Cambridge Square

I lived at Cambridge Square for three years.
As others will point out, maintenance and landscaping are top-​notch.
But be aware. While the apartments are very upscale looking at first look, not all is perfect. As others will note the insulation can be poor (especially with respect to weather insulation). My January and December 2014 electric bills were $ 350/​mth. This is for a one bedroom apartment. While many may think this is an error or exception, I urge to check with KCP&L before renting. KCP&L will be able to tell you comparable energy bills for apartments in this community. My huge winter electric bills were the norm over my entire lease. This despite that fact that my apartment was always cold.
Most importantly be aware that Cambridge Square’s (Fogleman management’s) business policy are horrible in many ways. Always read the fine print in the contract. The lease requires a 60 day move out notice. In my case, I decided to notify of my move out 30 days from my lease expiration (after 3 years as a tenant). Cambridge proceeded to enforce the 60 day notice and even increased my last month rent $ 200. Additionally, even though I left my apartment in immaculate shape (with zero complaints on my exit walk out), Cambridge came up with several unrelated charges to keep most of my security deposit.
Another area to look closely at is the method of paying your monthly rent. Fogelman’s (the management company) website is horrible and was never able to tell me my monthly rent (it varies as it includes a water/​garbage charge). Also ask about office hours. They are inconsistent.
While this property has many things to recommend it, Fogelman Managements service policy is questionable. When I moved into this apartment the community was managed AMLI. AMLI was far better to deal with and encourage you to consider AMLI properties in the KC area.

One of the best apartment communities in leawood ks. maitenence and the leasing staff are top notch! Great location and easy access to highways and shopping.

I am writing this review as a former tenant from 2011-​12. We moved to Overland Park from Kentucky and it was a rather quick move. And as such, we were hard-​pressed to find suitable accommodations for our family. Being unfamiliar with the city, I did a bit of online research and came up with a few places to have a look at because we had a total of 3 days to find a place to live. One was a no-​go because they had rented the last unit prior to our appointment, another was a townhome in Lee’s Summit (far from my husband’s job) and then there was Cambridge Square…
First impressions were great! It was the end of September/​early October so the weather was really nice and the grounds were just beautiful. Everything was so well-​kept and the clubhouse was gorgeous too. The staff were all very welcoming and accommodating, even going out of their way to talk to my shy little 2 year old.
We were taken to a ground floor apartment and given a tour by a lady named Erin, who is no longer there. She told us that this was the available unit. It was handicapped accessible, which didn’t really mean much to us, but it did provide a few extra safety measures for our little girl. The previous tenant had left ceiling fans in each room, which I later found out was not voluntary. Once you install something like a light or a fan there, it becomes their property — remember that.
The windows seemed very thin and it seemed very noisy in there, but I just thought it was me. We also could hear the upstairs neighbors’ children stampeding through the apartment and also the toilet flushing. We asked about the noise and she said that the neighbors were being especially loud because they were moving out, which they were, but not for a couple of weeks. And not before they destroyed that apartment.
When the tour was over we told her we weren’t sure and needed the night to think about it. She was very obnoxious and said «Why would you need to think about it? Look at this place!!» The finishes were NOT high end despite what they say on their website. The kitchen counters are formica and the floors are covered in lino. The only tile in that place is a few square feet as soon as you enter the apartment. And it is slick as snot. Appliances are average and there were multiple dead spiders (more about those in a minute) and bees and random bugs lying around as we were touring. The carpet was new, but I knew by the feel that it was cheap as well. And it was a very light cream color. And I have a toddler. But I digress!
We went back to the clubhouse to let our daughter run around and talk and decided to go ahead and sign the lease. We didn’t have many options at that point. I was worried about being so close to 435 AND being on the ground floor AND the apparent lack of security there, but we needed a home. So — done and done.
Long story short, we moved in and a few months later so did new neighbors upstairs. They were a nightmare. They were loud without concern for us. I kept a record (per the management) of how many times they violated the noise curfew and it was well over 40 times. They assaulted my husband and also the woman grabbed me in the office in front of the entire staff. Management did nothing to these people. In fact, both of us moved out at the same time.
We also had an infestation of wood louse hunters and centipedes. Bees also frequented my daughters room but I could never find a entry point.
Very bad experience. If I had more room, I would say more. Maintenance was fabulous. Every time. The only light in the freaking dark of that hell-​hole. Do not recommend.

I’m a current 2012 resident of Cambridge Square. I’ve been here for three months and I’ll give my background (for frame of reference) and my initial thoughts on the complex.
I work a basic 9 – 5 schedule and the most important thing to me is a quiet environment when I’m at home relaxing from my time spent at the office. I’ve lived in the past at Aspen Lodge in Overland Park (awful management, horrible state of repair on the apartments themselves, and too expensive for what you got) and the Library Lofts downtown (expensive due to location and a gamble on the type of neighbor you might get, but security is better than anywhere else downtown and I enjoyed it quite a bit).
This year I moved to Cambridge Square to be closer to friends and family and because my company is moving to the area next year. When they learned about my office move Cambridge Square offered me the benefits of a ‘preferred business partner’ which was icing on the cake.
My initial views on the apartments are:
Excellent state of repair — clean apartment on move in, excellent new appliances (including washer/​dryer), and wired caps in the bedroom for a lighting fixture or fan (which maintenance installed free for me within 3 days of a request)
Excellent grounds — seriously, our maintenance and lawn care team is top notch. Landscaping looks beautiful, and when friends visit you’ll be proud to have them drive through the lot to your home. It looks great here. I’m being nice and not docking off for the dogwood tree outside my apartment, which I’m allergic to. :)
Great staff (including Maintenance) and management
I like the apartment a lot. I have a single bedroom and it’s plenty of room for me. It’s well built and insulated well — I’ve had to use the hear and air very minimally.
The only negatives I’ve noticed are:
Basically zero pre-​installed lighting in the back half of most apartments. You should have enough lighting in your entryway, kitchen, and dining area to get by… but your living room and bedroom are given NO built in lighting. You’ll have to invest in plenty of lamps or fixtures for decent lighting in some areas.
The walls are plenty thick, but the floor is paper thin. I’m lucky I have a mellow upstairs neighbor, but I can still hear every step he takes above me. I’ve never heard my neighbors through any side walls though.
A bit pricy, but I’ve found you get what you pay for. The proximity to Town Center and ‘Leawood living’ come with a price, and I’m ok with that. The access to 435 is great too.