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“Is This Cool Or Weird?” Woman Realizes Apartment Is Inside A Pool After Seeing “Shallow” Sign

“Is This Cool Or Weird?” Woman Realizes Apartment Is Inside A Pool After Seeing “Shallow” Sign

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A peculiar apartment in Cincinnati, Ohio, is going viral after a woman showed that its carpeted living room area used to house a massive swimming pool.

TikTok user @vidswLyds piqued everyone’s curiosity when she shared a virtual tour of the unconventional apartment in The Williams, a 94-year-old building in Walnut Hills that once housed the W.J. Williams YMCA.

Highlights
  • A woman discovered an apartment built inside a renovated swimming pool in Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • The apartment contains original pool features like tiles, a ladder, and signs reading "shallow" and "do not swim alone".
  • The Williams building, constructed in the late 1920s, is on the National Register of Historic Places and once housed the W.J. Williams YMCA.

The video shows the former swimming pool lined with tiles and a walking rail around it.

“I can’t decide if that’s the coolest thing ever or if it’s really weird,” @vidswLyds said in the video. 

Image credits: vidswlyds

“You have people over, and they’re like, ‘You live in a pool?’ I don’t know, why is that kind of cool?”

In addition to the tiles and ladder, the 2100-square-foot apartment contains signs reading “shallow” on the walls and “do not swim alone” in the upstairs area.

The renovated residence features a kitchen attached to the former recreational area. Above is a loft area that could be used as a bedroom. There are also one-and-a-half bathrooms in the apartment, which has access to a rooftop deck.

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According to City Center Properties, which owns the building, two apartments in The Williams are built inside a swimming pool.

The building once housed the W.J. Williams YMCA and its massive swimming pool

Image credits: vidswlyds

The pool-turned-apartment is listed from $1635 to $2775 on the City Center Properties website.

In 2016, The Williams joined the National Register of Historic Places and Cincinnati’s list of local historic landmarks.

The historic building also features apartments that appear to have been built inside an old basketball court.

The four-story Tudor Revival building, later called the W.J. Williams YMCA, reflected a design popular in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The upper floors of the building initially featured a dormitory for 68 residents, as per The Enquirer.

Watch a virtual tour of the swimming pool-turned-apartment below:

@vidswlyds Apartment IN A POOL?! Is this cool or weird?? #apartmentsearch #cincinnati #apartment #weirdapartment ♬ original sound – Lyd

The unique apartment provoked varying opinions online. While some said they would pack their bags to move without a second thought, others weren’t so keen on watching TV where people used to splash around decades ago.

“If they redid the floors, I would be sold, but there’s no way we’re keeping the YMCA tile,” said one TikTok user.

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“I think it would be cooler if they did a better job on the renovation,” another person agreed.

“This has really sinister vibes. I can’t put my finger on it,” a third commenter added.

The renovated residence features a kitchen attached to the former recreational area and an upstairs loft area that could be used for a bedroom

Image credits: CityCenterProperties

A separate user praised the apartment, writing, “Sunken living room and extra chilling space around the pool. Could be a dope set up.”

“It’s fun to stay at the YMCA!” another commented, to which @vidswLyds confessed, “I’d play YMCA every day if I lived there.”

“I love it. It’s a great use of space. I wish someone would turn abandoned office space & malls into condos,” an additional user said.

The former swimming pool, now a carpeted living room area, is still lined with tiles and has a walking rail around it

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Image credits: CityCenterProperties

The large swimming pool is one of many unlikely spaces that have been transformed into a home. In 2019, a man named Sampson Dahl moved into a former laundromat in Queens, New York.

He decorated the home, which he found on an online forum, with unique pieces he obtained from his job as a production designer in TV and film.

“In a place that values commercial success and economic growth, it’s rare to be able to enjoy stasis in a place like this,” the young man explained. Before that, he used to live in a warehouse in Chicago.

In addition to the tiles and ladder, the 2100-square-foot apartment contains signs reading “shallow” on the walls and “do not swim alone” in the upstairs area

Image credits: CityCenterProperties

Image credits: CityCenterProperties

The unique apartment is listed from $1635 to $2775 on the City Center Properties website

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Image credits: CityCenterProperties

Furthermore, Jazz, a 25-year-old single mom from the UK who is facing soaring rent costs, transformed a double-decker bus into a home for herself and her five-year-old son.

In February, the resourceful mom from Cornwall, UK, shared clips of herself building, remodeling, demolishing, and assembling pieces for her and her son’s future home.

“It’d be cooler if they did a better job on the renovation,” a TikTok user wrote

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TheBlinkingDuck
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love it. It beats tearing it down a historic building to put up a cardboard apartment building

weatherwitch
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OK. I like it and I don't like it. I Love quirky but think I'd have done it differently whilst still keeping most of those original features. It's basically a HUGE open plan layout property. However the heating bills have to be astronomical given the height of the Huge ceiling 😮

Fembot
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The kitchen should have had a better design, fitting with the retro vibes. Add in some acoustic help (screens, good curtains) and it could be an amazing place

Kerry Fletcher
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The echo must be headache inducing. Also can we please have more ads?

Cassie
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some rugs, soft furniture, and drapes will help a lot with that. Maybe some acoustic tile in a few spots.

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PrettyJoyBird
Community Member
4 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Quirky! Someone will snatch that up. Going to be some great parties in that whole remodled building & rooftop. 3 units in past life pools 1 in the basketball of the refurbished ymca. Neato.

Shelley Boisvenue
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

man the grandchildren would love it, so much room for bikes, riding toys

MP
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’d love to live in a pool. Its kinda vaporwave vibes.

Tiny Dancer
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would go all-in on this beauty. Carpets in aqua blue, whales painted on the walls, fishing nets hanging from the ceiling, the whole nine yards. Epic.

Analyn Lahr
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Empty (drained) pools creep me out and that kind of still looks like one. So the whole thing creeps me out.

ZGutr
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just wonder if it will be costly to keep warm in the winter

Trillian
Community Member
4 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I really don't see how you could make this place feel comfy to live in. As a rent out party location it would be great though.

Barbara Turner
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The big silver tube of a vent system is necessary but ugly. What can be done? The walls and ceiling should be a warm gold tone paint.

Connor N
Community Member
3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This might be my favorite Panda article of all times. I absolutely love this. I want to move in immediately

Anna Drever
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As long as it’s properly insulated and warm in winter and not boiling in summer then heck yeah! So much room! 💕

TheBlinkingDuck
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love it. It beats tearing it down a historic building to put up a cardboard apartment building

weatherwitch
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OK. I like it and I don't like it. I Love quirky but think I'd have done it differently whilst still keeping most of those original features. It's basically a HUGE open plan layout property. However the heating bills have to be astronomical given the height of the Huge ceiling 😮

Fembot
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The kitchen should have had a better design, fitting with the retro vibes. Add in some acoustic help (screens, good curtains) and it could be an amazing place

Kerry Fletcher
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The echo must be headache inducing. Also can we please have more ads?

Cassie
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some rugs, soft furniture, and drapes will help a lot with that. Maybe some acoustic tile in a few spots.

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PrettyJoyBird
Community Member
4 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Quirky! Someone will snatch that up. Going to be some great parties in that whole remodled building & rooftop. 3 units in past life pools 1 in the basketball of the refurbished ymca. Neato.

Shelley Boisvenue
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

man the grandchildren would love it, so much room for bikes, riding toys

MP
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’d love to live in a pool. Its kinda vaporwave vibes.

Tiny Dancer
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would go all-in on this beauty. Carpets in aqua blue, whales painted on the walls, fishing nets hanging from the ceiling, the whole nine yards. Epic.

Analyn Lahr
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Empty (drained) pools creep me out and that kind of still looks like one. So the whole thing creeps me out.

ZGutr
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just wonder if it will be costly to keep warm in the winter

Trillian
Community Member
4 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I really don't see how you could make this place feel comfy to live in. As a rent out party location it would be great though.

Barbara Turner
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The big silver tube of a vent system is necessary but ugly. What can be done? The walls and ceiling should be a warm gold tone paint.

Connor N
Community Member
3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This might be my favorite Panda article of all times. I absolutely love this. I want to move in immediately

Anna Drever
Community Member
4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As long as it’s properly insulated and warm in winter and not boiling in summer then heck yeah! So much room! 💕

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