I would rate this place a 3.5 but sadly half stars are not an option. Cihan is a great responsive host who had a lot of communication but ultimately there are a few things that cannot be made up for at this place. The apartment is up 4 flights of stairs which you know before booking which is fine but they are 4 very windy flights of stairs which makes them extra difficult and getting to the actual building involves stairs and very difficult directions with any cab driver. Once inside, there is a window that you cannot open because there is a cesspit outside of it (sewage tank) however one of the bathroom windows also opens into this area with an exhaust so that foul smell was always wafting through the bathroom, kitchen, and bedroom that was closest to the bathroom. Two bathrooms are advertised, but only 1 has a proper standing shower (and unfortunately it’s the one with the smell), the other is a bath with a shower head that does not fix high enough for a free standing shower. You can see from the pictures that the bathrooms are not brand new which is fine however they are worse in real life and in need of some TLC. There are many light switches that don’t work, most of the light bulbs needed to be replaced, and the beds are very creaky. There were also ants all over the dining table even though we hadn’t eaten any food or left any out. Now this one isn’t the hosts fault but it is worth knowing that you cannot flush anything (not even toilet roll) down the toilets there nor can you drink the tap water. The host did provide 1 large bottle of water but this would have been nice to know beforehand. The openness of the living area and the views from the apartment are phenomenal. However that does not fully make up for the rest of the flaws or the price. It is a lovely place, but you need to really think twice about whether all of the above cons balance out the pros. The wifi is also unreliable and slow and we ultimately had to use our own phone plans because it wasn’t working - this is the one thing Cihan did not respond to us on. As far as check in and out goes it was really easy and for check out they just ask for you to return the keys - no cleaning - which was nice. We did like our stay here but due to all the drawbacks we will not be returning.