Having lived here the past five-plus years, I would highly recommend 6th Street West Apartments for anyone looking to live in a premier location...
Having lived here the past five-plus years, I would highly recommend 6th Street West Apartments for anyone looking to live in a premier location at a reasonable price.
First and foremost, the location is amazing. You could easily get by living here without a car. Youre within a five-minute walk (or less) from Fresh Plus Grocery, Caff Medici, Galaxy and Zocalo Cafes, Mean Eyed Cat, Donns Depot and other great local destinations. If you walk a little farther, say 10-15 minutes, you can easily get to Whole Foods, Trader Joes, all the bars on West 6th like Irenes and Little Woodrows, Zilker Park, the new Central Library, etc. If you have a bike, you can easily get from your apartment to basically anywhere downtown within a few minutes tops, including the Roy Butler hike-and-bike trail, which provides safe and scenic east/west passage from Zilker to east Austin with plenty of fun stops along the way. Simply put, the location is exceptional and convenient to almost everything.
Beyond the convenient proximity to everything, the apartments have a very nice pool area thats great for a quick swim or just enjoying a nice day. Unlike most new pools that are just for wading, this pool goes to 8 feet deep, so you can actually jump in and swim around. Its surrounded by mature Italian cypress, palo verde and palm trees, which provide a nice ambience, and there is a raised wooden deck with tables and chairs on the western end.
The units themselves are cozy and simple with lots of closet space and multiple ceiling fans. Also, the maintenance team mostly lives on site, or immediately next door, so they are always available to respond on a moments notice. The few maintenance requests I submitted over the years were always responded to promptly literally the same or following day and the guys always did a quality job.
Your neighbors will tend to mostly be young people, its easy to make new friends, and you can have pets if desired. There are also laundry facilities on the premises, so you dont have to go off-site to wash your clothes.
In sum, 6th Street West Apartments is a great place to live, close to almost anywhere youd want to go downtown or in the urban core like Zilker Park. Im only moving on because I have finally bought a home, but the past five years at 6th Street West were great and Im glad I was able to live there so long.