Don't hesitate, stay here! It's literally 15 minutes from everything awesome in Oakland, Berkeley, and Emeryville. The space is light-filled, very clean, and has lots of littler points of interest inside. It feels like you're far away from town but you're really not. That's the beauty of it - even aside from how nice it is inside. Melissa and her family were great. Very kind and accommodating, yet also gives you your space. We went to Faction Brewing to watch the sunset over the San Francisco and ate at one of the multitude of excellent Oakland eateries. The next AM we went on a hike in the nearby park and then came back for the Farmer's Market in Montclair. I'm not kidding, they're close to so much great stuff, and yet you get to stay at this awesome studio in the middle of a beautiful patch of earth!