I moved to Oakland from the East coast and stayed here for a month. This was a great apartment for getting my bearings in a new city while I figured out more permanent housing. Very private, quiet neighborhood, lovely garden, and great location (about two blocks from a grocery store, and a 5 minute walk to Piedmont Ave for restaurants, bars, shops, and a movie theater). It's about 20 minutes to walk to either the Rockridge or MacArthur BART stations, but there are very convenient bus lines just a couple blocks away that you can use to get downtown, to BART, and into Berkeley.