Welcome to new neighbors

We believe you have made a great decision to live in beautiful Brookridge Estates!

Often while a resident is working in his/her front yard, someone passing by will ask if any homes are available in the neighborhood.

You have bought into a neighborhood in great demand and you have made a wise choice! (not that we are prejudiced in any way, of course!)

The local schools are excellent, as you probably already know.

Stonegate pool has just been renovated. It is located within walking distance at 97th and Antioch. It is just across from the Brookridge Post Office.

Brookridge Estates consists of 255 mainly ranch-style homes, and was established in the early seventies by Jack Bair.

Brookridge Estates has a homes association. (See the Board of Directors page for the board members.)

There are Deed Restrictions that may be viewed by clicking on the "Restrictions" page. You may contact any board member if you have questions. Your board is generally able to work with you to achieve your needs while maintaining the beauty of our community.

Brookridge Estates has "Street Captains" to welcome you to the neighborhood. You may find your Street Captain by clicking on the Street Captain button to the left. You should hear from your Street Captain shortly after moving in (by a knock on the door). Since your Street Captain does not know your phone number, it actually helps him/her if you call them first with your new number.

You may have your homes association dues paid for the rest of the year, and may have your trash pickup costs paid as well by the former owner. To check on this, please contact our treasurer, Sue Cowan, 766-0041. The fiscal year for the Brookridge Estates Homes Association (BEHA) is from January 1 through December 31.

One thing that your homes association does for you is to negotiate with the trash contractor to save you considerable money on your trash pickup. Typically, this has saved residents half the cost of service negotiated with the trash contractor personally. Your BEHA dues have been $25 for a number of years, and your trash pickup for this year (2009) is $115.

Unfortunately, your homes association has been unable to negotiate on recycled trash, and so that is still left up to the resident. It is slightly over $11 every three months (2009).

BEHA remodeled the entry at 99th and Metcalf in appropriately 2006. A sprinkler system was added at this time. BEHA takes great pride in keeping your entry looking nice. Signs of any type are prohibited from being posted on the entry or on the grounds of the entry. These will be removed.

The recent work along Metcalf, from 99th to 103rd, also enhances our community.

If you are moving in from outside the Greater Kansas City area you may need suggestions for services:

To find a new family physican. Usually a good way to find a doctor is by selecting the hospital first. Fortunately, Overland Park has many great hospitals to choose from. Similarly, your family may need to find a new dentist. Rather than blindly opening the yellow pages, you may be able to ask a neighbor for assistance.

The local paper is the "Kansas City Star" newspaper, 877-962-7827.

Electricity is with the "Kansas City Power and Light "company (816) 471-5275.

Gas is with "Kansas Gas Service" (800) 794-4780.

Water is with "WaterOne" (913)895-1800. Please note that you are charged a separate charge by "Johnson County Wastewater".

Telephone may be with several companies:

"SBC/ATT" (800) 246-8464, "SureWest "(825-3000), "Time-Warner" (816) 358-8833. (hint: you might want to try another company if you find you are put on a service hold for a long period of time. The numbers listed above are only for billing, so you may want to look up the service number to start with).

Make sure to call "Mark Before Digging (Kansas)" before any digging (913) 344-7233.

Trash Recycling this year:

"Deffenbaugh Industries" 631-2407.

Trash Pickup is usually on Mondays with the following exceptions, then trash pickup is one day later (Tuesday):

New Year's Day

Martin Luther KIng Jr's Birthday

Memorial Day

independence Day

Labor Day

Thanksgiving Day

Christmas Day

There are slight exceptions to the above guideline. The thing to remember is that Deffenbaugh gives their employees a day off for the above holidays, but if the day off happens to fall on a Saturday, the trash service still falls on a Monday (confused?). This doesn't happen very often, but it has happened recently.

(Please note the above days are selected by Deffenbaugh Industries, not your Brookridge Estates Homes Association.)

Brookridge Estates Homes Association maintains a list of contractors residents have used and can recommend. The Brookridge Homes Association is not responsible for the use of any of these contractors. These are recommendations from residents, and does not relieve one from their own responsibility in the use of these contractors. The list is found by clicking on the "Contractor" button on the left side of this page.

There are a number of annual events you should be aware of:

March - Annual Meeting

April, May, or June - Neigborhood Garage Sale & possibly the Large Item Pickup (See the separate website buttons for these).

May or June - Residents Phone Directory

June - Yard of the Month Award ($25 award)

July - Yard of the Month Award ($25 award)

August - Yard of the Month Award ($25 award)

September - Picnic

December - Entry decoration, Holiday lighting awards.

If you have any questions, please call your Street Captain or any board member.

Again, Welcome to Brookridge Estates! Hope this information is of help to you in getting used to your new community.

Click below to go to the New Neighbor Information form. Please print out the blank form, fill it out, and mail it to your street captain.

New Neighbor Information Form

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