FYI – a new handrail has been scheduled for installation in early March.  The old handrail was removed and will be replaced.  Thank you.

All changes to the exterior of your home or to your property must be reviewed and approved by the Blackthorne Estates Architecture Review Committee (ARC) PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION/INSTALLATION.  Submitting an ARC request is easy. First, complete the ARC Change Request Form which is available in either MS Word or .pdf formats at http://www.blackthorneestates.org/documents.  If you have provided with your initial request all of the pertinent information described above, the ARC committee review should be complete within 7 days. Incomplete requests and requests that require a site visit, verification of state, county or city codes and/or an interpretation of the Declaration of Restrictions by the Board can take up to 30 days.

Invoices for the 2015 Annual Blackthorne Estates Homes Association dues were mailed out in January with a due date of February 28th, 2015.  Dues remained at $600.00 for the fourth consecutive year.  Although the Homes Association Declaration fixes January 1st as the contractual due date, the Advisory Board has been able to manage the annual budget to have enough carry over to pay January and February expenses without a dependency on the new year’s dues revenue and, therefore, extended the due date to allow households some level of recovery from Christmas and other end of year expenses.    Continue reading 2015 Homes Association Dues →

The Annual Blackthorne Estates Neighborhood Meeting will be held on Thursday, October 23rd, 7:00PM – 9:00PM in the cafeteria of Sunrise Point Elementary School at 158th and Roe. Agendas will be mailed to every homeowner in addition to being available at the meeting.

The Blackthorne Estates Social Committee will be hosting the Neighborhood Pool Party on Sunday, August 31st at 4PM at the Pool! Music – Food – Fun!!
The event will be catered by Detroit Coney Food Truck from 5-7pm. Menu choices will be: Detroit Coney, Polish Coney, All Beef Hot Dog, Polish Sausage, Veggie Dog, Loose Burger, Loose Deluxe, Nachos, Chili Cheese Nachos and Ice Cream, chips and a drink.

RSVP is required by 8-22-14 to receive a ticket for dinner. Please email Mike Mason at [email protected] or call 913-261-9430. Please include the following: Name, total # of adults and total # of kids. If you are unable to RSVP and wish to still attend, Detroit Coney will also accept cash or credit card for walk up purchases.

Our annual home owners association meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 21, 2013 from 7:00pm-9:00pm at Sunrise Point Elementary Cafeteria at 158th & Roe Blvd.

The annual pool party and BBQ will be Saturday, July 27, 2013. Save the date and details will follow. Food, Music and Lifeguards will be provided.

A recent Kansas City Star article published August 16th outlines a project proposal to create a snake habitat upon a new 11 acre plot of land behind Iron Horse, BlackThorne Estates and Water’s Edge.   Here is an excerpt from the article:

Redbelly and smooth earth snakes spend most of their lives underground gorging on slugs, worms and snails. Now the reptiles are surfacing, at least bureaucratically, to devour Johnson County tax dollars.State officials insist Johnson County replace any endangered species habitat it disturbs while building new sewers — requiring new homes for snakes on 11 acres at a cost of $250,000 to $500,000.

The Advisory Board has received some complaints regarding pets (dogs) running lose in the neighborhood and approaching pedestrians and other pets in the neighborhood. Homeowners please be reminded that the City of Overland Park Municipal Code does require all dogs to be on a leash when outside of the owners yard. Please remain aware of your pets at all times to ensure the safety of our neighbors and our pets.

The pool parking lot will be blocked off and unavailable Sunday afternoon, September 11th through Wednesday morning, September 14th for maintenance, resurfacing and repainting.  Please take care not to walk on, ride bikes or other toys on or drive on the parking lot surface during this time.  Continue reading Parking Lot Maintenance →

To validate the problem before committing significant Homes Association dollars for complete tree removal and replacement, an arborist was invited to physically inspect all of the pines on the Mission Rd screening berms. The bad news is that the pine trees in question look as good today as they are ever going to look. They are over 10 years old and have nearly reached their maximum size. They have contracted a variety of diseases, infestations or stunted growth conditions. They can be sprayed; they can be pruned; and the needles can be removed to promote longer life, but… Continue reading Common Ground Trees →

1.  Final Word from 2010 Advisory Board.

2.  Introduction of 2011 Advisory Board and Committee Chairs.

3.  2011 HOA Dues.

4.  2011 Budget.

5.  Deffenbaugh trash and recycling update.

6.  Common Grounds Tree Maintenance update.

7.  2011 Discretionary  spending update.

8.  HAKC- Homes Association of Kansas City.

9.  Committee News and Events.

10.  Open Discussion and Questions.

The 2011 Annual Blackthorne Estates Homes Association meeting has been rescheduled for 7:30 PM on Tuesday, March 22nd in the Sunrise Point Elementary cafeteria (15800 Roe Avenue, Overland Park, KS 66224). Continue reading New Date Selected for 2011 Annual Blackthorne Estates Homes Assoc Mtg →

The recent snowfall has raised questions as to the responsibility of snow removal from the streets of our subdivision.  The city of Overland Park is responsible for all snow removal from the streets within our subdivision.  At times the city may contract this work to private vendors which may appear as though this is done privately.  However, no HOA dues are budgeted or spent for snow removal on any of the public streets within our subdivision.  The city of Overland Park does outline their snow removal procedures on their website.  If anyone has further questions regarding this procedure or the promptness of service provided by the city of Overland Park please feel free to visit the city of OP website and/or contact them directly with your specific concerns.  A link to the city of Overland Park can be found on our neighborhood website.

Thank you from your Advisory Board