The neighborhood is great. The house is a beautiful old arts and crafts home. The hosts are super nice. They were very communicative when we got there, despite being away on vacation (they told us by phone where keys and other things were located). The best thing was they have two decent bicycles that you can use (with locks, helmets and back lights). Berkeley and Oakland are bicycle cities with good bike lanes, bike boulevards and shoreline trails that enable you to get anywhere. You can even take bicycles on BART (the area transit system) if you want to bike in San Francisco or the south bay. The only minor aspect that could use improvement is the room and the kitchen could use a deep cleaning (baseboards, under furniture, degreasing, etc).