This is a great apartment for a couple or small family visiting Oakland. Temescal , the surrounding neighborhood, is great. There are coffee shops and restaurants right around the corner, and a pleasant 6 blocks away is Piedmont Ave, which has every kind of food and retail you could want. It's a very walkable neighborhood. The apartment is comfortable and immaculately clean. The kitchen is small but has everything you could need including a dishwasher and a few basic food items that you hate to keep buying over and over again, like spices. Both beds were comfortable and the water pressure in the shower is great! Our favorite part of the apartment is a small balcony, kind of in the trees, so you have privacy and shade. There's a larger table on the balcony if you need space for 4 to eat, or you can just sit out there after dark and enjoy the cool air. Bruce is a terrific host; he was very responsive to our emails. We would recommend this apartment to anyone looking for a place to stay in Oakland.