Everything is just like the way described. Taksim was only in a few minutes walk distance, BUT try to take the north route to avoid the stairs and ups and down hills! unfortunately, we found this rout in our last days there. The host was responsive and everything went smooth and easy. Our only concern was the tiring four floor stairs we had to climb at the end of each nights which we shouldn't have underestimated. Other than that everything were great!