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The Colony of St. Louis: Most horrible apartment possibly in the midwest area (Not Recommending)

2009-09-01T08:07:17-06:00

From uthaman_2002@hotmail.com: Avoid it at all costs. There are plenty of other apartments available in the same neighbourhood. Don't move in even if they rent you for free. ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: All that glitters is not gold (Not Recommending)

2009-08-31T17:19:09-06:00

From monique09: The Colony's name has been changed to Fieldpointe Apartments. I have lived here one month and although I live in one of the renovated units, I have had to call maintenance for some issue or another every week since I have been here. Today, a shortage in an electrical plug, ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: I lived in a construction Zone (Not Recommending)

2009-07-23T18:03:30-06:00

From -Anonymous-: When i moved in in Sept 2008 The staff never mentioned that they were going to be doing a lot of updating around the complex. Three weeks after i moved in I was awoken in the middle of the day( i wok nights) by a wood chipper that had been ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: No Problems! (Recommending!)

2009-03-11T14:28:55-06:00

From -Anonymous-: After reading the reviews on here I was leary about renting here, but they were running a great special and I couldn't pass it up, as I needed a place to move into now! The management really seems to care, especially since they are remodeling everything. The clubhouse, fitness room ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: I lived in the Colony For 3 years (Not Recommending)

2008-10-28T07:56:53-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Ok Im not going to bash them in BUT I have live there for 3 years and yes the staff can be wonderful sometimes and kinda rude others. Yes the noise levels between the apartments are horrible. I seriously can hear my neighbor snore at night. The bug problem is ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Angry (Not Recommending)

2008-09-12T06:47:02-06:00

From Korcula78: I lived in Colony for four years, and spent about 30k for the rent in those four years. The first couple of years I liked living at the colony until I started having problems with price, windows, dishwasher, neighbors, etc. They have been increasing the price for the past two ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: So far it's okay aside from the noise . . . (Recommending!)

2008-07-09T10:42:56-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I can hear everything above, below, and outside of my apt (patio directly under my bedroom window). I have complained to my neighbors about the noise, but partly it's the construction of the apt that causes the noise to be heard so well. I have to turn a fan on ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Bugs Bugs Everywhere (Not Recommending)

2008-02-18T22:48:32-06:00

From catlady87: We lived in the Colony for 1 horrible year. During the Spring, Summer, and Fall our apartment was flooded with millipedes (little creepy worms). The manager told us they couldn't help it, that it was just a moist area. I am not talking about 1 or 2 of these creepy ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: staff is horrible (Not Recommending)

2008-01-23T14:03:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived here for 4.5 yrs. After getting a house at what I considered a bargain, I decided to break the lease. The staff took 7 days to prepare a 1 page document with 4 mistakes in it including the amount of lease breakage. They charged me a heavy $2K ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: bologna (Recommending!)

2008-01-23T13:16:34-06:00

From dmobclef: i live @ the colony and was shocked to read some of the reviews left by other residents.....i guess i just have good luck with people because the manager as well as the staff are wonderful.....ive gotten to know alot of them as i use the ammenities @ the club ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Good to know about the Colony... (Not Recommending)

2008-01-08T10:46:18-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived here for 1 1/2 years now. I was disappointed with our set up from day one! No cabinets under my bathroom sinks, when all of the THREE other apartments we viewed before moving in all had them. You can see the dirty pipes!!! Now I have pretty ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Worst staff EVER!!!!! (Not Recommending)

2007-12-26T21:54:44-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The apartment manager is quite possibly the biggest determent this place has. She is not only disrespectful but could also be classified as borderline criminal. The staff is fake, they will smile to your face but to be frank they could not care less about you when it comes to ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: worst in maryland heights area (Not Recommending)

2007-12-20T14:46:27-06:00

From -Anonymous-: reasons to live here: Can't think of any. Reasons not to live here: 1. Did you mean chucky's doll in the last review?? since last 7 years apt residents have reported abt the bad staff and she is the only common thing. 2. Heating and electric bills way too high. ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: I love it here (Recommending!)

2007-10-30T20:35:42-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I rented a remodeled 2 bedroom apartment. I have beautiful cabinets,vanities and new carpeting. The floorplan is wonderful and spacious. Management has always been welcoming and friendly when I've come into the office (Melissa is a total doll!) and maintenance has been prompt and efficient for the three requests I ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: (Not Recommending)

2007-08-29T14:34:36-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The staff here has been rude and unhelpful several times. The touring apartments are beautiful, but don't be fooled! The actual apartments are cheaply put together and many have old carpet. ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Good apartments weidly rude administration DAYTIME THIEVES (Not Recommending)

2007-05-21T15:14:53-06:00

From -Anonymous-: well looking to move in the apartments the begining of this yr and I put down my app fees which they said is ok but to hold an apartment I need 200 check now 250 total application of which if i dont get approved i get my 200 bucks back ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: horrible place (Not Recommending)

2007-03-15T21:34:47-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Apartments are getting worse day by day - very old units with very poor equipment. Staff is biased and rude. Prices are really high. Cooling is horrible. With construction at west pointe - very dangerous left turn. Not a good place to live in. ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Generally Satisfied but Increasingly costly (Recommending!)

2007-02-26T18:50:29-06:00

From -Anonymous-: We've been living at the Colony for almost 3 years and have generally been satisfied with our experience. However, there have recently been a number of cut backs that decreased our satitisfaction here. We moved in with a great rental price of below $600 for a 2 bedroom. Our rent ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Rude staff poor services (Not Recommending)

2006-10-24T00:24:51-06:00

From -Anonymous-: If I had known St. Louis better before moving in, I'd have stayed away from The Colony of St. Louis Apartments. I'd better stay away from Draper and Kramer Inc. businesses, because they seem to have a culture of negligence and arrogance.

I addition to poor services provided by managent, there ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Less than adequeate. (Not Recommending)

2006-08-18T12:24:48-06:00

From happytobegone23: Average for an apartment in terms of price. Office staff is clueless. Multiple answers for same questions, do not return phone calls at all. Communication is a joke. You can call ahead to pick something up and when you get to the office, they have no idea what you're talking ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: dont move here (Not Recommending)

2006-08-12T01:43:11-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The units are gross. The office personel are less than helpfull, slow to do what they say, and generally rude when confronted with problems. The maintenence crew is equally worthless and if your a female, they might seem a bit creapy. Seriously this is the dirtiest place I have ever ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Dangerous Complex! (Not Recommending)

2006-08-09T19:28:42-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Not only is the management disorganized and inconsiderate, they fail to maintain adequate security on the complex. Last month, a new resident drowned in the pool when management failed to provide a promised pool monitor. Less seriously, management fails to recognize problems with units such as a/c (even when it's ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: (Not Recommending)

2006-04-22T19:04:38-06:00

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The Colony of St. Louis: The Colony of St. Louis is Hell on Earth (Not Recommending)

2006-04-18T13:49:58-06:00

From danielyak: Move into the Colony of St. Louis if you want to taste a piece of hell on earth, very HORRIBLE, RUDE and CARELESS management. Just like the name said ﾀﾜColonyﾀﾝ the place is extremely OLD and malfunction of things in their apartments are a daily problem to deal with. My ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: So far no problems (Recommending!)

2006-02-24T17:11:55-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have been living at the colony since the beginnning of February 06, and I have no real problems to report. I will agree that getting furniture in and out can be a real pain if you have a large sofa. The construction of the buildings doesnt really allow much ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: This apartment sucks big time (Not Recommending)

2005-11-05T21:59:27-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Never ever move into this apartment. you don't know how you will lose money! They towed away our car they did not even care to report us. We lost our car thanks to these junk apartment. You can even live on streets. They don't give a damn about residents once ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: An OK First Apartment (Not Recommending)

2005-09-06T12:11:41-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This was a nice apartment for someone who is just starting out. I would not recommend for anyone to stay here longer than a year. Overall the office staff was great, except for the apartment manager. The few times I talked to her she did not seem to care about ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: I PAID 700/month NOT WORTH 100/month (Not Recommending)

2005-08-18T12:45:27-06:00

From ellekayepea: this was one of the most dissappointing experiences in my life. Thin walls, loud neighbors. OLD OLD building, constant construction, tuckpointing, ect. Horrible managment and service, very rude, unirganized. One of my bedrooms flooded TWO times because a pipe broke, TWo timess. All the drainage from bathroom and kitchen come ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: $605 1st year, $615 2nd, $640 3rd, then $700 4th year (Not Recommending)

2008-05-25T19:58:22-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Moving into The Colony of Saint Louis was very easy. My rent was $605 for 663 square feet. They had me sign a contract and make a deposit to hold an apartment that was going to be open in 2 months. When I moved in, I was informed that the ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Great Service (Recommending!)

2005-04-24T15:45:38-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The management team here is wonderful, they have started some new programs since I moved in several years ago. Also the maitenance team has been very prompt with repairs and other requests, they have changed lightbubls for me several times. ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Stay away! (Not Recommending)

2005-03-23T08:34:35-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Don't do this to yourself, you will have more problems with them than you want to deal with. Our heater had to be worked on about 2-3 times.
If you would like something taken care of by contacting the office, GOOD LUCK. Don't plan on getting anywhere with the property ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: You get what you pay for (Recommending!)

2004-12-15T10:33:11-06:00

From cbrathe2nd: I have lived in the Colony for one year, and I am moving out. The two-bedroom apartment I live in has beautiful vaulted ceilings that make it feel very spacious and two separate sinks in the bathroom, which is very nice if you have overnight guests or a roommate. The ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: (Recommending!)

2004-12-14T18:36:59-06:00

From ballewja: ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Please do not move here. No Kidding! (Not Recommending)

2004-06-22T00:00:00-06:00

From dendre: Do not Live here! Management will rip you off...seriously! Will try to do anything to not return your deposit money. ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Mixed Bag (Not Recommending)

2004-04-20T00:00:00-06:00

From Madayan: We have been staying in a 2-BR apt. here for about the last year, and overall, our experience has been mixed. Honestly, this is our first apartment community in St. Louis, and hence, we are not really in a position to compare this community with any other in this city; ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Poor Corporate Management (Not Recommending)

2004-03-14T00:00:00-06:00

From wldflr: The community, office staff and maintenace are very friendly. However, the corporate office does a poor job taking care of the apartments which results in poor quality living.

Three major problems:
1. They do not offer month to month leases.
2. Most people only stay one year and leave unhappy.
3. Living in the ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Great Experience (Recommending!)

2004-02-17T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived here for almost a year. I love my place. It was a great value and my townhouse was huge! Maintenace requests were taken care of very quickly. Staff was helpful and courteous most of the time. ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Response to LOL or goofyrikk (Recommending!)

2003-11-10T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Sounds like you found the apartment community to post this review?

LOL... do not get lost posting all the negative comments! ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Worst place in STL (Not Recommending)

2003-11-04T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Stay away -- staff is terrible, buildings are falling apart, bad groundskeeping, .......... the list goes on.

Don´t waste your time or $$$ ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: lol (Not Recommending)

2003-10-29T00:00:00-06:00

From goofyrikk: not good when moving in or out you´ll get lost finding your apt ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Stay Away (Not Recommending)

2003-10-11T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Bad customer service, not understanding, takes forever to get response, bad maintainence, dirty, poor quality over all. Try Charter Oak instead or Camden Hills. ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Dont Live here unless you have enough money for a good lawyer (Not Recommending)

2003-09-11T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This what happendm My lease was up July 31st.
So I went to the office early June to ask them to renew my lease for One month. just for the month of August since i was moving to my new home. When renewing my lease I asked her do i need ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Reasonably priced and not a bad neighborhood (Recommending!)

2003-07-19T00:00:00-06:00

From stlcolony: We had occasional problems with maintenance. We called emergency maintenance twice and they fixed one problem immediately, but we had a problem with a raccoon that took longer to resolve. They seemed to think it was a squirrel (it wasn´t). Occaisonally neighbors are loud, but in general it´s fairly quiet. ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Stay Away! (Not Recommending)

2003-07-17T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I hated this place. I had to break my lease b/c I couldn´t stand living there anymore. A neighbor complained that there was a foul odor coming from my apart. This was riduculus and the truth was I had a dog (which they allowed & I paid for) that she ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: So far so good... (Recommending!)

2003-02-11T00:00:00-06:00

From jenniferb: I´ve lived here for about two months now and I think it´s great! So close to everything, and we had a move in special so the rent is really cheap, especially for West County location. Maintenance staff is always quick to respond to concerns, and the office people are very ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: The worst bureaucracy I have ever experienced. (Not Recommending)

2002-11-20T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The Colony has very strict rules on assessing lates fess and turning accounts over to collections, which is ok. Unfortunately they are really bad at posting accounts with current payments and information. I have had been turned over to collections twice even though I had paid all fees billed in ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: Great Place (Recommending!)

2002-10-29T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived here for one year and it was great! It´s close to EVERYTHING! I love being so close to Westport, Creve Coeur and Clayton without paying HUGE rents.

My apartment was clean and well maintained. They even let you paint and decorate inside.

The maintenance staff is awesome! They ... [click to read full apartment review]

The Colony of St. Louis: TERRIBLE!!!! (Not Recommending)

2002-02-04T00:00:00-06:00

From gesper: DO NOT RENT FROM HERE> UNBELIEVABLE NOISE LEVEL FROM EVERY ANGLE> LIVED IN TWO DIFFERENT UNITS BUT EXPERIENCED SAME PROBLEMS IN BOTH> FRIENDS WHO LIVE THERE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE> TERRIBLE CONSTRUCTION> MANAGEMENT WILL NOT WORK WITH YOU TO BREAK LEASE IF NEED BE> UNWILLING TO COOPERATE> ... [click to read full apartment review]