Don’t stay here. We stayed for 28 days, and we regretted our decision for 27 of those days.
The smell of the bathroom was horrible, and I really regret not reading the reviews before we booked this place.
I suppose if you don’t care about being physically ill every time you have to use the restroom or shower, then this place is fine. Also, the suggestion that Erhan provides to help make the smell a little more bearable is to POUR BLEACH DOWN THE DRAIN, which is terrible for so many reasons.
On top of that, the location of the apartment is right on the middle of a hill. Your options are to walk up the steep hill to get to literally everything, or to walk down the hill and take a bus all the way around this part of Istanbul and then to walk or take another mode of transportation to wherever you’re going.
Additionally, there was plumbing issues while we stayed here which was a big issue for us, and Erhan seemed almost upset that he had to figure out a way to compensate us for the trouble. I wasn’t able to shower for multiple days, and then when the plumber unexpectedly had to fix the toilet as well as the shower and told NO ONE, Erhan suggested we go to a local mosque and pay money to pee in a hole in the ground.
And he asked us to reset the wifi, check on the water heater, and the gas line multiple times throughout our stay. We were essentially maintaining his asset for him.
Oh, and he also controls the heat remotely, so we would have to text or call him if we needed it turned up or down. There were many days where my fingernails turned blue because I was so cold, and many nights where we woke up in puddles of sweat because we were so warm.
There are better places in the same price range that are closer to all the places you want to be, without the hassle of managing someone else’s property or assaulting your nose on a daily bases just to take a shower or go to the bathroom.