The apartment and the host are great. I will try to list the main advantages and disadvantages below.
Advantages:
1. A friendly, helpful host. Mikes speaks good English, you won’t have any trouble with communication.
2. Well-thought processes regarding the guests. By that I mean that you will be comfortable because most of your needs will have been proactively thought of: the host will meet you, you ll get the info about Istanbul, main service apps for food deliveries etc.
3. The apartment itself is comfortable and has everything one needs for a stay, or at least that’s how we felt.
4. A shopping mall is in close proximity, it has a few shops, Migros grocery store which is decent, HALK ATM (charges 0 commission), cafes and so on.
Disadvantages:
1. The only serious disadvantage we found was actually the location in terms of transport. No metro is available nearby, you have to take several buses to get to where you need or otherwise use a taxi (we used Uber).