I really liked the apartment, it had a great location. If you walk outside of the street, you reach the Main Street. Super safe at night as well. I was staying at the apartment by myself as a solo female traveler and the location was great! Super close to Taksim and Nişantaşı (which is one of my favorite places to be at:)), only a 10 minutes walk. Even though there is literally a club next to it, which you could definitely hear in the weekends it didn’t really bother me (it could be a problem if you don’t like a lot of noises at night). It did however give me the opportunity to go to a club without having the issues of going home late at night since the club is next to the apartment. Haddad always responded very quickly whenever I needed help. Ofcourse I have some tips to improve the apartment for the next guests. For instance, the balcony door. It didn’t close, so somebody could just push open the door if they wanted to. Haddad explained to me that the back of the house is literally above an inside garden so there really won’t be a possibility for outsiders to come inside and he had been living there for 20+ years without ever having an issue. He unfortunately told me there was no need to fix it and that it couldn’t be fixed but as a female solo traveler it sometimes did give me a restless feeling knowing the balcony door can be opened easily at night, I recommended the host to have that checked out. In the bathroom the handle where you put the shower head on broke of after the first day, so I always had to keep the shower head in my hand when showering. Also I don’t know how many times this happens but I stayed for 45 days and at the middle of my stay I heard somebody knocking on my door. Which I totally wasn’t expecting. It was the host his girlfriend and a cleaning lady, they needed some cleaning necessities from my balcony (where they keep it) to clean the stairwell and afterwards had to return it again. Maybe if somebody is staying over for a long time, let them know if somebody is stopping by to pick up the cleaning necessities from the balcony, to clean the stairwell. I was busy that day and cleaning myself and I didn’t expect anybody to knock on my door, so it was surprising to see them at my front door. Also the apartment was very spacious and clean I really loved it and it looks clean at first sight but when you look underneath the bed or at the back of kitchen cabinets it was full of dust, for some this might not really be a problem. I am very allergic to dust so it was a problem and I had to clean this up by myself and my mom helped me. I feel this might also be because the apartment just gets dusty very quickly. There was a recurring problem with the boiler, the host told me when it gets cold it starts to not function properly, so they have to fix it. At first I didn’t have hot water and the radiator didn’t work, so he called a technician and let him look at it. The problem was fixed very quickly and the communication between me and the host was always very good and he was quick to response as well. But the boiler kept acting up unfortunately, especially when my friend and my sister stayed over, the last 1,5 week. After one person showered there was no hot water anymore and the boiler stopped working, the water would turn cold and we had to fix the issue all over again. The technician came again and told me it wasn’t supposed to make so much sound as it already did in the beginning of my stay and fixed it but after 5 minutes it didn’t work again. So we sometimes had to boil water in the kettle to shower. I recommended the host to get that checked out as well. Overall there were some problems here and there, but I still liked the apartment and the location. Haddad and his girlfriend really welcomed me and were really kind. Because of my solo stay and not knowing anybody there at that time she offered to show me around if I wanted to, I did not take up the offer but I was happy she told me so I felt like I wasn’t completely alone. They told me if there was any issue or any problem or something I could contact them really quickly! There is also a supermarket right underneath the apartment, a cute cafe across from the apartment in the same street (the owner of the cafe is super nice and kind:)) and also another shop for drinks etc. I felt saver knowing these shops are there and they are open till very late. So if you need anything you can just quickly go down stairs to buy it, but even the Main Street with many shops is just 30 sec from the apartment. I really liked my stay here and if I would ever need an apartment for a short stay again I would definitely come back again. Thank you for having me!