The communication with Garen was always perfect. He always answered immediately. We booked this apartment for 4 girls, but 2 cancelled, so I was there alone with my girlfriend. The accommodation was really very clean and tidy. Garen even bought us water and provided us with fruit in the fridge. He also gave us insider tips for Istanbul. Unfortunately the apartment is very sensitive, we heard all the ambient noises. Also the neighbours could look with open curtains directly into the apartment. In the evening/night the apartment was very bright despite closed curtains, because the light of the streetlight fell directly into the apartment. In addition, the apartment on the pictures looks much bigger than it actually is. On our arrival we arrived in the area around 9 pm and were afraid. We are Turks living in Germany, we were also in Istanbul before, so we thought it would be okay to stay in this area. But no matter which taxi driver or acquaintance from Istanbul talked badly about the area. That was because drug dealers, hookers, transvestites and mafiosi were allegedly on the move in this area. We felt looks at ourselves every evening. We had the feeling that we were always under danger and that no one would come to our aid in case of a possible dangerous situation. Since we were finally two people instead of four, it didn't fit to our budget and secondly we would have felt more secure with four people. In the end we decided to reduce the duration of the stay to 3 instead of 8 days via airbnb. Garen, was so accommodating and has to reimburse us part of the amount for the unused overnight stays. If he would get more bookings for this period (5 days), he would have transferred the rest to us. He was very fair and pleasant.