Neighbors in past years might have taken a hot casserole and a homemade cake to welcome new neighbors as soon as the moving truck rolled away. Many times that kindness turns into life long friendships. Here is a bit of information about the area and local businesses to help new neighbors get to know the area.
Discounts for those moving into the neighborhood:
(*Veterans get discounts at Home Depot and Lowes, anytime.)
UTILITY INFORMATION
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Electric Companies
AEP or Public Service Company 888-216-3523
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Gas Companies
Oklahoma Natural Gas 918-834-8000
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Water/Sewer/Refuse
City of Tulsa 918-596-9511
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Telephone Companies (Land line)
Cox Communications 918-806-6000
Windstream 877-520-5220
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Questions? PLEASE be sure to call Gail Hauke (918 250-4142) or Joe Nappo (918 346-7639)
A bit of info for you:
- Open letter from President of Burning Tree Area 4 (Burning Tree South) PLEASE READ
- City of Tulsa Helpful Phone Numbers
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CITY ORDINANCES AND REPORTING PROBLEMS WHO TO CALL?
- Homeowners and landlords can be fined!
- Junk or trash in a neighbors yard?
- Leash Laws and fines in Tulsa
- Graffiti? Studies have shown that if graffiti is removed quickly from tagged property, there is less chance it will recur. The City of Tulsa has a graffiti elimination program that works to remove graffiti from public or private property including buildings, signs, and utility boxes. Customer Care Center at (918) 596-2100 because:
- Graffiti leads to the overall decline of a neighborhood.
- Graffiti is not only a malicious destruction of property, but also can lead to violence and crime.
- Graffiti should not be taken lightly and should be removed immediately.
- Chickens in the backyard? Animals pooping on your property?
- Vehicles Tulsa city ordinances require vehicles in driveways or on city streets to be fully operable. ~Any vehicle legally or physically incapable of being operated for a period of forty-eight (48) hours must be stored within an enclosed structure. ~Those vehicles* parked on city streets should not be parked in the same space for more than 24 hours. Police will mark it for tow unless it is moved in 24 hours. ~No vehicle can be parked in the yard at any time. ~Vehicles* cannot be used for storage. (*Vehicle shall mean any motor vehicle, automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle, tractor, buggy, wagon or self propelled farm or construction equipment.)
- Check for sex offenders in your neighborhood
- Crime stoppers and reporting abuse of older citizens.
- Three Ways to Submit an Anonymous Tip.
FREE FUN FOR THE KIDS
Fun things things to do nearby:
- .50 movies
- Redbox
- McDonalds cheap coffee
- Senior Citizens discounts
- What a Burger and Sonic
- Farmers Markets BA April 14 -Mid Oct Sat 8-12 418 S Main St 918 259-6572 (259-7000 x 5430
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Where to go for Assistance When Things are Tight
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GROCERY STORE ADS ONLINE:
Aldi
CVS
Dollar General
Food Pyramid
Food Pyramid’s Double coupon Policy
Harp’s Foods
Kmart*
Petty’s
Reasors Click on Ad Specials
Save-a-lot
Target Choose Weekly Ad*
Wal-Mart *
Walgreens *
Warehouse Market Click on Advertisement
Whole Foods
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PRICE MATCHING AT WALMART- Save your ads from what comes in the mail on Tuesday or Wed, along with the Sunday paper….yes, even Target and all those. In the Sunday paper check on the back of the “local” page for Warehouse Market and price match groceries at Walmart. The Aldi ad usually has good produce prices that can be price matched.
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TAX BREAKS THAT CAN SAVE YOU MONEY:
- Homestead exemption: if this is your primary residence be sure to file this by March 15th.
- Additional Homestead (Double Homestead exemption) if household income from all sources is $20,000 or less.
- Senior Freeze: 65 and older and less than $59,600 household income, from all sources.(This was the amount in 2011.)
- Veterans Honorably discharged, and has a 100% permanent disablity (service related) or the surviving spouse
- Circuit breaker for those 65 or older, with homestead exemption or is totally disabled and has no more than $12,000 income from all sources.
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TULSA COUNTY LAND AND PROPERTY RECORDS
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Make sure Zillow has your homes correct square footage when you go here. Many of them are too low*. or if you have updated the home (If the square footage is too low or if you have updated the home then look for the edit button, down below the picture, to correct it.) Remember you can only correct information on property that you actually own as you leave a digital footprint and it can be “tracked” if anyone tries to do something “cute” to your property information.
*You should be able to get the correct square footage information from an appraisal if your home was refinanced and measured at that time.
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WHY SHOULD YOU CARE IF ZILLOW IS CORRECT?
When your neighbor decides to sell his or her home, higher values of neighboring properties means the more your neighbor can get. What your neighbor receives when it sells has a direct impact on the value of your property. You will be glad when you are ready to sell that you helped your neighbors to get as much as possible for theirs!
Also, verify your info on trulia.com
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Check your home’s information here:
- www.assessor.tulsacounty.org
- choose “property search” (on left)
- accept the terms
- choose “subdivision” and type in Burning Tree South
- Look for your name
- Scroll down to “Improvements” and look for “liveable” to see what they show for sq feet.
- Is there a discrepancy? If you feel that your information is incorrect on the assessors site ( the appraiser for your mortgage company measured when you bought or refinanced) you might want to ask the county assessors offices to re-measure.
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Your tax account information on line: Tax Roll Search
Must use current year or one prior year tax roll item number to access “Your Tax Account which you will obtain from the tax statement you receive in the mail.
- all current year and prior year tax account, both paid and unpaid
- all tax accounts that are unpaid, regardless of year
- all tax accounts on which payment was received through a tax sale certificate that has not been redeemed nor had a tax certificate deed issued thereon
- all tax accounts on which there has been activity within the previous six months.
Burning Tree South Subdivision 