LaurieAnn's house was charming and quiet - we enjoyed the room to ourselves and the basic amenities provided. LaurieAnn was helpful and available, and also let us have as much privacy as we wanted. She did go to sleep earlier than us (she's a bit of an early bird, we're a bit of late birds), and the house carries all the sounds easily, so we were careful to be as quiet as possible at night.

The neighborhood was really nice, and certainly walkable to the Grand Avenue neighborhood shops and restaurants, but we did also really like having a car to explore further in Oakland and the East Bay. The Lake Merritt BART station was a good 35min+ walk - enjoyable, but a bit far to haul baggage more than once.

The cats were really cute, and the coded lock was a great idea. Overall we had a really nice stay - thanks!