Overall this was a good budget place with a choice location close to downtown Oakland and the BART, a relaxed host, two pleasant cats and plenty of space to stretch out.
The private room was spick-and-span, and wi-fi was reliable and fast.
Even though this is a private room in a shared apartment, we usually had the place all to ourselves! Saffron mostly keeps to herself but is very easygoing and fun to hang out with when she does appear. She is very friendly, communicative and helpful - even letting us keep our bikes inside.
A couple things to be aware of:
There were occasional subtle (not terrible, didn't bother us too much) strange or litterbox-y smells around the apartment, especially near the refrigerator. Saffron legitimately has no sense of smell and needs you to let her know when smells show up (we didn't know this!) so that she can deal with them.
The description said that the room was "very quiet at night" but also warned of some noise. We experienced constant low-level road noise and occasional, loud early-morning garbage truck action or blaring music that came right through the window even when closed. Garbage trucks are weekly on Fridays and blaring music only happened for a minute or so, a couple of times in the month we were there.
The bed was a bit old and lacked support in the middle - we discussed this with Saffron and she may replacing it soon!