I recently moved to Seattle and needed a centrally located apartment before I found a permanent place. Ralph’s apartment next to Greenlake was a great fit; a large clean one bedroom that was well equipped and close to major bus lines. I was a couple minutes walk to the lake and various restaurants, Fremont was a 15 minute walk, and downtown by bus was about 30 minutes.
Ralph and his family were gracious hosts; they introduced themselves and gave nice recommendations for the area as well as helpful info about hiking and getting places by public transport. I was pretty busy with work and sightseeing and saw little of my hosts with my long hours, but they were easy to reach if needed and responded quickly.
When staying at this location, check out the donut and coffee shop up the block. Both were really tasty and the coffee strong. The lake gets jam packed with people visiting on the weekend, but it seemed easy to park on this street during those times.