Great location -- steps from the front door you can "walk the lake" as the locals say, or get some great food at Portal or OakCali Cafe. Walking distance to Oakland Museum, downtown Oakland eateries or Grand Lake area. The place is actually bigger than I thought it would be, the separate kitchen and breakfast nook add a lot of space. Amenities include TV, coffee maker, and a nice cooling fan. (Which you'll want in the summer because the third floor apartment heats up.) It was also much much quieter than I thought it would be because it is in the back of the building. The listing is very accurate about the one drawback to this place which is that it is up two flights of stairs. I easily found parking in the alley next store, but it was still a pain to haul everything up to the apartment. Overall highly recommended.