We (30 year old couple) spent three nights here last weekend. Amazing location. Beautiful old Oakland house. Perfectly clean bedroom and shared bathroom. Comfortable bed. Nicki, our host, was kind and communicative, and flexible with our slightly late arrival Friday evening and slightly late check-out (noon instead of 11am) on Monday. To recap, we felt entirely safe, satisfied, and comfortable in the bedroom and bathroom, and the house is in a central location but quietly, peacefully removed from the bustle of Grand Avenue and the broader Bay Area.
One big catch: there's a dog who is not house-trained. She barks a bit, which I suppose is acceptable dog behavior. She also pees in the house, which is not okay. Judging by a previous review, she was peeing inside five years ago (as "Uffe" wrote in October 2016). I'm surprised no recent guests have pointed this out. To climb or descend the main staircase (between our bedroom and the entrance) we had to step over and around multiple large absorbent mesh/plastic pads on the steps, soaked with dark puddles of dog pee. These were disgusting. Sadly, they were so prominent that they tainted our impressions of an otherwise wonderful house and host.