I was in St. Louis to visit family, and this apartment was in a good location. The apartment was clean and met our needs for this trip.
What you need to know before you rent:
1. Access to the second bedroom is through the first bedroom. There isn't any heat or AC in the second bedroom, closing the door between the two rooms will make the second room uncomfortable. The bed in the second bedroom is not a queen sized bed as advertised in the listing.
2. The laundry facilities are shared and located in the basement of the building. The basement is used as storage and is cluttered. Tenants from the neighboring buildings also use this laundry facility so finding a time when it is empty is difficult.
3. The building is old and you can hear everything that goes on in the other apartments, the tenants above this apartment are very loud and do not have any regard for others. A loud argument with lots of foul language took place on the back stairs around 11PM on Friday night.
4. The screen in the front door is torn, and front porch was littered when we arrived.
5. If you are traveling with someone with mobility issues, this is NOT a good choice as the steps are very steep and the one handrail is shaky.
Overall, I rate it fours stars because it was inexpensive, the check-in and check-out processes were simple, the location was close to everything we needed.