of the condo in one real estate listing, it says, "Has historic background."

You'll recall the place was trashed when law enforcement conducted a raid hours after the massacre, which went down 7 miles from the condo.

The seller has restored the place and it now looks shipshape for sale. The question ...

Yasiel Puig was underwater at his Miami mansion when his refrigerator went on the fritz, but he says his insurance company's giving him the high hard one -- refusing to pay up, according to a lawsuit.

Richard Simmons says his maid is not holding him hostage, but judging by this pic she's definitely holding down the fort.

Simmons called BS on reports his longtime housekeeper, Teresa Reveles, was keeping him isolated from friends and business associates. Teresa was all business Monday as she kept guard at Richard's Hollywood Hills house.

Cops have NO bones about it -- but TMZ just obtained the video that had construction workers thinking there was a skeleton in Mama June's well.

June bought the GA home as an investment, but as we reported ... workers with G & J Home Improvement thought they'd stumbled upon something fishy when they ripped up her bathroom floor.

This is the video they shot when they lowered a smartphone into the well. We'll say this -- it DOES look like there's something down there. Could be a rock, could be ... well, judge for yourself.

Wanna live like a champ? Got $1.5 million?

Then you can buy Mike Tyson's huge Las Vegas palace ... that looks like a modern boutique hotel.

Former Laker Devean George's dream of providing affordable housing to the masses is a reality ... and now he wants a little help from the biggest Laker of all, Magic Johnson, to keep the train rolling.

George was at LAX when we asked about the housing development he was working on for low-income families in north Minnesota.

Devean first told us he was planning the project when we shot him back in 2013 ... and now he tells us it's all finished.

But that's not all he tells us ... 'cause now that everything's up and running George says he thinks he can take things to the next level by adding a little Magic (Johnson) to his project.

Check out the clip -- George makes an offer to Magic ... and it looks pretty sincere to us.

Never bad to add an extra $500 million to your project right?

The only thing Mischa Barton wants more than the "Dancing with the Stars" trophy is for someone to finally buy the Tuscan-style villa she's been trying to dump for 6 years.

The new 'DWTS' hopeful is listing her 7-bedroom, 10-bath home for $7.495 million. Her 7,600 square ft property sits inside a gated community atop Coldwater Canyon with views of Catalina Island from its rooftop decks.

Mischa tried unloading the home before in 2010 for $8.6 mill, but there were no takers so she listed it as a rental for $35k/month.

Chris Hemsworth and wife Elsa Pataky's up for grabs Malibu home will give you a pretty good idea of how Thor packed on the muscle.

They've listed their 5-bedroom, 6-bath crib for $6.5 mil ... which isn't ON the water in the 'Bu but does have views of the Pacific and lots of privacy. Chris also converted the 3-car garage into a gym.

Elsa and Chris are only ditching the beautiful home because they moved back to his native Australia with their 3 kids.

Michael C. Hall just made a cool mil off the Spanish colonial home he owned for barely 3 years.

The "Dexter" star listed his 6 bedroom, 6 bath home for $4.85 million in February and it sold almost instantly ... and once you see the place you'll understand why.

The 5,618 sq foot pad sits on a hillside in a sought after part of the Los Feliz 'hood ... not far from L.A.'s Griffith Park.

There's a pool, a separate guest house and a 3 car garage. The home's interior has been updated, but still has arched windows and wood-beamed ceilings.

Ariadne Getty, one of J. Paul Getty's grandchildren and an heir to his $5 billion oil empire, has listed her hotel apartment for a whopping $23.5 million!

The 5,670 sq ft, 4 bedroom, 5 bath condo sits atop the Montage in Bev Hills and takes up an entire wing on the 7th floor. The apartment -- listed by Brett Lawyer of Hilton & Hyland -- has terraces on three sides for 360 degree views of L.A.

The hotel sits on prime real estate -- near Wilshire and Canon -- so the pricing may have a lot to do with location, location, location. There are perks ... it's walking distance to Spago and The Palm!!!

Johnny Galecki just scored a bundle in the sale of his Hollywood Hills home after a dozen people did battle in an epic bidding war.

Galecki's home was listed for $1.995 million, but our sources say it sold for $2.5 mil when offer after offer poured in. Johnny's mega-realtor Brett Lawyer from Hilton & Hyland fielded the offers on his behalf.

The house has some serious celebrity ties ... Johnny bought it from Patrick Dempsey. The neighbors are also famous ... among them Sandra Bullock and Cameron Diaz.

BTW ... Galecki's buyers are pretty famous too -- Yahoo! Style honcho Joe Zee and designer Rob Younkers made the deal with their realtor, Christopher Westley, of Compass.

Celine Dion is looking to sell and sell quickly -- she's slashed the asking price on her resort-like home on Jupiter Island, Florida ... to $45.5 million!

Yeah, ya still gotta break the bank to buy it, but the price is now a whopping $30 million less than Celine's original price when she first put it on the market in 2013 ... shortly after her husband, Rene Angelil, was diagnosed with cancer.

We're told Celine and Rene discussed unloading the home before his death ... and she's now planning to live full-time in Las Vegas to do her Caesars Palace show, and because her kids are comfortable there.

The 5.5 acre Florida estate has 3 pools -- one with a fire pit in the middle of it, and another with a water park and lazy river. The home itself is 10,000 square feet with 5 bedrooms, but there are also 2 guest houses (4 bedrooms each) ... as well as a tennis court and a simulated golf range.