I stayed at Safa's studio for 17 nights and absolutely loved it. Safa was very quick to answer all of my questions and messages and spoke very good english which was helpful. Right when I checked in he even upgraded my room and I ended up getting a larger studio than anticipated! The room is very clean and had everything I needed to live comfortably for the weeks I was staying in Istanbul. The location was perfect being only a five minute walk from the central Taksim square and the metro there. The street was also very quiet considering it was so close to such a central part of Istanbul. I also felt safe in the neighborhood Safa's place is in and really appreciated the security of the building with a lock to get in and then a personalized key card for the room. I would highly recommend staying in these rooms! If I ever return to Istanbul (which I would very much like to) I would definitely stay here again.