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Your Community Guide · Calabash, Brunswick County, North Carolina

Anderson Farm

Brunswick County approved 336 units here. Ryan Homes built about a hundred townhomes, sold through them, and is now coming back to break ground on a new product.

What you get here is the middle ground a lot of coastal buyers are actually after. The maintenance-free side of condo living, with nobody above you and nobody below you. The lawn is handled and the exterior is handled, but the garage is yours, the front door is yours, and the walls are your own. Lock it up in November and it keeps itself until you're back, or live in it year-round and skip the Saturdays you'd otherwise spend on a ladder. It works the same either way, as a second place at the beach or as the only address you have. And the community pool will be ready for the coming season.

336units in the approved plan
~100townhomes built in Phase 1
58.2acres off Hickman Road NW
Phase 2new product breaking ground
1,442–1,628sq ft in the Phase 1 plans
~15 minto the sand at Sunset Beach

Unit count and acreage per the 2022 Brunswick County approval. Phase 1 build-out is an estimate; Phase 2 plans and pricing have not been publicly released. Call me for where it actually stands this week.

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Two floor plans built, a new one on the way, and one builder behind both

Anderson Farm is simpler than most communities I write about, and that simplicity is exactly what buyers get wrong. There are no custom-home sections here and no second builder. Every finished townhome came from one production builder running two plans — and that same builder is now back with something new. What varies today is the unit position, the lot and the year, and those differences are worth real money at resale. Here's how I sort it, with a live search on each.

Entrance to Anderson Farm townhome community on Hickman Road NW in Calabash NC
The monument at the entrance off Hickman Road NW, about two miles down from Highway 17. Phase 1 townhomes sit just behind it, and the wooded frontage is part of why the community reads quieter than its unit count suggests.

The 2022 approval calls for 56 buildings of six units each. Ryan Homes — part of NVR — opened sales at the end of 2024, worked through roughly the first hundred units, and closed out that original townhome program in May 2026. For a stretch the community's future was an open question.

Row of completed townhomes at Anderson Farm in Calabash NC
Phase 1, finished and lived in.

It isn't anymore. Ryan Homes is returning to Anderson Farm with a new product and, according to the builder's own project manager, is preparing to break ground within the next couple of months. That reopens the community as an active build site and changes what you're buying into. Not a finished neighborhood with a known final size — a growing one, with a second wave coming.

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The Nassau Cove

Main-level owner's suite

The larger of the two plans and the one I steer most of my buyers toward. The owner's suite is on the main floor with a dual-vanity bath and walk-in closet, which means the whole of daily life happens downstairs. The two upstairs bedrooms and full bath sit closed off most of the year and open up when family visits.

For a buyer coming down from Pennsylvania or New Jersey at sixty-eight, that layout is the difference between a home that works for fifteen years and one that works for five. It's also the single hardest thing to find in this price band on the North Carolina side of the line, which is why these hold value better than the square footage alone would suggest.

You enter through the one-car garage directly into the kitchen — a center island with quartz, looking out over the great room and dining space. Covered porch off the back. Ryan included all appliances, washer and dryer among them.

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Coastal-style townhome exterior at Anderson Farm in Calabash NC
A Nassau Cove exterior. Coastal-inspired elevation, one-car garage, and lawn care handled by the association.
Square footage
About 1,628 sq ft
Bedrooms
3
Baths
2.5
Owner's suite
Main level
Garage
1-car attached
Outdoor
Covered rear porch
Builder
Ryan Homes (NVR)
Built
2025–2026
Covered rear porch on a townhome at Anderson Farm
The covered porch. In a townhome this is your entire outdoor room, so which direction it faces matters more here than it would on a half-acre lot.

The Poplar

Entry price point Possibly Returning

The smaller plan, and the one that brought many buyers through the door. Three bedrooms, two and a half baths, one-car garage, just under 1,450 square feet.

The Poplar could be coming back. Announced floor plans are expected to be introduced at Anderson Farm in the coming months as part of the next phase, which could mean the entry-level plan returns to a community that currently only trades it as resale. Treat that as a signal rather than a confirmed release — nothing has been formally announced, and prices on an unreleased phase move. Tell me you want it and I'll bring you the details the day they're public.

View Poplar Townhomes For Sale Live MLS · Updated Daily
Square footage
About 1,442 sq ft
Bedrooms
3
Baths
2.5
Garage
1-car attached
Builder
Ryan Homes (NVR)
Built
2025–2026

End units

The premium worth paying

Six units per building means four interior positions and two ends. The ends get windows on three sides instead of two, one shared wall instead of two, and a wider strip of yard. In a community where every plan is identical, unit position is the main lever on both livability and resale — and it's the thing portals flatten out entirely.

An end unit in Anderson Farm typically commands a premium, and in my experience that premium holds up on resale better than most upgrade dollars do. But, from my personal experience owning a townhome years ago, interior units are not a bad buy, and can actually help lower the cost to heat and cool your home — two shared walls means less exterior exposure. They're a different buy, and they should be priced accordingly.

Also worth walking: which buildings back to the tree line versus which back to another building. That varies within the same street and doesn't show up in a listing.

Townhome building backing to woods at Anderson Farm in Calabash
Buildings that back to the wooded buffer. The tree line is not evenly distributed across the community — some buildings have it and some look at a neighbor's porch.
Building size
6 units
End units per building
2
Shared walls
One, versus two interior
Natural light
Three exposures
Yard
Wider side strip
Resale
Typically commands a premium

Phase 2 — Ryan Homes is coming back

Breaking ground soon

This is the news that hasn't reached a single listing site yet, and it's the part I spend the most time on with buyers right now.

Ryan Homes is returning to Anderson Farm with a new product. Their project manager said publicly that the team is getting ready to break ground and expects to have homes out of the ground over the next couple of months — turning dirt, framing walls and putting the community back into active construction.

That matters in three directions. It answers the question of who builds out the rest of the 336 approved units — it's the same builder who built Phase 1. It puts new inventory into a corridor that has almost none in this price band. And it means the HOA's budget gets spread across a growing owner base rather than a static one.

What hasn't been released yet: the plans, the square footages, the price band, and whether the new product is townhomes, single-family or a mix. Anyone quoting you numbers today is guessing. I'd rather tell you that plainly than fill the gap with speculation.

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Cleared ground for the next phase of construction at Anderson Farm in Calabash NC
The ground Phase 2 goes on.

What you actually get to use

A pool, lawn care, and a short list you should verify

Anderson Farm was marketed as the only new townhome community in Calabash with a community pool, included lawn care and low HOA dues. The amenity package here is deliberately small, which is part of how the price point worked.

Community pool with sun deck and pool house at Anderson Farm in Calabash NC
The community pool. Paver deck, loungers and a pool house, with Phase 1 townhomes just beyond the fence. The one shared amenity here, and the reason the dues stay where they are.
Covered pavilion with dining table beside the pool at Anderson Farm
The covered pavilion off the pool house. Shade and a table for six — useful in July, and the closest thing this community has to a gathering space.

Small amenity packages are not a weakness. A single pool and no clubhouse means a lean budget and lower monthly dues, and for a lock-and-leave second home that's often the right trade. What you give up is the social infrastructure — no card rooms, no fitness center, no clubs meeting on Tuesday nights.

If you're relocating full-time from out of state and don't know a soul here, understand that going in. Anderson Farm is a quiet, well-kept place to own a home. It is not a community that will introduce you to forty people in your first month. I can name the ones in this corridor that will, if that matters to you.

Community pool

Outdoor pool serving the whole community, set to be ready for the coming season. The centerpiece of the amenity package and the thing that set Anderson Farm apart from other new townhomes at this price.

Lawn care included

Handled by the association — the maintenance-free part of the pitch, and the reason this works as a second home you visit six weeks a year.

Coastal exteriors

A consistent exterior language across the community, maintained under association architectural standards rather than left to individual owners.

Wooded setting

Pines and mature buffer around much of the site. How much of it your specific building actually touches varies — worth walking.

Covered porches

Built into the plans rather than added later. In a townhome this is your only outdoor room, so orientation and privacy matter.

The question everyone asks second

What the dues cover — and the questions I'd ask first

Anderson Farm is a townhome community with association-maintained lawns and a shared pool. That's a different ownership structure from the single-family neighborhoods down the road, and it comes with a different set of documents you actually need to read.

Generally included

  • Lawn care and landscaping
  • Community pool and pool service
  • Common-area maintenance
  • Private road and drive maintenance
  • Stormwater common areas
  • Professional management
  • Master insurance — scope varies, read it

Generally on you

  • Interior maintenance and systems
  • Your HO-3 owner's policy
  • Utilities
  • Pest control arrangements

Ask before you write

  • Current dues, and the last three years of them
  • Whether the declarant still controls the board
  • How Phase 2 units are annexed into the association
  • Rental caps and minimum lease terms
  • Exactly what the master policy covers

Why this section is longer than usual: in a finished community, HOA review is routine. In one that's about to start a second phase, it is the transaction. Declarant control periods, annexation rights and assessment structures all decide how and when Phase 2 owners start carrying their share — and the answers live in the recorded declaration and its amendments, not in a listing remark. Ask me for the full document package on Anderson Farm and I'll walk you through what's in it.

What the national sites get wrong about Anderson Farm

There are two Anderson Farms in North Carolina

The claim: Anderson Farm is a D.R. Horton community with a greenway, dog park, sand volleyball court and homes up to 2,824 square feet.

That's a different Anderson Farm — a D.R. Horton single-family and townhome community in Wendell, in Wake County, about fifteen miles from downtown Raleigh. Same name, different builder, different product, different half of the state. Search results blend the two constantly, which means Wendell's school ratings, amenity lists, square footages and median prices routinely get attached to the Calabash community. If a page mentions Wendell Falls, Highway 264 or Carver Elementary, you're reading about the wrong neighborhood.

It's in Calabash, not Ocean Isle Beach

The claim: at least one new-construction internet search result files Anderson Farm Townhomes under Ocean Isle Beach.

The community sits off Hickman Road NW in Calabash, 28467 — roughly two miles down from Highway 17 and close to the South Carolina line. Ocean Isle Beach is a separate town in the other direction. The distinction is not cosmetic: it changes your drive times, your beach access, your insurance picture and your comparable sales.

"About 100 homes" and "336 homes" are both true

The claim: community size figures that vary by a factor of three depending on where you look.

One number is what's standing today. The other is what's approved. Sites that quote either one without the other give you a distorted picture — the first makes it sound like a small finished enclave, the second like a large established community. It's neither yet. It's about a hundred townhomes on a site entitled for three hundred thirty-six, with the builder about to start closing that gap. Which direction the number moves is now a question of schedule rather than a question of whether.

The name is Anderson Farm, singular

The claim: Anderson Farms.

Minor, but it matters for searching. The community is recorded and marketed as Anderson Farm. Plenty of listings, blog posts and saved searches use the plural, which means a search set one way can miss inventory listed the other. I run both.

Getting around

Two miles off 17, and close enough to the line that half your errands happen in South Carolina

Anderson Farm sits on Hickman Road NW — the continuation of Highway 57 — between Highway 17 and the state line. It's a quiet stretch, and the location is genuinely good for what most buyers here actually do.

Shrimp boats tied up at the docks on the Calabash waterfront
The Calabash waterfront, about five minutes out. The working shrimp fleet is the reason the town has a nickname, and it's genuinely walkable once you park.
Callahan's Nautical Gifts of Calabash storefront under a live oak
Callahan's, under the live oaks off Beach Drive. Gifts, apparel and a year-round Christmas store — the one stop out-of-town guests always ask about.

What you get from this particular spot: the Calabash waterfront in five minutes, Sunset Beach in about fifteen, and North Myrtle Beach — with its shopping, medical offices and the airport beyond it — in about twenty. Grocery and pharmacy are close. Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center is up in Supply, and there's plenty of care on the Little River side.

Two women shopping among boutiques in a coastal town
An afternoon of shops and lunch is a short drive in any direction — Calabash, Little River or North Myrtle Beach.
Highway 17
~2 miles
Downtown Calabash & the seafood row
~5–7 min
Little River, SC
~10 min
Sunset Beach — the sand
~15 min
North Myrtle Beach
~20 min
Ocean Isle Beach
~25 min
Shallotte — hospital, shopping
~25 min
Myrtle Beach International Airport
~40 min
Wilmington
~1 hr 10 min

Drive times are typical off-season estimates. Summer traffic on 17 and 179 changes several of these meaningfully.

Schools

Brunswick County Schools serves the community. Assignments change, and — as noted above — school ratings you find attached to "Anderson Farm" online are frequently Wake County's, not Brunswick's. Verify current zoning directly with the district before it factors into your decision.

Streets you'll see in the listings

If you're cross-referencing an address from a portal, these are inside the community:

Not necessarily a complete list as the community fills in — ask me if you're unsure whether an address falls inside the association.

Questions I get about Anderson Farm

Is Ryan Homes still building here?

Yes — and they're about to start again. The original Poplar and Nassau Cove townhome program closed out in May 2026 after roughly a hundred of the 336 approved units were built. Ryan Homes is now returning with a new product; their project manager said publicly that the team is preparing to break ground and expects homes out of the ground within a couple of months. Most listing sites haven't caught up. Ask me and I'll tell you where it actually stands this week.

What is the new Phase 2 product?

Ryan Homes hasn't released the details yet — no plans, no square footages, no price band, and no public confirmation of whether it's townhomes, single-family or a mix. What is confirmed is that a new product is coming and that ground-breaking is close. I'd rather tell you that plainly than guess. Tell me you're interested and I'll get you the specifics the day they're released, along with the plat and the phasing provisions so you can see how Phase 2 fits into the rest of the community.

Is Anderson Farm a 55+ community?

No. It's an all-ages townhome community. The buyer mix skews heavily toward retirees and second-home owners, which is why the question comes up — but there's no age restriction. If you specifically want age-restricted living, I can point you to the communities in this corridor that genuinely are.

Is this the same Anderson Farm as the D.R. Horton community?

No, and this trips up more buyers than anything else on this page. D.R. Horton builds an Anderson Farm in Wendell, NC, near Raleigh — different builder, different product, different part of the state. Amenity lists, floor plans, square footages, school ratings and price data from Wendell regularly get attached to the Calabash community in search results. If what you're reading mentions a greenway, a dog park or a sand volleyball court, that's Wendell.

Can I rent my townhome out?

Rental rights, caps and minimum lease terms are set by the declaration and any amendments to it, and they can be changed by the association. Do not rely on what a listing says or what a neighbor tells you. If rental income is part of your plan, tell me before we write an offer and I'll get you the governing documents and the current board policy in writing.

How's the resale market here?

I publish a branded market snapshot for the Calabash and Carolina Shores communities covering absorption rate, days on market and closed price trends. Anderson Farm is a particularly useful one to look at, because a community that shifted from builder inventory to pure resale inside a year behaves differently than a mature neighborhood does. Ask me for the current edition — it's free and there's no obligation attached to it.

Street of completed townhomes at Anderson Farm in Calabash NC
A finished Phase 1 street. Well kept and quiet, and now with a second wave of construction on the way behind it.
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