An overall excellent experience, for an excellent price! The place was very clean and smelled great, with towels, toilet paper and hand soap, and very warm even though it was very cold outside. The apartment is just as depicted. If you pay attention in all details in the photographs, you will find no surprises at all.

It is actually two separate apartments with common entrance, 3 rooms each and secure doors that separate them inside. It sleeps 8 people (in double beds) easily, perhaps even more if you don't mind being a bit crowded. Common living-room like space is available on one of the apartments, but it is not made for a very large crowd. Also, in one of the apartments, toilet and shower are in neutral ground, but you have to go through one room to reach the other (which has a separate shower but not toilet), which limits privacy a bit. You will feel very secure inside, it has an iron-bar door outside the entrance with a lock, which is very common in the houses in Istanbul. We did not use the electrical appliances but everything seemed new and of good quality, and the WiFi was solid and fast. One of the double rooms is small, only a double bed fits barely, but has a private shower and it is very accurate from the photographs.

The building is old as described, so do expect to see some aged things (like in every other building in the vicinity). Due to that, you also should expect limited noise isolation. The street is quiet since there is no traffic below. Staying there will definitely give you a good feeling of how people live in that neighborhood, and actually local families live there.

This is one of the best locations in Beyoglu and, being on my second trip to Istanbul, one of the best in general to be right in the middle of things on the west side. 1 minute walk from the Galata tower, at the beginning of Istiklal street, 3 minute walk to Sishane metro, which is extremely useful to reach the airport (1 hour ride with one very easy correspondence, 8 Tl cost, approx. 2.5 euro). Lots of cafes nearby, but special mention goes to Cafe Privato and everybody working in it. It makes you feel more than like at home, go there and you will not regret it.

Duygu is a great host and was there for the late check-in. Should you have trouble finding the place (even though it is easy if you follow the instructions), you can ask for assistance in Cafe Privato. Check-out was a breeze. Evin was very considerate of our small change of guest plans and, having an excellent communication, we were able to resolve everything timely and smoothly.

All in all, definitely a great great choice if you are looking for a reasonably priced and well located clean place to stay with friends or friendly couples.