Firetree Estates — Baldwin City, KS

Firetree Estates is an established subdivision in Baldwin City, Kansas (66006), built out in phases since about 2000 along streets including Firetree Avenue, Flame Way and Bluestem Drive. County records for homes here read “Firetree Estates Phase 2” and similar, and the City Council approved the Firetree 5B final plat on April 6, 2021, adding 28 lots on the north side of the neighborhood. Atteberry Homes is currently marketing new construction in Firetree from Bluestem Drive, so the subdivision spans quarter-century-old resales and 2026 new builds. The stone entrance monument and the cast flame sculpture at the entry are the neighborhood’s landmarks. Figures below come from county records via listing services, the city’s council recap, and the builder’s listings.

Why buyers look here

Firetree holds a large share of Baldwin City’s post-2000 housing, so it is where resale inventory turns up most often: ranches with full basements around 1,500 to 1,600 square feet above grade, and larger two-stories above 3,000 square feet, on lots of roughly a fifth to a quarter of an acre. There are no HOA dues, city water and sewer serve the lots, and a neighborhood park with a fishing pond sits inside the subdivision. The active new-construction phase means a buyer can choose between a settled block with mature landscaping and a brand-new plan a few streets over, at prices that in 2025–2026 have run from the high $300,000s for older ranches to the mid-$400,000s for larger resales and new builds.

Homes, builders & pricing

Resales in Firetree show year-built dates from 2000 forward. Two examples from county records: a 2000 ranch on Firetree Avenue with 1,580 square feet above grade and a full basement on a 9,901-square-foot lot, and a 2003 two-story on Flame Way with 3,658 total square feet on an 8,605-square-foot lot that sold in May 2025. Redfin’s street summaries put the average Flame Way lot at 11,108 square feet. On the new side, Atteberry Homes lists Firetree homes from Bluestem Drive at about $430,000, with 15 plans from 1,499 to 2,301 square feet across 28 planned homes — a count that matches the 28 lots in the 2021 Phase 5B plat, though we have not confirmed the two are the same ground. Firetree Retirement Villas, an income-restricted rental community, also carries the Firetree name in the same area and is a separate property.

HOA

No homeowners association is listed on Firetree resales, and county records show no dues. There is no pool or clubhouse; the shared amenity is the neighborhood park and fishing pond. We have not pulled the recorded plat covenants for each phase — earlier phases may carry recorded restrictions without an active association — so ask for the seller’s disclosure and, if you want the restriction language, we can retrieve the recorded declaration for the phase from the Douglas County Register of Deeds.

Setting & location

Firetree Estates is inside Baldwin City limits, in the 66006 ZIP. Baldwin City is in southern Douglas County on U.S. 56, about 15 miles southeast of Lawrence; it is home to Baker University (founded 1858, the oldest university in Kansas), a brick-street downtown, the Santa Fe Trail route marked through town, the Midland Railway heritage line and the Maple Leaf Festival on the third full weekend of October. The subdivision is on city water and sewer.

Schools

Firetree Estates is in the Baldwin City school district, USD 348. The district runs one set of schools for the whole district rather than neighborhood attendance areas: Baldwin Elementary School Primary Center (pre-K through 2nd grade), Baldwin Elementary School Intermediate Center (grades 3–5), Baldwin Junior High School (grades 6–8) and Baldwin High School (grades 9–12), per the district’s own school directory. The district also offers the Greenbush Virtual Academy as an online option. Confirm the current assignment for a specific address with USD 348 before relying on it.

What it actually costs to own here

With no HOA, the recurring cost of owning in Firetree beyond principal and interest is property tax, and here we can check the model against real bills: the 2025 tax on the Firetree Avenue ranch above was $5,383, and on the Flame Way two-story $7,267. Both match the published levy formula to the dollar. The chart shows what those two tax bills work out to per month, plus a new Atteberry build at about $430,000.

Estimates only, not a tax quote. The appraised values shown for the two existing homes are back-calculated from their 2025 assessed values (11.5% of appraised); the new-build figure applies the 2025 City of Baldwin City levy of 142.468 mills (state 1.5, county 40.669, city 41.084, USD 348 57.728, community library 1.487) less the $75,000 school-levy exemption. No HOA dues or special assessment appear on the records we reviewed. Kansas reassesses annually.

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