Palmer Luckey, the billionaire founder of VR firm Oculus and weapons firm Anduril, has filed a lawsuit against the construction company he hired to turn a house into a massive garage for all his fancy cars (as first reported by Forbes). Luckey lives in a $12.5 million mansion in Newport Beach, California and his interests include collecting classic cars. Like any insanely rich kid with an extensive Hot Wheels collection, Luckey wanted an Ultimate Mega Garage, and so purchased the property opposite his own as a conversion project (for a mere $3.8 million).
This conversion was on a somewhat larger scale than a fresh lick of paint and a few new doors. A $2.5 million rebuild saw all 7,000 square feet of the building renovated, with over 1,000 square feet across multiple floors given over to showcasing cars: with four dedicated car elevators installed to take vehicles across floors and to the roof, alongside a central and circular passenger elevator. The kind of $6.3 million show-off showpiece, in other words, where you can quite easily imagine Luckey stroking a gleaming Ford Mustang while delivering a monologue to some slightly bored guests.
