İsmail is a very friendly host and he was available for any questions before and during our journey. We were a group of three people and we enjoyed our stay in his flat. It was clean, WiFi worked without problems. It is near to the marvelous night life of Besiktas and getting to other parts of Istanbul was very easy with public transportation just 10 minutes away and cheap taxis. The only thing which nobody wrote in previous reviews: The walls in the building are apparently paper thin and you can hear anything what the neighbors do. Unfortunately, we had one neighbor who enjoyed to watch TV until 5am at a high volume every day. However, this is not the fault of the host, but maybe something others should be aware of. Istanbul by itself isn't a quiet city. Nevertheless we can recommend Ismails flat and we will be glad to stay again here.