I totally recommend this place. Great experience staying at Nihat’s apartment. To start with, Nihat is a wonderful friendly person who I was happy to meet. He was very friendly at house, and we had the chance to spend time together outside. Staying with him reflects the true meaning of this website, which is living as a local with a local person. Thank you Nihat.
Regarding the apartment, it is exactly as described. The room is nice and bed is comfortable. It was clean and well prepared for us.
Regarding the neighborhood, it is very close to Taksim square and Istiklal Street with few minutes walk. As normal as it is in Istanbul, there is a short hill you need to walk to get to the square, which was totally fine with us.
In general, next time I visit Istanbul I would first check the availability with Nihat before searching others.