First of all, the apartment was nothing like depicted in the photos. It's on the top floor of a six-story building (NO ELEVATORS). The apartment itself has a tiny kitchen, an even smaller bedroom, and a very small bathroom. The owner extended the structure by putting glass walls on the porch to make it a living room, put a folding futon kind of thing there and called it a couch. He also divided the living room into two levels, made an attic and put a bed up there. On the website it says it fits six people. NO WAY. There is a single size bed in the only bedroom, a fullsize bed on the attic, and the futon thing. We finally figured out how to unfold the futon and eventually it became two pieces of foam lying on the floor, together about full size. We have five people. Four girls had to share the two "beds" for an entire week. The single bed could barely fit the average-size guy. A few main points:
1. We have five people but were given one set of keys. We asked to make copies, the owner agreed that we could do it ourselves and said he would pay us back, which he didn't.
2. No doors. The four girls of us had to sleep in the living room and on the attic, where there's no doors, not even a curtain. It was a real pain in the neck to change. Every time we had to ask to use the only bedroom occupied by the male friend. Imagine the hassle of doing this every morning/night. I slept on the futon in the living room. Because it's basically just a glass cage, I could see the exterior of neighboring buildings clearly. One day I woke up and saw a guy in the next building sticking his head out and looking at me. Creepy.
3. No closets. There is one tiny closet in the bedroom, where the owner also keeps his cleaning supplies. No space even to put clothes out. I brought nice clothes with me but the whole time they were just wrinkling in my suitcase.
3. No space at all. The living room was just big enough to fit the futon and two suitcases. The bedroom is the single bed + room to pass. Attic? Good luck standing up straight.
4. Bathroom door doesn't lock. Hot water runs out in the middle of a shower - believe me, I'm not the type who takes long showers, particularly when the door doesn't lock.
I could go on and on. It was a very disappointing experience. For the price we paid, we could've got a decent hotel suite that fit everyone nicely. Would never book airbnb in Istanbul again.
Re owner's comment about wifi: I was not aware of wifi limit when I booked the place. After I paid for the whole thing, the owner sent a list of things and called that "agreed."