This apartment is lovely- it was just like in the photos, very clean, spacious and freshly renovated, but still with some of the apartment's older character. The apartment stayed pleasantly cool when it was 35° outside. We found it useful to plan for about an hour's travel on bus /tram/train to get to other parts of Berlin, but the transport network is so good that this is relatively easy to do.
The apartment is situated on the north side of Pankow in a peaceful tree-lined street. Pankow has its own character and is worth a stroll around, too.