We recently stayed at Trevor’s garden apartment for 2 months while our own house was undergoing construction. The apartment exceeded our expectations, and served us very well as a temporary home away from home. It was clean, bright, spacious and cheerful, and there was more than ample storage. The kitchen was large and well equipped, with lots of cupboard space, making it very easy to cook at home, a big asset for us. Our host was very responsive to our needs, promptly addressing a problem that developed with the television. He also had a gate with lock installed at our suggestion, which makes the pretty little garden space (good for having coffee in warm weather) and entrance more private.

The location is good—a very short car or bicycle ride, and walkable (within 30 minutes) to the UC Berkeley, and the Temescal, Rockridge and Piedmont areas that have some of the best and /or hippest restaurants and shops in town. Public transportation is within easy walking distance (bus 2 blocks away, BART (0.6 mi), as are coffeehouses and shops in Temescal and the up and coming Adeline/Alcatraz hub. Entrances to the major freeways to access the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area are a few blocks away.