First thing I want to say is Necla rocks!!! She is a very nice, kind human being. I was travelling with my sister so we’re a bit scared at the beginning (2 women alone), but having Necla’s friendly face was very reassuring.
The room is great, has comfy beds, small kitchen to prepare basic meals, fridge (not noisy yay!!), clean house, everything we expected. Necla was very accomodating with our changing schedules, I also had to extend the dates and she changed a few things around to help us out, she also kindly stored our luggage for a few days, very helpful.
At the end of my trip I got sick with cold and she kindly prepared some honey/ginger tea, that’s the true AirBnB experience that I like, more than just running a business is like staying with a friend :)
The only one thing I have to mention as we were quite worried at the beginning is the neighbourhood; the house is just one street off the main road (very handy!!) but it’s on an unpaved hill, and it may look a bit rough. We arrived late night it had been raining so the first impression was a bit shocking as there we were 2 women late night carrying/dragging a heavy bag through the mad uphill, waving through cars as there were not pavement/sidewalks.
But once we reached Necla’s place it was all good, her lovely son helped us carry the bag all the way to the top floor (thank you John!!) and then we felt safe and it was all great.
Other than that, the place is great, really close to supermarkets, bars, restaurants, Taksim sq, İstiklal st... we walked everywhere!
We highly recommend Necla’s place to anyone visiting Istanbul. We would stay there again in our next visit :)