Elan 41

The location is great. Its within walking distance to everything you need. The apartments, however, leave a lot to be desired. First, the place is locked up like Fort Knox. If you forget your keys while walking the dog, good luck getting back in the compound. The call box doesn’t work half the time. The apartments appear to be really nice in pictures, but the remodel is very cheap. I’ve heard through word of mouth that it was just a temporary fix as they are preparing to sell the complex to another company. Don’t count on getting any maintenance issues fixed as they’ve run through at least half a dozen staff in the 2 months that we’ve been there. Maintenance crew only stays about a week or so, then quits. Although it advertises «a view» in the ads, they actually mean «a view of a parking lot or the back side of another apartment complex.» The only view I can find is if you hang over the balcony and stick your neck way out… you can catch a partial glimpse of the city. There is no good view from these apartments. The office staff is usually quite rude, so I just avoid dealing with them altogether, and count down my time until I move. Also, the back half of the complex is in the pitch black dark because they have the light timer set for really odd times. In the evenings, I can barely see to get in my apartment. For the price we pay to live here, I would expect a little more.

I’ve been really happy here so far. The location can’t be beat: you’re minutes from downtown on nearby public transportation (express C line to downtown, free shuttle to the water taxi), walking distance to groceries, bars, and cool shops in the Junction, and a short drive or bus ride to Lincoln park and Alki Beach. Covered parking is also nice.
West Seattle is a funky neighborhood that I find has a more relaxed vibe than a lot of the other parts of the city. Not to mention great water views and sunsets (when we have them)! My loft apartment has a great city view and feels spacious with the high ceilings. Since this is a block off of California, the ambient noise is pretty subdued so it’s a nice place to relax when I’m not out and about.
There is currently a rent special going on where you can get a free month’s rent, which made the overall cost a lot cheaper than most of the other alternatives in the area that were easily running a few hundred more for a two bedroom unit (if they even had any available). No thanks!
The office staff has also been super nice. I’m looking forward to spending the summer in the neighborhood.

I have lived in this building for almost 3 years. When I moved here it was the «Jefferson Square» apartments. Living in Jefferson Square was… Okay. They building was very outdated but you really can’t beat the location. We are in the middle of all the happenings in WS. When the renovations started I can not say I enjoyed that time of living in this building. We had to move twice because of it and the noise seemed to never stop. But we stuck through it because we liked the location so much.
Now that is is «Élan 41» and we are all moved into our new unit I am falling in love all over. The new staff (Olga, Tyler and Katie) are so wonderful. The first two years of living here the old management was awful. Rude and never got anything done! I have not worked much with Katie, but Olga and Tyler have been such a nice change from the previous staff. I have come to them with a few small problems or concerns and they have been very prompt about finding a fix or resolution.
I am very glad we stayed in this building. The location, amenities and staff truly can not be beat!

My husband and I moved into Élan 41 a short time ago and have loved it so far! The location really couldn’t be anymore ideal– just an elevator ride away from Safeway, only one block away from all the great shops on California, and a short drive to downtown. It’s also right next to a Rapid Ride transit center. The apartment itself has been very tastefully renovated and has a decent amount of storage. We’ve only had one maintenance issue and they jumped on it right away and made repairs within 1 day. There is quite a bit of construction going on because one side of the complex is still being renovated, but the noise has been limited to only daytime hours– between 8am and around 4:30pm. We’ve also had zero difficulty with parking, which is hard to find in this part of the city. Overall, I’d highly recommend Élan 41 to anyone looking for a beautiful, pet-​friendly apartment in a prime location!

I moved into Élan 41 about a month ago and absolutely love it! The location is right in the West Seattle Junction and I can walk to all of my favorite bars and restaurants. I looked at nearly all apartment buildings in or near the Junction and Élan 41 is by far the biggest apartment. In addition, the building is pet-​friendly and I have a view of both downtown and Mount Rainier!

I lived here for 8 months before they threw the «We’re going to evict you even though you have a 1 year lease» notice at us. After consulting a lawyer and notifying them of it they left us alone (they decided to do the construction around us), but the office staff (Jennifer) was just awful. I had always been nice and courteous to her. When we told her «No, we aren’t going to move out with this illegal notice you gave us» she turned in to the most unreasonable, rude apartment manager I have ever had the displeasure of working with. She would avoid talking or reasoning, she would just tell us to leave her office because she was too busy and had «too many meetings» to deal with annoying tenants who won’t let them throw out. We even waited outside her office for an hour just to talk to her, but she would have none of it. She is obviously just a rich brat and exudes an aura of «I’m better than you» when you are on her bad side even though you are a nice, law abiding, rent-​paying tenant who is being constantly wronged with horrible construction at all hours.
The construction was awful– morning, noon, and night– and from the renovation photos, they ruined the apartments. My apartment was beautiful before they wrecked it. I wouldn’t be surprised if they have a very hard time filling the apartments after they evicted everyone, hugely increased the rent and ruined them with this heinous redesign. I wouldn’t be surprised if they pull this again on all of the tenants soon as they ruined this prime spot with this bland, screaming white design. I would never move back here, even though living above the Safeway is amazing.