we are traveling several countries and first time staying in turkey. It was very cozy and nice room with view at very nice location. We had great time there. Also we arrived early morning. Gerrit offered us for dropping our luggage at his office kindly so we could go look around the city before checking in. Also he and his colleague’s office was super cool soho building with art display in nice neighborhood.
The problem was that we couldn’t find out how to use washing machine to dry clothes because it was written in Turkish. Would be nice if it had English instructions. Also the map of the house to not get lost finding at night , street seems so different than a day and hard to find a person who speak English fluently. The apartment is at safe area there’s fresh fruits, small store, cafes are around and easy access to sightseeing area by trains , street tram, metro and ship.
would be nicer if there’s some cooking oil and shampoo those amenities were there for the short stay. We didn’t bring those so went to store but they had only big bottles.
The food in the city was much healthier than we thought and very delicious so we had no problem. We ended up not using the kitchen to cook.
If you want to spend relax time in Istanbul I really recommend staying at his place.