Listing was accurate and the setting on the balcony is wonderful to soak up Istanbul. The welcome pack (breakfast bits) was very nice. If you're not used to big cities then the location may be a bit intimidating - built up and moderately lit streets - but being used to London the area seemed safe with convenient, local (authentic) grocery shops. Excellent location to be able to walk to the main sultanahmet sights (it's best to walk west from the apartment to get to the blue mosque area rather than up the hill to the main road and back down again). The call to prayers (loud speaker singing at sunrise from the mosques) was a bit of a shock, but it wasn't every day and it added to the experience in our opinion. The only negative was that the guide pack in the apartment was a bit out of date - we tried to get the train to Yedikule to see the city walls, as suggested in the pack, but unfortunately the train line has been closed for a while. Other things in the pack were accurate though and I guess we were unlucky to find the one thing that wasn't!