Our family had a fun week in St. Louis! This apartment was furnished well. We appreciated all the paper products and extras (snacks, K-cups, q-tips, Lysol wipes, detergents, etc.) The owners were kind and quick to respond to our questions and needs. There was plenty of room for my husband, myself, and our 7 and 2 year old. We had asked if the pool was open and it just recently was reopened so our kids were thrilled to get to swim! It’s not a huge pool, but goes to 5 or 6 feet in the middle, and our kids loved it.
We were close enough to be able to drive to everything downtown in about 5 minutes. There are many restaurants just a couple of blocks over and we felt very welcome at St. Nicholas Catholic Church which is a block or 2 away.
There were many friendly full-time residents in the building! We enjoyed visiting with many of them at the pool. However the pool atmosphere wasn’t always PG. Quite a few ladies swim in thongs, and there was a birthday party on a Sunday afternoon for a 33 year old that involved lots of drinking, pot, and some topless friends. My husband and son were walking up the steps to the pool and thankfully he blocked the line of sight so our son didn’t see as much, but it was inappropriate for children. We didn’t get to swim that day. The pool overall wasn’t very clean…lots of dead bugs in the water and trash was left on the pool deck daily.
Parking is on the street, and full-time residents have gated parking. You have to scan in the gate, the front door, and the elevator. There are quite a few steps to get to the front door, then inside to the elevator. There is a ramp but it’s a longer walk to use it. I was nervous about navigating the steps with our toddler, but she did well on them and it wasn’t a big deal after all.
The street is quiet, the 2 buildings across from the unit are abandoned. We felt pretty safe, but there was a fist fight in the street amongst teenagers our last night there. My husband parked our van and a teen ran up on him in the street. The kid was tripping out, but my husband (who’s a first responder and former law enforcement) got a little forceful with him and he ran away. We later heard yelling and saw fighting below.
We would come back to stay as a couple, not sure if we would let our kids stay here again, as it is more suited for adults. But we enjoyed visiting the city (zoo, Cardinals, arch, aquarium, gardens, City Museum, Ferris Wheel) and were grateful to be so close to it all!