We chose this posting because it was a good value for money in terms of space: 4 bedrooms and in a good area.
Ali was a good host, responded quickly.
I knew there was a risk to rent a property without prior reviews, but I trusted Ali’s reputation with other listings, but sadly a host only can do so much..
The first night was an utter nightmare: the neighbours upstairs threw a proper party from midnight until about 3. There was very loud music, crazy stomping, and people constantly going up and down the stairs slamming the front door all the time - you could hear them as if they were in the living room. It’s Beyoglu, so if you ever stayed here you know many of these old buildings have bad soundproofing, but this… basically it was so loud that the chain on our front door was moving and clanking as if someone tried to break in. We contacted Ali and he was talking to the neighbours, but they only slightly reduced the volume, and host opted not to call police until after 2 am. I sent multiple audio recordings of the noise.
It was impossible to sleep on the main floor, so all of us had to find refuge on the lower level and share beds as we were beyond exhausted travelling the whole day before.
The photos do not reflect current interior - some furniture is different or missing. The staircase is freshly painted and the smell is overpowering. Opening all windows only brought a slight relief.
My beddings in a room downstairs weren’t clean - found black body hair in it. Have photo proof.
The room downstairs is very cold and humid - all the things are covered with condensation. The 4th bedroom also downstairs had loads of wet laundry, that never dried in 3 days and gave even more humidity.
It’d be nice to have some basic stuff like tea and sugar, coffee and cream that I often find in other places during my stays in Istanbul.
Bottom line I don’t recommend this place to anyone. But for the promotional price and only 3 nights it was passable.