We had such a good time staying at Irina's place in Rockridge. There were four of us who stayed, my wife and I plus my mother and her boyfriend. We were in town for a wedding, my mother and her boyfriend came up to visit with us in the mean time. This was a great landing zone for meeting up, waiting to meet up, and the general hanging out.

First off, the house was amazing--beautiful furniture, comfortable bedding (including the pull-out couch, which was comfortable enough as pull out couches go), cool Ikea furniture, a nice bathroom, an amazing kitchen with dishes, knives, the works.

Second, I used to live in the Bay (in this neighborhood, in fact), and if you want to know what its like to live there, staying at this house is a really good way to experience life in Oakland. There are amazing restaurants in both the Temescal and Rockridge, great coffee shops, a vegan and gluten-free bakery close by, and on Sundays one of the best farmer's markets at the DMV parking lot on Claremont. I would recommend this location to anyone!

Third, Irina was also quite wonderful. My wife and I flew in on a Thursday morning (11am), but check in time was not until 4pm. Irina met us at the house to let us drop off the bags while the house was being cleaned and prepared. This was so helpful as we would have had a wasted day (spent sitting in one place to keep from having to lug our things around). She also worked out the different rates for the different nights (2 nights there was 4 of us, 1 night there was only 2 of us, there was also a chance that my mom's boyfriend wouldn't be able to come) = not as clear cut to book through the website, but she adjusted things on her end, and made it easy. She was really understandable and accommodating. Itwas easy to contact her, and she was always quick to respond.

Sooo, if you want a great house close to both Rockridge, the Temescal, a BART train, and a Bus line (AC transit can take you very easily into downtown Oakland and/or downtown Berkeley), AND if you want the place to be comfortable, affordable, and cute, stay here! Everyone in our party was so, so, happy that we did.