The preposition chez can be used with a person/name, a stress pronoun (moi, toi, lui, elle...), or with a business/profession's name (dentist,...) to mean to or at [someone]'s place/shop/house :
It can also be used in a more general sense to express at home or in [someone]'s life.
ATTENTION: Case of à la maison vs chez moi
When used in this context, maison is closer to home than literally house: and just as in English, you would never say I'm going to my home, but I'm going home. Thus, in French, you will never use à ma maison / à ta maison..., but you will use instead the generic à la maison.
Here, you can also use chez moi (at/to my place) as well as à la maison (at home/home):
Here, you can also use chez moi (at/to my place) as well as à la maison (at home/home):
When talking about someone else's home, once again you cannot use à ta maison, à sa maison in French: therefore, the only solution is to use chez :
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