Richie McNeill spent millions building a multilevel home overlooking the Yarra and then got into a legal fight with the architect.
Music promoter Richie McNeill and his wife, stylist Lauren Millay, have put their multilevel riverside Toorak mansion on the market with an asking price of $23 million to $25 million.with Yarra River frontage, the four-level St Georges Road home sits on a 1736-square-metre sloping block and includes its own jetty with boat mooring, a lift, undercover entertainment terrace, heated pool and landscaped north-facing lawn.
He bought the property in the same year that Totem OneLove Group, the parent company of Stereosonic, was acquired by US-based SFX Entertainment for $75 million. Mr McNeill co-owned Totem OneLove with fellow promoters Frank Cotela, Dror Erez, Simon Coyle and Peter Raff.Soon after buying it, Mr McNeill hired architecture firm Raidstudio, headed by his then friend Nicholas Ruljancich, to design an extravagant four-level home. Construction began in June 2015 and the house was completed in mid-2019.
According to the published ruling, Mr McNeill claimed he had an agreement with Raidstudio, which assigned copyright of any photos of the house to him due to privacy concerns.Mr Ruljancich claimed there had been no discussion about assigning copyright to Mr McNeill. The home on St Georges Road – one of Melbourne’s most expensive streets – is being marketed by Justin Long and Fiona Counsel from Marshall White.
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