My husband and I stayed at Nilay's place for a week.
It looks almost like in photos, but the arrangement of the furniture is a little different.
Also the garden is not as tended to, as in the photos, but probably it's because the seasons have recently changed.
Nilay herself is superfriendly and considerate, we enjoyed communicating with her.
The neighborhood is great, lots of places to eat out, small shops, and the beach is 10 mins away (by foot).
For the future guests it's worth mentioning that the apartment is situated on the ground floor. You have to go two floors down from the buliding entrance level. It's very common in Istanbul.
Ground floor comes with its pros and cons. So does Nilay's place:)
Pros:
+ It's always cool in the apartment, which is very good for a summer vacation. We didn't turn the AC once, even though it was +30 outside.
+ Groundfloor apartments come with small gardens where you can enjoy your coffee. So everyday cats come to visit:)
+The apartment itself is spacious and light, tasteful. You can tell it's not just a place for rent, it's a home.
+ No party noise in this part of the disctrict, the place is rather quite.
+ Lots of cooking ware and the kitchen is fully equipped.
+ Nilay herself is very friendly and nice, it was a pleasure to communicate with her.
Things to consider:
- The place is humid. The bedsheets were a little wet and it's moldy here and there, and also little flies, that love humidity, appeared.
- The moscito wasn't attached well enough and had some tears int it. And since there's a garden, insects and moscitos tried to come inside the house constantly.
- Even though the place is quite party-wise, we heard some very unexpected noises:) Namely some neighbors had two roosters, and they sang very loud in the day and at night, which was unexepected and a bit disturbing sometimes.
- The apartments on the underground floors are ants' favorite. By the end of our stay we found a small ants' nest in the bedroom. However Nilay promised she will take care of it.
We'd like to thank Nilay for this exeperience!