The place was situated
away from the noise of Istanbul, there was a huge graveyard nearby and some chickens at the property, still the house had no real view of the surrounding nature.
The bedroom faced a concrete wall, also the living room. The entire place was full of mold/fungus and I was concerned about my health having to stay there. The kitchen wasn’t really usable as there was no place to cook or prepare some sandwiches.
From the hosts photos of the place it gave an impression of a quiet getaway and portrayed only one house in the photos at the time being when in fact there was a bigger house just a couple of meters away where the entire family of the host was living too.
There was no other description at the time of my booking.
I explained the host that I wanted to get away from people and noise of Istanbul and needed quiet time for my self. This was overlooked and in the evening they called and texted me severely times. Later on they were playing loud music outside and the hosts father came knocking my door. I told him I was resting, still he came again later on and I believe he was drunk this time. It was very uncomfortable and I had to close the door on his face.
I left in the early morning following day. I had another night left but was not comfortable staying.
On my way to the place, I took a bus. The host texted me whilst on the bus and asked me to get off. I replied that it was no issue for me to continue on the bus to the destination, but he insisted so I got off. On the way (10 walk from their house) we stopped for some groceries. I shopped in two places but one of them did not accept my card and the host offered to pay (approx 15 TL)
The morning just before I left I asked his mother for my groceries. Half of the bread I had bought was torn off and other items were missing.
I contacted Airbnb and explained the situation, showing texts and photos and was granted a full refund. The host tried to get me pay for the gas of his car which falls on it’s own unreasonableness.
The groceries were subtracted from refund - the items that were taken.
It’s difficult for me to recommend this place.