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August 21, 2018
Do Not Live Here
I would strongly advise against living here or allowing your son or daughter to live here. In short, the apartment quality is low, the atmosphere is rather like a fraternity house, but most of all the management company finds every little reason to charge excessive, trumped-up fees, making the cost of the building hundreds of dollars more than advertised. There are numerous other buildings in the area catering to students and providing a much better deal and more respectful customer service.
My experience was very similar to Nate's review below. I'm a late twenties graduate student and sublet a room in the Standard for several months this summer.
While I understood that the building was student housing, the building also advertises itself as luxury apartments and I expected a reasonable atmosphere. However, residents leave beer cans and garbage in the hallways regularly; it stays there for days before cleaned. Cars drive way too quickly in the parking garage, including around blind corners, leading to near-accidents. And the "luxury" apartment units look nice in photos, but the wood floors/cabinets are laminate that is peeling up in the corners. The furniture provided is cheaply made, below Ikea quality, including plastic, dorm-style mattresses.
Even with these faults, I did not believe the place was too bad for a summer sublet -- until I received a bill for $200 after moving out, purportedly for cleaning and damage. To be clear, my apartment was entirely clean, had no damage to furniture, and had only very minimal, everyday wear-and-tear. In nearly 10 years of apartment living, I had never been charged for an apartment left in this condition upon move out.
I disputed the charges and in turn received photos documenting the "damage" -- for example, a tiny corner of a soap bar left beside the sink was billed for $40 in cleaning. The building refused to remove or negotiate any of the charges and told me that the "appeals" process ended when they sent me photos.
This came on top of small charges added to the rent each month (e.g., $50 for parking, $12 for insurance, $15 for electricity) that make the ultimate cost hundreds of dollars higher than the sticker price.
This is the worst of student apartment living -- strongly recommend avoiding!
Property Manager Responded: Goodafternoon Andie, We are tremendously sorry you have experienced this type of atmosphere at The Standard STL. We strive very hard to make sure our resident satisfactory with our product is top of the line. Please feel free to contact the info@thestandardstlouis.com and member of management will assist you immediately regarding your concerns.
November 9, 2018