J
immy Kimmel, though a Brooklyn native, has made Los Angeles his primary base for real‑estate investments. He owns a compound in the Hollywood Hills—two adjoining homes—and a pair of properties in Hermosa Beach. In 2024 he also secured Italian citizenship through his grandmother Edith, whose family hailed from Candida in Avellino, a fact he highlighted during LA’s Italian Republic Day.
**Hollywood Hills**
*1947 Home (2002–2014)*
Kimmel bought a 3,600‑sq‑ft Hollywood Regency house for $925,000 in 2002, the same year he and his first wife, Gina Maddy, divorced. The property overlooked Griffith Observatory and the Hollywood sign. Inside were five bedrooms (one converted to a studio), five baths, formal living and dining rooms, a bar, an office nook, and a spa‑style bathroom with yellow tile. The kitchen featured a stainless‑steel island, dessert fridge, ice maker, wine fridge, soda dispenser, and high‑end appliances. Outdoor amenities included a pool, spa, multiple decks, and an outdoor kitchen with barbecue, smoker, pizza oven, and beer keg. After renting it out for a few years, Kimmel sold the home in 2014 for about $2.18 million.
*New Build & Expansion (2008–2010)*
In 2008 he purchased a new construction near Chateau Marmont for $6 million. The 4,800‑sq‑ft, five‑bedroom, five‑bath home also had a backyard pool. Two years later he bought the adjacent plot for $1.1 million, adding a 2,000‑sq‑ft, three‑bedroom, three‑bath house built in 1949. The second house was later rebuilt in 2015 into a 2,700‑sq‑ft, two‑bedroom, two‑bath unit. The combined compound remains his.
**Hermosa Beach**
*First Home (2004)*
Kimmel acquired a 2,200‑sq‑ft, four‑bedroom, four‑bath house for $2.175 million, just a block from the water.
*Duplex (2014)*
Ten years later he bought a duplex for $2.25 million, later transferring the deed to his sister‑in‑law.
*Latest Purchase (2017–2023)*
In 2017 he spent roughly $8 million on a four‑bedroom, two‑bath house that spanned two neighboring parcels totaling half an acre. By 2023 the modest home had been expanded into a custom‑built, window‑laden structure with a pool and a two‑story guesthouse, maximizing the ocean view. He still owns this property along with his first Hermosa Beach home.
**Idaho Lodge**
Kimmel does not live here, but he co‑owns South Fork Lodge in Eastern Idaho. Purchased in 2020 with professional fisherman Oliver White for an undisclosed price (the lodge had been listed at $7.95 million), the 25‑acre property sits on the Snake River. It offers eight bedrooms with private patios, two cabins with five suites each, a four‑bedroom river house, four fishermen’s cabins, a restaurant, a bar, and a fly‑fishing shop. Kimmel and White renovated the lodge, adding personal touches such as fishing art and books from Kimmel’s collection. The lodge serves as a stylish base for his fly‑fishing hobby.
