Five contractors and subcontractors filed mechanics liens in April totaling $2.1 million against Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s 110‑acre compound in Lewisboro, Westchester County records show, piling new pressure on a long‑running buildout the couple envisioned as their family home.
County filings show the largest claim was from FlowCon Inc., doing business as Flower Construction, which sought $1.35 million for work it says included framing, HVAC systems, plumbing, electrical, drywall, masonry, waterproofing, painting and millwork.
Other recorded claims cover custom copper roofing, structural steel fabrication, rough carpentry, geothermal excavation and septic installation. No lien releases or discharges appear in county records.
The property, an unfinished luxury compound in South Salem about 60 miles north of New York City, was acquired quietly through an LLC in 2018. Two years later the couple added a $1.6 million four‑bedroom parcel and four surrounding plots.
The buildout was planned as a geothermal‑powered, environmentally conscious retreat. The main residence was described in documents as 14,500 square feet. The complex also includes plans for a 3,306‑square‑foot pool house for a 1,000‑square‑foot swimming pool and a 1,702‑square‑foot gym.
Construction is believed to have stalled sometime around late 2025 or early 2026, and the new mechanics liens formalize unpaid claims that contractors say remain outstanding as the site sits incomplete.
Blake Lively spoke about the land at a 2022 planning board hearing, calling the site “heaven” and “the most beautiful place in the world.” At the same meeting she told the board, “We love this land so much. We’re so grateful to have this land and to have such space and such privacy,” and said the couple were “desperate to get shovels in the ground and be living on this land.”
Those remarks are echoed now by the couple’s attorney, Michael Sirignano, who told local officials the intent remains for the estate to “remain a family compound” and that the couple have “no plans” to sell any of the surrounding lots. Sirignano’s comments answer the immediate question about whether the property will be liquidated to pay claims: the public position is that it will not.
The liens arrive amid other public attention around Lively. On May 4 she attended an event at a Fendi flagship store in New York City and the same day a separate legal matter — her case with Justin Baldoni — was announced resolved with a settlement that included no money for either side.
Financial context for the project is part of the public record: Reynolds’ Aviation Gin was acquired by Diageo in 2020 for $610 million, a deal that figures into broader reporting about the couple’s ability to underwrite a high‑end buildout but does not address the specific contractor claims now filed against the property.
The friction at the center of this story is simple and local: unpaid contractor claims versus an unfinished, high‑spec build that the owners say they intend to keep. County records show the mechanics liens; no releases appear. That gap leaves a construction timeline and a financial resolution unclear.
What happens next is procedural but consequential: lien holders can move to enforce their claims in court, and until the filings are released or settled the contractors’ claims will cloud the title on the 110‑acre parcel. In the short term, the couple’s attorney says the lots will remain in the family — a public decision that answers whether they plan to sell, even as the legal and construction hurdles remain unresolved.
