I would rate our overall experience at Maide's apartment at 2.5 stars (out of 5). On the one hand, the apartment itself easily deserves 5 stars for two main reasons. One: the location is excellent, especially to those who are interested in the Fatih area, mosque, bazars etc. It is only 2 or 3 minutes walk to one of the entrances of the beautiful mosque and similarly to the many cafes, shops, bakeries and restaurants in this area. It is also around 7 minutes walk to the shopping area of Fevzi Paşa. There was also a supermarket, just 1 minute away or less, that opened until midnight. Two: the cleanliness of the apartment and the building in general! I can easily say that this is perhaps the first rental property I would describe as ultra clean! In every sense of the word really! Clean and neat! There was nothing lavish about this apartment. It is quite basic. But sufficient and pleasant for your basic needs. It looked like a new apartment/building or a newly-renovated apartment/building. I have to emphasise the above two positive elements. In addition, I respected the fact that there were prayer rugs in the apartment and that guests were not allowed to drink alcohol or step with their shoes inside the apartment. This adds to a sense of 'spiritual cleanliness' in this apartment which is in line with this area in general (the Fatih area and mosque). These were highly noticed and appreciated. I applaud the host for that! On the other hand, I give the host a maximum of 2 stars, due to her attitude, lack of understanding of and respect for her guests' right to privacy and to be left in peace without disturbance, and to her lack of taking responsibility for any problems in her apartment or for actions that she herself takes. We were basically expected to choose from three options: (1) either to interrupt our schedule/sleep/etc by attending to technicians who will come to fix problems that were there BEFORE we checked in the apartment, or (2) accept the absurd idea that these technicians would come to the apartment in our absence and while our belongings are there (PS: no available safe box in the apartment!), or (3) just choose to stay without that missing amenity (WiFi, TV etc). At the beginning, we accepted to attend to technicians at a time that was not arranged with us by the host (she just told us that they will come at a particular time - we have to change our schedule accordingly!). But when this behaviour continued, we said we were busy and cannot interrupt our schedule to help the host fix things in her property! We said we will then deal with the 'lesser evil', which is to stay without a WiFi, than to accept the option of people coming with the key to the apartment during our absence! But then we get told that: well, this is your choice! A truly appalling attitude that unfortunately spoilt our stay in this otherwise excellent apartment! We never met with the owner. We were greeted and checked in by a lovely neighbour who made an effort to show us around and gave us her own WiFi password to use. However, that neighbour did not speak any English and so communication wasn't easy. I knew a bit of Turkish which somewhat helped, but that of course wasn't sufficient to understand all details or to communicate all questions and understand the neighbour's responses. It would have been nice of the owner/host to at least explain the reason of her absence, not that she had to offer such an explanation, but just as a courtesy and a show of respect for her guests - an element that was clearly missing. In short, the host should: 1- fix things in the apartment BEFORE the check in date of her guests. She should make time for that and attend to it herself rather than expect other people (guests, neighbours etc) to take care of these matters. 2- She should take responsibility of problems rather than continuously blame others for them (e.g. the remotes of two ACs were missing but this was the previous guests' fault as they took the remotes! The absence of a WiFi is the fault of the company/provider not the the fault of the owner who didn't fix the problem before the check-in date. The technicians ringing the bell at an early hour of the morning is their fault, not the fault of the host who sent them despite the guest begging her the night before not to send anymore technicians until the check-out date!). It is always someone else's fault. 3- She (the host) needs to be informed about guests' rights to privacy and comfort. She needs to first ASK the guest if it is okay to send people to the apartment and arrange a mutual time that suits everyone rather than just INFORM the guests that someone is coming at such and such a time. She needs to know that it is NOT OKAY to send someone with the keys while the apartment is booked by guests and while they are not present in the apartment. There is a clear lack of understanding in this area. It is not the guest's job to educate the host on these matters and waste much precious time and energy on messages back and forth (this note is perhaps aimed at Airbnb that should make sure that hosts are aware of these basics before they are allowed to let their properties via this website). Apart from the above, I can say that during the period of our booking, the apartment had all the basic needs including three ACs that worked well and that were sufficient (but only one remote control that operated them all). There was a washing machine (but no dryer and no balcony to hang the clothes - you will hang your clothes on a line inside...