Our experience here overall was great so take the cons with a grain of salt. Ansel was a great an inviting host and made us feel very safe in the not very safe neighborhood.
I’ll start with the cons first then end with the pros! If you’ve never been Oakland California take a look online. It’s no joke and a very run down part of town. Right down the street was a “town” of homeless, and every place to get a bite to eat in the area just feels very sketchy. If being in those kind of areas really don’t bother you then this is a great place to stay. To make up for it though Ansel had a locked gate around his property, many different cameras and motion lights. We had a 2019 rental car so we were scared at first that something might happen but the cameras looking at the road gave us reassurance!
To add to the pros the tiny home had an incredible amount of space for the two of us and was stocked with everything you could ever want! Coffee, tea, ice cream, clean towels, and even a first aid kit! I was not expecting any of this since this was my first Air b-n-b.
If you are on the edge of getting this place just do it! Ansel is a great guy and you’re so close to San Francisco (remember going on hwy 80 it’s a $6ish toll)