If you’re looking for a roof on your head when travelling in Istanbul it is some what acceptable. Honestly, there more than a few issues with the apartment. Firstly, location wise we chose it because it’s close to our extended family. If you’re in Istanbul as a tourist it isn’t a good location unless you have a car, willing to pay large sums to taxis/wait in traffic/hunt down a taxi driver to take you to where you want to go or happy to walk up a 5-10min slope and then 5 mins through a busy high street to get to the metro, which you need to make at least 3 interchanges (including metrobus) to get to any of the tourist attractions on the European side. NB: the public transport will take you at least 40mins off peak times to get to tourist attractions on the European side. Secondly, the house isn’t very clean - the layers of dust in the bathroom cabinet, the filthy kitchen cloth (although we got a clean sponge!), the carpet is another level it’s got fluff and other stuff stuck on it, the sheet/duvet wasn’t the cleanest, and the best was the vacuum clear that doesn’t vacuum. Actually, I take that back the shower!! It was blocked and had bits clogging the drain - no wonder there was a mini plunger in the shower. Thus, in a few minutes, you can find yourself in a mini puddle of water you want exit ASAP. Also, the shower head is fixed in it’s position/ pretty much horizontal and shooting at your face. Making it rank to even think about showering there. We have an infant, which means lots of crumbs but the vacuum was like torture - it needs to be renewed. There was hardly any utensils in the kitchen, the pans had most of the Teflon scrapped off. We had to go buy one for the time we were there. I had notified the host that we would have two guests lodging on the sofa, but we weren’t provided with sheets or pillows. Btw don’t use the washing machine, it leaks and doesn’t spin properly. I washed clothes in there to later notice a pond on the floor and the clothing was so wet my next hour was squeezing the extra water out so the clothes can dry before they start to smell. Lastly, there’s a crack on the wall in the living room - Istanbul is known for awaiting a devastating earthquake, which is more than a bit worrying. This is my first Airbnb, I was expecting some toiletries - maybe that’s not how it works? All in all, I think I overpaid for what I got. I could’ve contacted the host, she seems nice, but it was my holiday which I didn’t want to spend having to deal with it, so I chose to find myself quick solutions and enjoy my holiday. I just wished I had known from the previous reviews so I wouldn’t have made the choice in the firstly place. If you don’t mind the details I mentioned above, you may as well enjoy your stay! Hope this review helps.