Welcome to your big furnished 1-bedroom apartment, just half a mile from the Temescal shopping area and the new Whole Foods. It’s on the ground floor of a sunny, remodeled 2-story Queen Anne Cottage (with 3 apartments altogether). Includes 1... off-street parking spot.

The average rating from past guests is 4.88 out of 5. We are honoring this website’s rules by not posting external website links. But when you contact us, we can send you a link to read these reviews.

Cats OK, but absolutely no dogs.

See "Rent Specials Description" for your options. Regardless of which you choose, we pay for trash pickup.

The apt is 650 square feet -- bigger than some 2-bedroom apartments. It’s in a charming 3-unit triplex that feels more like a big house than an apartment building. Features:

- Double pane windows to keep noise out and heat in.
- Private fenced yard with a pluot tree.
- Two closets.
- New granite kitchen counters and granite bathroom vanity
- Very big kitchen
- New heater
- New paint
- Offstreet parking, and easy street parking for guests.....
- Sunny windows on 3 sides. In larger apartment buildings, you’re lucky to get windows on two sides, and you're often looking at a neighbor's wall.....

NEIGHBORHOOD

It's in a safe and quiet part of Oakland, minutes from Berkeley and Rockridge.

The area is very flat, so it's easy to bike around town. Most neighbors are homeowners who've been here a long time. They take good care of their homes and lawns.

It's on a quiet tree lined street, not a noisy main avenue. It's not even a through street, and it's got speed bumps.

The UC Berkeley campus is about 2 miles away. If you want to take a bus there, you can catch the AC transit bus one block from my house. It's also an easy bike ride (2 miles away).

It's about 1 mile from the nearest BART subway stations (Ashby or Rockridge), and half a mile from Whole Foods Market and the Temescal shopping area.

There are also two Farmer's Market's in walking distance. Every Tuesday from 2 - 6:30pm, you can walk to the South Berkeley Farmer's Market. And every Sunday from 10am-1pm, you can walk to the Temescal Farmer's Market. Both are VERY festive, with a variety of live musicians, music groups, and vendors selling freshly made food.

By car, you'll be about 8 minutes from the Bay bridge. You get 1 off-street parking spot. There’s also plenty of space for guests to park on our street, and no permit is required.

SHARED WALLS

There’s another downstairs tenant whose kitchen wall borders your bedroom. They respect quiet hours (10pm-8am), and I filled that wall with insulation to muffle sound, but it’s not completely soundproof.

You won't hear any showers or flushing toilets from upstairs. But you may hear muffled voices through your bedroom wall. So this apartment is a good choice if you’re a pretty heavy sleeper and used to living in an apartment with neighbors around you.

That said, I've advertised this as a quiet building to my other tenants, and I'd love to keep that promise. So while it's not required, all of us who live here now are hoping that our new neighbor values quiet too, and does most of their socializing away from home.

The security deposit is $1200. If you have cats, there’s an additional $1,000 pet deposit. Absolutely no dogs. Read More