I live in Oakland and my mother, from NC, never travels, is very particular, and she insisted on her own place when we booked her a flight out. We went with Janet & Fred's Condo. My mom's flight was cancelled at the last minute due to weather and when I explained the situation to Fred, he allowed me to save my reservation and rebook when we rescheduled her flight.

When I booked the place, I was a little concerned that the location on this particular street corner would be too sketchy for my mom to handle, but it was actually avery safe building, and pretty quiet on the street at night. The place was extremely clean, neat, large, bright, open space and perfect for my mom.

I was able to come over and fix breakfast and have coffee on the rooftop with her, and conveniently amble to the BART for site seeing in the City. She does NOT walk a lot, so that should tell you that it's that close. When leaving she said that she wants to come back and stay here!

Great place.