I stayed here for 3 months this summer.
Traci was a friendly host with a clean place. The room was cozy and the bathroom was cleaned on Fridays. The house was close to a BART station (~7 mins walk).
HOWEVER:
-This neighborhood is extremely unsafe, and one I never felt safe in from the day I arrived. This problem gets progressively worse as you walk towards the BART station from the house . As a result, I was once robbed at gunpoint in the neighbourhood by two men, and heard of several other incidents during my time there. Do your research into the area since you may not be up for the grittiness. As someone who is not a local, I wish I had paid more attention to this
-The neighbors, while amicable, were noisy. This being an old house, sound travels very easily (from people being noisy or something as simple as the shower being used on a different floor). As a result, things can get pretty loud. This may take some getting used to if you like peace and quiet during your downtime
-Since the house was old, things were also broken quite often. Examples: the flush was broken and for two weeks till the plumber arrived I had to manually put my hand down the tank and fix the mechanism for every flush (unsanitary and inconvenient); there was also repeated standing water in the shower as a result of regular drain clogging after certain guests moved in
If you are looking to live in Oakland, I would recommend someplace closer to Lake Merritt, and would recommend that you avoid East or West Oakland (just advice that I wish someone had given me prior to my summer in the Bay).