Legal Due Diligence Process

Purpose

Check whether a specific land plot, partner, and operating model can legally support a Specus Village.

Trigger

A potential site, land partner, JV, lease, or pilot country is proposed.

Owner

To be defined.

Inputs

• country
• region / municipality
• land plot
• land classification
• proposed ownership or lease model
• proposed housing format
• proposed stay model
• proposed revenue model
• proposed partner

Process

1. Identify the exact land classification.
2. Check zoning and permitted uses.
3. Confirm whether housing, tourism, hospitality, camping, glamping, or agriculture is allowed.
4. Confirm whether modular or mobile homes are legal on the site.
5. Confirm required construction permits.
6. Confirm required hospitality, tourism, food, wellness, and event licenses.
7. Confirm whether long-term and short-term stays can be mixed.
8. Confirm whether membership or usage rights create securities, timeshare, or investment-product risk.
9. Confirm tax, currency, and payment rules.
10. Confirm ownership of buildings and assets after lease expiration.
11. Confirm partner governance, control, exit, and dispute terms.
12. Create a legal red flag memo before moving forward.

Required Outputs

• legal feasibility memo
• red flag list
• local lawyer answers
• recommended legal model
• go / no-go / revise recommendation

No-Go Signals

• land cannot legally host the proposed use
• land lease or use right cannot be registered
• construction permits are unavailable
• hospitality operation cannot be licensed
• local partner cannot provide clean title or land use rights
• model depends on informal approvals
• model depends on guaranteed investment returns
• modular/mobile homes are used to avoid permitting