The host, Mr Fatih, was there to welcome us at the apartment on arrival. He spent some time going over in detail on the facilities. One thing that we had not expected was that this flat was on the 3rd floor and there was no lift. The neighbourhood was safe. The apartment itself was well-provided. There is no microwave oven. Providing one would help. There was no TV. Providing one will let us keep in touch with what is happening in the rest of the world. We were cut off from news for 6 days and did not realise that an earthquake had happened in Nepal.
The sound-proofing between floors was poor. The floor boards are creaky and even though we tried to tip-toe, there was noise. There was a very noisy neighbour downstairs. This resulted in a lack of sleep on most nights. One particular (4th night), they had a party going on and it turned out to be extremely noisy with loud music, chorus singing and occasional dancing till 02.30 a.m. The noise did not stop despite repeated requests and finally abated around 4 a.m.
HENCE WATCH OUT, VERY NOISY NEIGHBOURS.