It was my last-minute reservation when I spontaneously decided to visit Istanbul for New Year. It was good enough for me, and I'd say it is a great base if you intend to come just for 1-3 days and explore Istanbul landmarks for entire days. It can be noisy in the nights though as window isolation wasn't good enough (during NY celebrations). Communication with the host went very well, I must say! And I loved to play with so many cats in an apartment (6!), never so many in my past!