The location is grate, the house is beautiful, nice view over the Marmara sea.
Some things to take into consideration
- we had blackouts in 2 consecutive days - they usually started from 21:00 and came back around 00:00 - you maybe want to check if the area still has this problem
- from the neighbourhood point of view, the old town area is very crouded, a little too dirty compared to other European cities and with awkward/strange people - we were actually almost get pickpocketed in the T1 tram. I do not know if this is specific to old town or to Istanbul altogether.
Despite the issue we had with the blackout, we felt safe because the host was very profi during our stay, communicative and helpful with all the questions/situation we had. He tried his best to have a good experience.
All in all, we enjoyed staying here!