09/21/2026
If you’re moving to St. Louis for a new job and your dream is to find a beautiful old house in a neighborhood that feels like a community, put these four names on your radar:
⭐️Ames Place
⭐️Parkview
⭐️University Hills
⭐️University Heights
There’s something different about these neighborhoods. They have a magic to them.
They’re private subdivisions, which means they aren’t just collections of pretty houses. They have their own governing documents, trustees and rules that help protect the character of the neighborhood.
In some cases, those rules go all the way back more than a century.
You’re not just buying the house. You’re buying into a neighborhood where people have made a long-term commitment to keeping the streets beautiful, the trees mature, the architecture intact and the whole place feeling cared for.
And then there’s the location.
You’re in University City, right next to Washington University and just minutes from the Delmar Loop, where you have restaurants, independent shops, galleries, coffee, live music and plenty of places to have a life outside of work.
Parkview is literally nestled up against WashU. Ames Place highlights its walkability, mature trees and access to highways and transit. University Heights is a National Register historic neighborhood just west of the Loop.
So imagine this:
You move to St. Louis for work. Instead of settling into a generic apartment while you figure everything out, you find a 100-year-old brick house on a tree-lined street. You walk the neighborhood. Kids are playing outside. You know your neighbors. You can grab dinner in The Loop, get to campus without a long commute, and come home to a neighborhood that feels established and distinctly yours.
That’s the dream these little pockets of University City can offer.
And if you’re moving here from somewhere else, knowing about neighborhoods like these is exactly why having someone who knows the area matters.
Comment “CARRIAGE” and I’ll send you all the listings currently for sale in these communities.
