Fairway · First-ring enclave
Fairway · discreet technology for established homes.
IntegrateIT is a smart home and AV installer serving Fairway, Kansas, a short drive north from the design center at 15108 Glenwood Ave, Overland Park. The houses are small and the walls are full, so basements and attics become the routing spine and the equipment location is chosen carefully: concealed in-wall cabling, a single discreet keypad set, lighting control using the existing switch boxes, and in-ceiling audio. Control4 Platinum Dealer, Crestron Elite Partner, Lutron Certified Dealer, CEDIA member, HTA Certified. Five-year workmanship warranty. (913) 804-7575.
Few Johnson County cities are as compact as Fairway. It covers a small footprint between Mission Hills and Roeland Park, built out largely in the 1940s and 1950s, with the historic Shawnee Indian Mission grounds at its center and a housing stock of Cape Cods, ranches and traditional two-stories on modest, well-kept lots. Houses here are older than the wiring anyone would want, and the neighborhood character is the reason people stay. It is a short drive north from our Overland Park design center.
Installing in Fairway
What is different about Fairway houses
Installing here is different because the houses are small and the walls are full. A mid-century Fairway home has narrow stud bays, plaster in places, limited closet space and no room for a rack in a hallway, so the equipment location gets chosen carefully. We use basements and attics as the routing spine, keep the gear in one ventilated spot, and size the system to the house rather than dropping in hardware meant for a home three times its size.
Visible hardware carries more weight in a smaller room. One oversized keypad or a speaker grille in the wrong ceiling changes how a living room reads, and there is no long wall to hide anything behind. We favor a single keypad by the door over a bank of them, choose finishes with the trim already in the house, and place architectural speakers where the ceiling joists and the furniture agree. Less installed, better placed, is the rule here.
Third, the lots are close together and that shapes the network and the cameras. Neighboring Wi-Fi is dense in a first-ring suburb, so channel planning and cabled access points matter more than raw equipment cost, and a cheap router in the front room will always struggle. Cameras get aimed at the drive and the doors rather than across a property line, which is both better coverage and better manners.
The kind of work we do in Fairway
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Concealed in-wall cabling and a single discreet keypad set on a main level
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Lighting control retrofitted into a mid-century home using the existing switch boxes
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In-ceiling audio and a cabled network sized to a compact two-story
What we install in Fairway
The full integration stack — designed to disappear.
Before you call anyone in Fairway
We wrote down the parts most people learn the expensive way.
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Lutron HomeWorks vs Control4 lighting
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Adding a smart home to an older house
Plaster, knob-and-tube and no chase to speak of. What retrofits cleanly in a house that was finished decades ago, and what does not.
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Questions from Fairway homeowners
Can a house this size support a real system, or is it overkill?
- It supports one well, as long as the design matches the house. A compact home usually wants lighting control, two or three audio zones, a solid network and cameras rather than a dozen subsystems. We size the equipment to that and put it in one place, which keeps the house quiet, keeps it serviceable and avoids gear you never touch.
Where would the equipment live in a home with no dedicated closet?
- Usually a basement wall or a utility area with real airflow. We would rather mount a small rack somewhere ventilated and accessible than force it into a hall closet where heat builds and service means unloading coats. Placement is part of the design conversation, not something decided on install day.
Our neighbors are close and the Wi-Fi is crowded. Does better equipment fix it?
- Better placement fixes more than better equipment. In a dense first-ring neighborhood the issue is usually congestion and poor roaming, not a weak router. Cabled access points positioned by floor plan, with channels planned around what is around you, gives a steadier connection than a single powerful unit shouting over the neighbors.
Can you match keypads to older trim and finishes?
- Yes. Lutron and Control4 keypads come in finishes and engraving options that can be chosen alongside your existing hardware and paint, and we review those with you or your designer before ordering. In a mid-century house the goal is that a visitor reads the keypad as part of the room, not as an addition.
Fairway consultation
Tell us about your Fairway project.
Consultations are by appointment. We'll spend an hour walking through your space, talking about how you live, and sketching what's possible — at no cost, no pitch.