The present article, based on the archival material that has survived and is still known, attempts to answer questions about Alma M. Karlin\u27s homes in Celje: the villa in Zagrad, the birth house on Ljubljanska cesta and the property in Pečovnik. In addition to the archival material that has been preserved, the words written by Alma herself in her works are particularly noteworthy. From these notes we learn Alma\u27s side of the story, why she had to leave her birth house. It acquired the White Elephant Villa in March 1939 under a contract of exchange and sold it in August 1949. She bought the property in Pečovnik in August 1933, sold it to Thea Schreiber Gam(m)elin in 1936 and left it in her will in 1948. However, as a foreign national, Thea had no legal basis to become the owner of the house in Pečovnik. In their search for a solution, they trusted the wrong people and were left without ownership. This led to a years-long court battle, where the court finally ruled in Thea\u27s favour.Pričujoči članek na podlagi ohranjenega in do zdaj poznanega arhivskega gradiva poskuša odgovoriti na vprašanja o domovih Alme M. Karlin v Celju: vila v Zagradu, rojstna hiša na Ljubljanski cesti in posest v Pečovniku. Poleg ohranjenega arhivskega gradiva so povedne zlasti besede, ki jih je v svojih delih zapisala Alma sama. Iz teh zapisov izvemo Almino plat zgodbe, zakaj je morala zapustiti rojstno hišo v mestu. Vilo Beli slon je pridobila marca 1939 na podlagi menjalne pogodbe in jo avgusta 1949 prodala. Posest v Pečovniku pa je kupila avgusta 1933 in jo nato leta 1936 prodala Thei Schreiber Gam(m)elin, v letu 1948 pa jo zapustila v svoji poslednji volji. Vendar Thea kot tuja državljanka ni imela pravne podlage, da bi lahko postala lastnice hiše v Pečovniku. V iskanju rešitve sta zaupali napačnim ljudem in ostali brez lastništva. Kar je vodilo v več letni sodni boj, kjer je sodišče naposled razsodilo v Theino korist
