Mark and Shelley are gracious hosts. The home is immaculate, beautifully decorated, spacious, and relaxing. I actually live near the home and we used it for wedding-family-overflow. Mark and Shelley made us feel as though they were extending this home to family. That was the best part of the deal. Internal waterfall, zen garden, meditation/exercise studio, fully instrumented kitchen, oakland hills views…. It goes on forever. This is the best spot in oakland.