we didn't have water for one day and the second day there was no regular flow .
the house smells so terrible from the old plumbing system that you cannot breathe in the bathroom there was mold in the corners of the bathroom inside the hamam area and on the bathroom sink,the house is too old and even it's renovated it isn't suitable for guests.
Τhe base of the tiny toilet wasn't stable.
At the first day when we came th host proposed we could leave the luggage in the dirty room because the cleaning lady hasn't cleaned the house and the check in was on 17.00 (really late and exhausting!)So we left the luggage and the host called me because cleaning lady couldn't find the keys in the key box someone has taken them anyway we came back because we were worried about our staff, the cleaning lady spend 1.5 hour to clean such a big apartment the result wasn't satisfying at all.She has left 1.5 toilet paper for 3 people for 6 days we have told that to the host he send the grocery boy from the market downstairs to bring us toilet paper he brought it and he asked money .(No professionalism at all)
we have told to the host that the house wasn't clean and he supposed to send cleaning lady but the hole day we had lack of water and we wanted to rest(you can imagine that we couldn't had a bath or use the toilet properly) we told the host don't send the cleaning lady because we didn't had water in order to clean and although he informed her she came hitting the door while we were sleeping insisting to clean the bathroom without water!
it was a terrible experience !the smell and the dirty entrance of the block cannot be described..dogs or people who knows had made dirty things on the walls,disgusting impression dirty walls and stairs nobody had ever cleaned the stairs and the entrance.ouside of out apartment we found cigarettes and garbage.
the pictures on airbnb are not the same huge difference with the reality.
and we understand that in istanbul the water cut is very often but when you are renting a house you have to think a plan b with a water deposit otherwise you have to inform the guests upon their reservation that may occur lack of water..
it's unacceptable not having water and the wc getting full of 3 people.
all these issues unfortunately destroyed our stay and our vacation in Istanbul and of course Firat denied to accept the inconvenience he causes and he didn't give us back any refund. we wouldn't recommend that house at all!