Guner was helpful, luckily we had his phone number as the cab driver who doesn't speak much english requested to talk to him for directions. When we arrived, it was smooth check in as Guven is living at the same flat and he let us into the building. The room itself is very clean, homely and comfortable, wifi was very reliable and fast. The bathroom is very clean as well and looks new! No problems with the living conditions at all. The flat seems to be the only nicely renovated corner in the neighbourhood.

Walking towards the flat is like walking through back alleys (small streets quite busy with cars), but it's not that bad and so far it's been quite safe. It's quite near to Istiklal Avenue, though it seems like quite a bit of walk to Taksim Square (or probably we followed a longer route, not sure). For us, to get to the T1 metro line, it was easier to walk to Istiklal and get the Tunel to Karakoy and take the T1 line rather than from Taksim.

Guven was nice enough to let us checkout a bit later as our flights leave later in the evening. All in all, it was a good experience.