I’ve got mixed feelings about my stay (4 weeks, working remotely).
The host and his receptionist were great, caring, responsive to our requests and always available. He regularly checked on us to see if we needed anything.
We were also able to leave the bags in the office before the check-in time and do the same thing after our check-out so we could wander around without carrying the bags with us. I would highly recommend Ilhan Bey as a host.
However, the place itself differs from the pictures. Furniture has gotten noticeably older and due to humidity (it’s on the -1 floor) we had to constantly keep the AC on which was not really a problem for us but there was a lot of mold in the shower cabin. However the host fixed this (but we couldn’t use the shower for 3 days).
We couldn’t really open the window or the patio door because there was no mosquito net and they kept flying in. Plus you could be surprised with a stray cat visit if you leave the door open and unattended.
Walls are not sound proof so you can hear your neighbours flushing the toilet and there’s sounds from the bakery next door almost 24/7 (perks: we had a complimentary bag with delicious simits etc on the first day as it’s the host’s uncle’s bakery). Lucky for us we’re heavy sleepers and were not really bothered with the noises at night.
Cleaning is every 5 days but we had to ask about it a day in advance. During the 4th week there was no cleaning but we were checking out the next day so it wasn’t a big deal. However we couldn’t really take our trash out as the nearest trash bin is 7 min walk away from the flat. So we had to accumulate it in the flat until the cleaning lady comes.
The location is great. 7 min walk from istiklal, 20 min to galata tower, 15 min to sishane metro station, 20 min to tophane station etc. with quite a few stores/food places around the flat. So we basically could just walk to anywhere. It’s a perfect location if you like walking (consider there are hills to climb in this area of the city).
Overall it’s a good place for a short stay due to its location but for the longer stay i would go for a bigger place. Especially if you’re not traveling alone and you all work remotely and have to make a lot of calls.