The place is as pictured and very clean inside and the host is easy to communicate with.
One caveat that caught us off guard... Like many large cities, Oakland has a homeless population. There is a relatively large homeless camp a couple of blocks from this property. Noone ever bothered us and we walked all over the place. The only problem was not knowing to expect it and venturing into areas you might want to avoid especially with kids.
That said, this was a clean cozy place, separate bedroom is great if you have kids and want the extra privacy.
It's connected to the owner's unit but still pretty quiet. It has a little back yard that we didn't have a chance to visit but we enjoyed listening to the birds in the area.