Mint Farm: prove the road from schedule to acceptance
Use Beaufort County’s 2025–2026 pavement notices and road records to separate scheduled work, maintenance classification, recorded rights, formal acceptance and completion evidence.
Development · Governance · Completion
Legacy project reviews
A growing review series translating the documented legacy project archive and primary public records into practical questions for today’s HOA boards and developers. The series includes Gavigan Legacy Plan research with dated source notes, working document matrices and clear evidence limits.
Public-record lessons from five communities
Bull Point: separate the plan, plat, permit and sale file
Use dated Bull Point court, Army Corps, county-recording and federal land-sales records to build a parcel-to-permit crosswalk without treating one document as project-wide approval.
Live Oaks: build the closeout file one address at a time
Use City of Beaufort records from four Live Oaks addresses to connect builder scope, flood-elevation documentation and community handoff without overstating project-wide completion.
Sommer Lake Place: reconcile lots and units
A public-record review of Sommer Lake Place showing how developers and HOA boards can reconcile approved housing mix, parking conditions and delivered inventory.
Mint Farm: treat drainage as a lifecycle asset
Use three Beaufort County stormwater records to build a practical drainage inventory, maintenance calendar and responsibility review after a community relaunch.
Azalea Square: a PUD approval is not a declarant-rights file
Read Azalea Square’s public rezoning record alongside a practical matrix separating land-use approvals, ownership, declarant authority and HOA obligations.
Bull Point: connect infrastructure completion to the handoff
Legacy lessons from Bull Point on linking phased infrastructure, association responsibilities and a documented development handoff.
Mint Farm: measure a relaunch without overstating the result
Legacy lessons from Mint Farm on finished-lot repositioning, closing records and the limits of community price comparisons.
Sommer Lake Place: connect place identity to maintenance
Legacy lessons from Sommer Lake Place on waterfront community identity, distinctive public spaces and long-term maintenance planning.
Live Oaks: rebuild governance and delivery together
Legacy lessons from Live Oaks at Battery Creek on association operations, completed homes and rebuilding buyer confidence.
Azalea Square: turn inventory acquisition into a completion plan
Legacy lessons from Azalea Square on distressed inventory, construction restart and responsible use of sales evidence.