We stayed in this wonderful apartment for six weeks during an extended visit with our family in Oakland. The apartment was well suited to our needs - with a location convenient to family, restaurants, and shopping in the Lake Merritt area. The apartment was clean, comfortable, and well appointed with suitable furniture, bedding, kitchen, laundry, and bath supplies. Because of this it worked very well for being able to host our family for several meals over the thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. In addition to the apartment we were welcome to use a lovely backyard space. The host, Karina was very friendly, flexible, and responsive to all of our questions and requests. Her communications in advance regarding the apartment and her expectations during our stay were clear, reasonable, and accurate. She was very hospitable and even offered us some extra furniture to use for our holiday gatherings when we hosted our family. The neighborhood was very walkable with nearby restaurants, groceries and other shopping. We are experienced with city life, and felt reasonably safe, walking dogs in the surrounding neighborhood. We could not be more pleased with our stay and are grateful to our host Karina for the opportunity to stay in this lovely spacious suite.