The private garden studio is nestled high in the Oakland hills - beautiful view, quiet, serene and adjacent to the main house sitting in the backyard of well maintained and beautiful garden.

Just a heads up - cell phone reception and 4G/3G network is very very spotty (I have AT&T), and it came and went randomly.

The room itself is naturally cool, there is no fan or a/c, and really little need for one. Being from New York, I found the quiet almost overwhelming (but it was great!)

The kitchen features a sink in some cabinets across from the bed in the wall. There were a few nice bowls, plates and silverware. In a lower cabinet there was a microwave. At the time I stayed there, there was no refrigerator . As I was the first guest they had this may change.

In addition, at this time, they do have WiFi but it cannot be accessed in the room. You must go outside to the front of the house and sit outside on a deck to get on it.

There is also no TV or phone in the room

The bed itself was very comfortable with lots of blankets and pillows.

The bathroom had great fixtures and water pressure with lots of hot water and a great shower.

The towels they provided were wonderful as well

The windows had semi-transparent blinds that let in light, but as the windows face west and south the morning light did not wake me (not to mention Oakland has lots of AM fog). The downside of the blinds were a potential lack of privacy as if you had a light on in the room at night, anyone outside looking in could see you quite clearly (however, the room is in the private backyard of the house and the only people that could see would be the hosts themselves whom I doubt would ever do that).

Finally, as hosts, they were great. They left us alone and provided complete privacy.