Editorial Standards & Methodology

BoardDeadline exists to help volunteer Florida condo and HOA board members understand their building's milestone and SIRS deadlines. Boards make real decisions based on what they read here, so we hold our content to a clear standard for sourcing, accuracy, and honesty. This page explains exactly how we work.

Last reviewed August 5, 2026. We review this policy at least twice a year.

Our commitment in one sentence

We organize and explain publicly available Florida condo and HOA structural and reserve requirements, point your board to the authority that sets each rule, and never invent a deadline, a fee, a statute, or a person, and never render a compliant or not-compliant verdict.

Where our information comes from

The milestone inspection and the Structural Integrity Reserve Study are set by Florida law and administered locally, so those are the authorities behind everything we publish. When we describe a requirement, we build from the material that actually governs it:

Florida's condominium and HOA statutes as they publicly describe the milestone inspection and SIRS framework, including the building age, height, and coastal-proximity factors that drive a timeline.
County building department programs, which administer milestone deadlines and can set the date that actually binds your board.
The roles of the licensed professionals the statute relies on: the engineer or architect who performs the milestone inspection, and the qualified professional who performs the reserve study.

We treat statute references as starting points for your board to confirm with your association counsel and county, not as verified legal citations. Where a claim depends on a specific rule, we tell you which authority to ask rather than presenting a number as settled.

How we handle facts that vary by building

When a building is actually due depends on its age, height, and distance to the coast, and on how its county administers the rules. Rather than print a single date that would be wrong for most buildings, our tools turn your building's inputs into a framework timeline and then tell you plainly which points to confirm with your county building department. For anything we have not verified for your specific building, you get an honest framework and the exact questions to ask, never a guess dressed up as a deadline.

Deadlines and questions, never verdicts

We never tell a board that its building is compliant or not compliant. That judgment belongs to licensed professionals and the enforcing authority, not to a publisher. What we publish is what is due, what to gather, and which licensed professional or official has to answer the question. Owner-communication letters we provide always carry a note to review them with your association counsel before you send them.

Who writes and reviews our content

Our articles are researched, written, and edited by the BoardDeadline Editorial Team, a group of writers and researchers focused on Florida condo and HOA board operations. Every article carries this team byline and a published or updated date.

We are deliberate about what we are not. We are not engineers, architects, reserve specialists, community association managers, or attorneys, and we do not publish content under invented expert names or fabricated professional credentials. When a decision calls for licensed judgment, we say so and point you to the right professional or your county instead of pretending to be one.

How we keep content current

Each article shows when it was published and, when applicable, when it was last updated. We revisit content on a rolling basis and when we learn that a statute, county program, or process has changed. Florida's rules for older buildings have moved quickly in recent years, so a date on this site tells you when we last reviewed a page, not that a rule has not changed since. Always confirm current requirements with your county and your association counsel before your board acts.

Corrections and feedback

If you spot something that looks out of date or wrong, tell us and we will check it against the source and fix it promptly. Accurate content is more valuable to us than being right the first time, and reader corrections make this resource better for the next board.

Email corrections to team@boarddeadline.com with the page URL and what you believe should change.

What we will never publish

Invented facts, made-up statistics, or citations to statutes that do not say what we claim.
A specific milestone or SIRS deadline presented as your building's confirmed date rather than a framework to verify with your county.
A compliant or not-compliant verdict on any building, which is not ours to give.
Guarantees that an inspection will pass, that reserves will be approved, or that a special assessment can be avoided.
Fabricated board testimonials, success stories, reviews, or ratings.

Independence and how we pay for this

BoardDeadline is an independent information publisher. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of any city, county, state, or federal agency, and we do not perform or replace any inspection or reserve study. Our free guides and tools are supported by our paid $199 Building-Specific Board Compliance Kit, which organizes the same publicly available requirements into one personalized, printable kit. Buying the kit is never required to read our free content, and a purchase never changes what your county or your association counsel requires or decides.

Read more about who we are on our About page, review our full disclaimer, or browse our 360 published guides.

Disclaimer: BoardDeadline is an independent information publisher. We are not engineers, architects, reserve specialists, community association managers, or a law firm, and nothing here is legal advice. Structural inspections and reserve studies must be performed by the licensed professionals your state requires; this kit helps your board organize, schedule, and communicate - it does not perform or replace any inspection or study. Statutes change; confirm current requirements with your association's counsel and your county. We make no promises about compliance outcomes.