First things first, the host and his team are very friendly and do their best to solve any of the issues they can right away. They even sent us some sweet treats when we had major issues.
Speaking of issues, I would like the Airbnb community to know that this apartment is in a very historic part of Istanbul and therefore, has many issues and lacks the modern comforts that you might want. However, if you want to enjoy living in an old building with character and don’t care about the lack of modern amenities, this is a decent listing.
I’ll just list the issues here and let you decide for yourself:
- no air conditioner (host provided one small fan after asking)
- the bathroom lights and the bidet were broken (the host called a handyman to fix that the next day)
- there are pretty much no outlets for you to charge your stuff without using an extension (host provided one after asking) . We’re digital nomads and have a decent bit of electronics on us. This wasn’t a good place for that
- hot water sort of works with a bad water pressure. You have to wait 5-6 minutes for the water to get warm and then it gets burning hot really quick and then you have to wait for it to cool down
- only one toilet in the house. The pictures and the listing might give you the impression that there are 2.5 bathrooms but 2 of them are showers only. So Goodluck with that if you have more than 2 people in the house
- the apartment is pretty high up and the stairs are very narrow and dark. So it was exhausting bringing our luggage up and down. If you have heavy luggage, skip this place
- the door security system stopped working and we had to wait some hours for the host to deliver new batteries that we then had to replace.
- the towels were sort of dirty but we washed them before using
Overall, I realized that we were paying 3x the average monthly rent in the area for an a pretty but old apartment. So if you do choose the listing, just know that it is pretty old and you will have to be okay with the problems that come with living in an a very old building.