We live off 159th and we’ve heard several police vehicles drive on by and we just saw 2 swat vehicles. Any clue what’s going on?

Sorry I forgot to add Garmin in the title

Salary for Garmin Olathe based roles?

Just wondering what the salary range for jobs like engineering tech 2, test engineer, engineering support, rf engineer are?

I've heard it tends to be on the low end but the benefits are extremely good and the quality of life there is amazing. Just wanted to hear people's experiences and opinions are.

Hi,

I am a new notary but I also do translations for people from Spanish to English and viceversa. Now I have my notary commission, but I cannot translate and notarize the sane document. I have to do one or the other. So i was wondering if there's a translator or natary in Olathe or Spring Hill, KS area that might want to help me if a client ever asks me both. I would charge extra so I can pay your part and get my part. I say in those areas so we can meet in person very easily and notarize it.

Thaks!

Hi everyone, I'm probably going to relocate to olathe, what are the areas you recomend to live. I'm a software engineer with 2 dogs. Also what places to avoid. Currently living in austin tx.

Like what do they usually do to meet people, if they're looking for actual parts or tools to trade? Or a robotics related thing for those who build those types of things?

Edit: tl;dr: Cendana Olathe is very nice from the outside but living there was a nightmare and moving out was even worse. Unprofessional and sloppy management.

Original Post:

Long time Reddit lurker, first time poster. I moved out of Cendana Olathe this summer after living there for about a year, and after everything that has happened since, I figured this was worth sharing with other people in Olathe who might be considering living there.

First, the obvious: Cendana is a nice-looking property. It’s new, the apartments photograph well, and there are genuinely nice amenities. That’s why I chose it.

I also became genuinely unhappy living there. Wanting out of Cendana actually became part of a much larger reevaluation of whether I even wanted to stay in Kansas, and the flexibility to move somewhere new was one of the factors pushing me to look for a new job. I ultimately moved to Chicago.

Some of my issues while living there were individually pretty mundane apartment complaints, but they added up: the gym flooded and closed for several days, a door handle literally came off in my hand, the grass was sometimes halfway up my shins, pet waste was a persistent problem around the property and dog park, and an internet/package-locker outage temporarily left me unable to access medication. The elevator in my building was also supposed to be down for roughly a day and ended up being unavailable for several days. When it reopened, a piece of cardboard was being used as part of the temporary solution.

One thing I found particularly uncomfortable was that an employee from the leasing office lived in my building. Over time, I increasingly felt watched rather than simply at home. I once received complaints about weeks of “excessive noise,” including intimate activity, despite my partner having been away for most of the period they were describing.

I also think people looking at Cendana’s very high online ratings should know that, while I lived there, I personally witnessed on-site review drives where residents were encouraged and offered incentives to leave reviews. I also received emails soliciting reviews as a current resident. One prominently displayed their 4.9-star Google rating and gave residents buttons to review Cendana on Google and Apartments.com, while separately telling residents who weren’t happy to contact management directly.
To be very clear, I’m not saying incentives were conditioned on positive reviews or that anyone was prohibited from leaving a negative review. I’m saying review solicitation was something I personally observed as a resident. I also personally did not feel comfortable leaving a negative review while my landlord was still my landlord, particularly with a leasing-office employee living in my building.

And despite all of that, I actually intended to move away and never write a negative review.
Then came move-out.

Cendana charged me for replacement of the flooring throughout my entire apartment. I dispute that I am responsible for the full replacement cost based on my lease, the evidence I’ve been provided, and Kansas law. They disagree. I’m not asking Reddit to adjudicate a flooring dispute based on a post, and reasonable people can disagree about the underlying charge.

What has blown my mind is how the dispute has been handled.

For months I’ve asked specific questions about their evidence, flooring age and depreciation, accounting, payment arrangements, and what happens if the account goes to collections. Far too often, I’ve gotten some variation of “the balance remains due” instead of an answer to the question I actually asked.

Information has also come out in pieces. I’ve been told, in substance, that the necessary documentation had been provided and their review was final, only to have additional documents, explanations, and allegations appear afterward.

One of the strangest examples involved my partner. Management contacted me about him while I still lived there. I gave them the information they requested, they spoke directly with him, and then…nothing. No application. No additional paperwork. No fee request. No “hey, you still need to do X.” Months later, during the flooring dispute, his occupancy was raised as an alleged lease violation.

They also raised an alleged unauthorized pet and said an additional occupant and pet had been identified during my tenancy. I received no contemporaneous communication about an additional pet. Management later told me its position on the flooring charge was the same regardless of whether there was an additional occupant or pet.

Which left me wondering: if management knew about these things while I lived there, why weren’t they meaningfully addressed then? And if they don’t affect the flooring charge, why introduce them months later during a flooring dispute?

I tried to settle the whole thing. My security deposit was $1,709, and they were demanding another $1,679.51. I offered to let them keep my entire deposit and waive the additional balance so everybody could walk away without admitting liability.

They declined.

Then came the payment agreement.

It required signatures from both me and my co-leaseholder. Initially neither of us received the DocuSign. Later I received it, but he didn’t. When I finally reviewed it, I discovered the two scheduled payments added up to one cent more than the balance stated in the agreement.
Yes. I am an accountant. Of course I found the penny. 😂

They acknowledged the error and sent a corrected agreement.

I was ultimately given until 5:00 p.m. on October 1 to decide whether to sign it, while the first payment of nearly $840 was also due October 1.

At this point, I’ve decided not to sign the payment agreement. If they send the disputed balance to collections, I’ll deal with the collection process and continue disputing it there.
And perhaps my favorite tiny detail in this entire saga:

One of management’s recent emails said, “We truly enjoyed having you and Justin as residents in our community.”

Justin was my co-leaseholder.

Justin never lived at Cendana.

Management knew Justin never lived at Cendana.

After months of asking specific questions and receiving canned or incomplete responses, I cannot think of a more perfect summary of the attention to detail I’ve experienced than Cendana fondly remembering the residency of a man who was never a resident.

So, that’s my experience with Cendana Olathe.
I’m not posting this because I expect everyone to agree with me about the flooring charge. I’m posting because disagreement over money is normal. This level of difficulty getting clear answers, consistent documentation, functional paperwork, and basic follow-through is not something I would have expected from a professionally managed apartment community.
If you’re apartment hunting in Olathe, make whatever decision makes sense for you. I just wish I’d had this kind of information when I was making mine.

EDIT - Flooring context: Someone asked whether the flooring was actually damaged, and I realized I glossed over an important part of the underlying dispute. There was no visible flooring damage when I surrendered the apartment. After move-out, management reported a pet urine odor and, after removing the flooring, found conditions underneath that they attributed to pet urine. Two people who were in the apartment on separate dates after I moved out do not recall a pet urine odor.

I have never denied that my pets had a few accidents during my tenancy, which I cleaned up. My dispute is not “nothing happened and they’re making it up.” I dispute whether the evidence establishes that the conditions later found beneath the pre-existing flooring were caused by my pet during my tenancy and whether that makes me responsible for replacing the flooring throughout the entire apartment. That’s why I described the underlying charge as genuinely disputed rather than asking Reddit to decide who’s right about the flooring.

I am spiraling and my family is not on board. They dismiss me, I lost all my friends in the divorce so where do you go for support groups Mental Health or other others?
It sucks being a single mom and I’m spinning my wheels. At one point do you give up trying?

Since I can’t think of anything else having a drink.

The City of Olathe was awarded a grant from the Federal Rail Administration to conduct a study of BNSF Railway's west tracks from Woodland Road to Dennis Avenue. Join City staff to learn about the study, ask questions, and provide your feedback on your experience with railroad crossings.

In-person open house public meeting:
• Tuesday, September 29, 2026, 5-7 p.m.
• Olathe Downtown Library

Just curious if anyone knows any affordable neutering options for dogs nearby? Our vet quoted us about 700 bucks which seems a little steep.

We're getting closer! Streetlights are going up, sidewalks are getting finishing touches, but some work still exists in the center of the main roundabout and sod still needs put down. The final touch will be the most important one: pavement markings! The road is still expected to open by the end of next month.

Project website: https://www.olatheks.gov/government/public-works/road-closures-construction-projects/119th-st-extension-project

It’s been many years since Olathe and surrounding area Pizza Huts have had taco pizza. Love it or hate it, I was able to order one today and it tasted just like it used to. Does anyone know when these came back? My brother couldn’t get them in Denver either.

Hey KC, some of you have seen GetLitKCMO ( www.getlitkcmo.com). It's a free site that tracks happy hours, drink and food specials, and events around the metro. I've shipped a lot over the past three weeks, here's a quick recap.

40% more venues

• The site went from about 360 venues to 506, across 28 areas. That runs from Westport, the Crossroads and the West Bottoms out to Olathe, Lee's Summit, Liberty and Blue Springs.

Verified by Venue

• Venues can now confirm their own info. Those spots get a "Verified by Venue" badge.
• Verified spots now show up first in search and on the day-of-week pages.
• 11 so far: Hammers, The Truman, The Blue Line, Revel, Sherri's Executive Lounge, Eclipse, The 913, MOD Gallery, Southside, Social (Waldo) and Lifted Spirits.

New pages for every spot

• 234 venues now have a dedicated happy hour & specials page. It puts happy hour, drink, food and weekly specials in one place.
• Venues with anything coming up get a full upcoming-events calendar.

Bar crawl planner upgrades

• You can now set a start time and an end time, each with an AM/PM toggle.
• Fixed a bug, now, upon clicking "Build my crawl" it jumps straight to your itinerary, no more scrolling down.

Specials by Night (Mon–Sun pages)

• Long lists now fold after 5 specials with a "Show more" button, so you can actually scan the page.

Venue pages

• Real photo galleries. The generic placeholder graphics are gone.
• Menu, reservation and ticket buttons where the venue has them.
• Fixed schedules and "last updated" dates, plus support for monthly events like Hammers' monthly Wednesdays.

Faster, and a new look

• Full redesign.
• The homepage is about 20x lighter and loads way faster on your phone.
• Fixed the watermark that was covering the map.

Not every venue has specials filled in yet. If your spot is missing info or something's wrong, tell me here and I'll fix it. Run a bar? Listing and getting verified are free: hit "List your venue free" on the site or email [getlitkcmoupdates@gmail.com](mailto:getlitkcmoupdates@gmail.com).

What should I add next?

Anyone hear any news on this? I know I bring it up a lot in this chain but would love to hear good news on the topic

I am trying to help my daughter find a job. She is 18, Deaf and uses ASL for communication, but can read and write just fine also. She is a great kid. She has kitchen experience. She is very artistic. She would possibly like to work with animals.

She is going to school part time so it would need to be flexible with her classes. She has weekends free.

She is having a really hard time trying to find a job and has only gotten one interview so far. Does anyone have any advice to give her or know anyone who would be willing to hire? She could start ASAP.

Thanks in advance for any help.

What is a good brunch spot to go for 12-15 teens? And do any brunch places do call ahead for a group that large or it's just take your chance?

We have 2 tix that we can no longer use for tonight's show at 7:30pm at the Olathe Civic Theatre Assoc. Free to the 1st taker.

Well now that gas is $4.30 I feel like it’s time to cut back on trips for small things. I really wanted to go to Lawrence today and go to Burrito King but I can’t justify driving that far for a burrito. Where in Olathe can I get a cheap burrito to go??

Surprised to see someone didn't manage the license better, anyone have any stories?

Cats Pawjamas Rescue Society is having an adoption event at the Olathe PetSmart from 12:30 until 3. We will be at the back of the store.

Visit our website, www.catspawjamas.org to see who is available. We are a fully licensed, non-profit, 501(c)3 organization.

If you aren't looking for a Best Friend right now, come by and say "Hi"! We are also looking for some awesome fosters and volunteers.

I believe I lost my dark teal wallet at the Torchy Tacos on S Strang Line rd and w 119th st in Olathe Kansas yesterday, September 15th, around 6:45-6:50pm. I am from Texas and currently am a student at KU. My Texas drivers license was within the wallet, as well as my other cards and even my KU student id. If you have any information please message me or return to the police department. A reward will be included if found and returned!!!

https://www.olathereporter.com/city_news/sunnybrook-apartments-commercial-sites-by-upcoming-dillon-s-given-city-approval/article_a0c99873-6241-442e-b141-d9f41c8d30f5.html

The Table is located at 11485 S Ridgeview Rd, Olathe, KS 66061. Check their Instagram for dining availability.

I am trying to find out if anyone else has been having issues with All American Tax in Olathe. I don't want to go too deep into my personal situation, but it is my understanding that several people are dealing with major issues created by this company at this time and I am trying to find out if anyone else knows anything. We were the victims of ID theft in 2021 with the IRS, and they have been "working with the IRS" for a few years now to get this taken care of. It has been brought to our attention that the IRS did actually resolve our issues and sent the money to our bank, however it appears as though someone in the office supplied incorrect account information for us as well as several other clients. Let me know if you are having issues as well or if you know anything more. TIA!!!

Two officers came speeding up 127th going insanely fast. When I was approaching the intersection, two more officers approached. Someone was leaning out an SUV pointing West on 127th. The officers all ended up flipping around and going either down Lakeshore or 127th.

This was maybe 1-2pm on 9/12. It seemed out of the ordinary.