My boyfriend and I came to İstanbul for a 9-day vacation. We stayed at a hotel for 3 nights and booked this place for the remaining 6. The apartment is beautiful and it looks amazing, just like in the photos. The location is also perfect because you can reach İstiklal street in 10min by foot, Galata tower 15-20min. Miss İrma who showed us the apartment was very nice and polite. Unfortunately, due to the problems we faced we canceled our stay after the first night. We were astonished by how loud the traffic noise really is. The apartment is on the first floor of a very narrow and steep street. The bedroom is facing this street. During the day the street noise isn't an issue because you are sightseeing and there's a lot of people walking around so vehicles drive slowly. But the main problem begins at night when vehicles drive like crazy down the street. You can hear people on the street talk, laugh, cough... You feel like you sleep directly on the street how loud it really is.
Also, the walls in the apartment itself are paper thin. You can hear the upstairs neighbors through the ceiling when walking, talking, crying... My boyfriend is a light sleeper and he slept for maybe 2 hours in total. I had trouble sleeping for more than 2 hours even though I never hear anything when I sleep. Another issue was the hot water in the bathroom - there was none. We had no hot water and when we told Alev about this problem, she just said to turn the tap in the other direction. She didn't offer to come by and see for herself. When we checked out she didn't come to say goodbye and take the keys. In these kinds of situations, a little hospitality wouldn't hurt. This is our only negative experience in Turkey but we didn't let it ruin our stay in this beautiful city.