Cozy place in the Pill Hill area of Oakland. Bobbie was a wonderful host, very responsive. Knowing what I know now, I'd stay here again but as a single woman traveler, I wish I knew the info below before I went.
You'll want a car to stay at this place as restaurants and shopping aren't easily walkable. You'll also want earplugs, or be a heavy sleeper like me, because the apartment is next to the highway and train tracks.
Whether you drive or take alternate transportation, make sure you make note that this location is near Telegraph Road, not Martin Luther King. They are very different neighborhoods. The Google kept sending my poor Lyft and Taxi drivers to 33rd and Martin Luther King instead of down Telegraph road. Again, very different neighborhoods.