Apartment was clean. However, there was no heating and no hot water. It kept turning off automatically. Zorbey was also unfortunately not friendly. We wanted to stay for longer, and that was fine with him only IF we paid him in cash. When we stated we were more comfortable paying via Airbnb, the apartment suddenly became unavailable for our dates. Check out process was also very rough. He let us know a day before that he wanted us out at 11am, but wasn’t even present for us to hand him the keys until we repeatedly called him as we had arranged to leave at that time as per his request. Balat overall is not the best place to live, but Zorbey’s apartment was clean and matched the description, so good value for money I suppose. Internet was also bad quality, I couldn’t take my meetings properly without interruption. Be careful when you choose and I would advise staying in a place like Kadikoy or Besiktas to make your experience in Istanbul a better one.