Question: How much are average utilities costs per month for a one bedroom apartment in Overland Park, KS?

I’m looking at possibly moving into a one bed/one bath apartment by myself for a while until a friend of mine is ready to move out. Most of the apartments around only pay 1 or 2 of the utilities if any at all. There are a couple that pay all utilities but I lived in one of them for a year and wasn’t happy there. So I’m hoping to avoid that. I’m trying to figure out what I can afford on my own but it’s hard not knowing what to expect as far as utility costs go. Any help I could get would be great.

Answer: 1 bedroom could be huge square footage or small. It also depends on what type of heat and cooking and how insulated your place is.

Here are some samples, maybe they will help you get a better idea:

Water: (I've never paid but my husband did) 20-50 a month depending on how much you run it (long showers, dishwashers, laundry, etc) Most places will at least cover this.
Electricity (with no heat) 20-60 dollars a month. Don't leave the lights on!
Electricity (with heat) 30-100 a month.
Propane: 50-100 a month (prob less in sumner and more in winter)
Trash Pickup: up to 100 a month, but if you are in a city/town this is normally included.
Phone: 15-50 a month
Laundry (coin op): 20 bucks a month tops, unless you wash your clothes all the time

My last place was 500 something square feet and had electric heat. Water and trash were covered. I paid 30 for summer months and 60 for worst winter month.

Current place is 1000 square feet and heat is propane (included). We pay about 60-70 a month for electricity. Water is a well.

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Which Overland Park pools will be closing after Friday?

After Friday the following pools will close:

• Marty,
• Roe and
• Young’s.

Pool Schedules from August 8 through August 16

From Aug. 8 through Aug. 16, the following pool facilities will be open from noon to 8 p.m.

• Bluejacket,
• Stonegate and
• Tomahawk Ridge

Starting Aug. 17 through Sept. 7, hours of operation at Stonegate and Tomahawk Ridge will be from 4-8 p.m. weekdays; and along with Bluejacket, noon to 8 p.m. on weekends.

Using Matt Ross Community Center

An additional and convenient benefit for pool members is the opportunity to use the indoor pools at the Matt Ross Community Center, 8101 Marty. Members of the outdoor pools can use the Matt Ross pools from Aug. 8 through Sept. 7 at no additional cost.

For more information on Overland Park City Pools, call 913-895-6390.

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Overland Park’s definition of  what a garage sale is

In Overland Park, a garage sale is the sale of any goods on or about a private residence. One of the persons having the garage sale must be the occupant of the private property.

How many garage sale signs can I put up?

In Overland Park, a garage sale is allowed one garage sale sign at the garage sale location for each street frontage of the garage sale property.

How long can a garage sale be?

A garage sale in Overland Park can last up to 4 days.

How often can I have a garage sale?

If you are having a garage sale in Overland Park, each garage sale must be at least 30 days apart. Each household can have two garage sales a year at home or private residence. For two garage sales a year, no permit is required.

Can I sell items at someone else’s garage sale?

The rule of having a garage sale in Overland Park is that only properties of the owner of the property, residents of that property and immediate neighbors can participate in a garage sale. You cannot just take your items to join a friend’s garage sale.

What can I sell at a garage sale?

You cannot purchase merchandise for the purpose of reselling at a garage sale.

Can I hold a sample sale?

Sample sales are permitted if operated by sales representatives and held at their home.

If I have questions, who can I call Community Services at 913-895-6270.

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Money magazine recognizes Overland Park as one of the Top 10 “Best Places to Live” in America. Ranked ninth on the list, Overland Park was recognized specifically for its affordable housing, good jobs and proximity to Kansas City, Missouri. As Money magazine reported in its August edition:

“The city (where Sprint Nextel employs 12,000 people) recently began building a dozen soccer fields to host national tournaments – good news for local businesses. There are six major medical centers here too, and schools are among the best in the nation. Happily, development hasn’t paved over the green space: The Arboretum and Botanical Gardens covers 300 lush acres, for example.”

This is the second time Overland Park has been in the top 10 of the list.

Residents of Overland Park are Happy

According to resident survey, Overland Park is among best in nation. Overland Park services are among the best in the metropolitan region and the nation, according to a statistically valid citywide survey conducted by the ETC Institute.

Of the 1,312 residents surveyed (source: City of Overland Park)

• 94% say they are satisfied with the quality of life in Overland Park
• 90% have a positive image of the city, and
• 71% are satisfied with the value they receive for tax dollars/fees.

“Typically, you do not see these kinds of results in a city as large as Overland Park,” said Chris Tatham, vice president of ETC Institute, which conducts citywide surveys for many communities across the nation.

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El Cajas National Park boasts a most varied and spectacular scenery.  Its 70,000 acres with an average altitude of 3,000 meters, are mostly páramo (high Andean moorlands) with scattered jagged peaks and over 200 lakes and lagoons of glacier origin, connected to each other by small rivers and streams. Two of the rivers that run through Cuenca, Tomebamba and Yanuncay, are born in El Cajas.

El Cajas is raw environmental beauty, rich in scenery, biodiversity, and recreational opportunities, mainly trekking and hiking; its cold atmosphere gives a sense of solitude, where mosses, lichens and ferns cling tightly to the rocks, and patches of primary forest are tucked in the crevices of rugged terrain.  The hardy vegetation, most of it with strong hairy leaves, includes small quinua trees and the polylepis or “paper tree”. 
The park’s animal inhabitants are elusive, but guests may get a glimpse of the wild llamas that were re-introduced to the park in the late 1990s, rabbits and white-tailed deer.  The bird list is long featuring the largest hummingbird, mountain toucans and ducks.

If you are in Cuenca, instead of flying to your next destination, drive from Cuenca to Guayaquil via El Cajas (about a 3-hour drive) with a stop at Llaviucu Lake (also known as Zorrocucho), for a short stroll and for a view of La Toreadora Lake; beautiful scenery!   Ask for Metropolitan Touring MT-354 overland transfer from Cuenca to Guayaquil, with English-speaking guide that includes box lunch and the entrance fee to El Cajas National Park.

Only 21 miles to the west of Cuenca, El Cajas National Park  must be preserved for its water potential, with Andean cloud forests that act like a sponge by soaking up water that Cuenca then utilizes, unique flora and fauna and as a delightful destination for tourism.

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