Our stay was lovely. Basma was always cheerful and always smiling even when tired after a long day at work. She is really welcoming and always tries to make u feel at much at ease as possible. She organizes special dinners or special lunches for special occasions like the departure of someone of us, or for the big islamic festivity such as Eid Al-Adha. Staying there is really confortable you feel like at home, it's an easy peasy residence, you can really feel confort miles away from your home, as if u were in it. The house is really close to the two main metro and tram stations, so u can easily go to and come from the airport with the metro line and reach the touristic part of Istanbul via tramway. The only bad point is the neighbourghood wich is really scary for someone not used to it, and it is said to be the neighbourghood with the worst people in Istanbul yet we haven't had any Major problem, and the time spent in it was those 3 minutes to reach the tram station so be carfull and try to spend as less time in that neighbourhood as possible cause sometimes it is indeed dangerous. Other than this little negative point, the stay was enjoyable.
P.S. Be sure that you'll tied real good friendships with the other travellers staying at Basma's place! Thank you, thank you, thank you again ♡♡♡.