Our stay with Ulas was great for first-time visitors to Istanbul! Ulas replied to messages unbelievably quickly and it was good to know he was there to help if anything came up. We arrived late and Ulas greeted us with sweets! The apartment was clean and comfortable and had air conditioning, which was at times much needed. The apartment had all we needed from fridge to hot shower, wi-fi to kettle.
The apartment is located on a street that has lots of action, which was fun to observe from the balcony. You can also see the sea from the balcony, which was lovely. The tram line T1 has a stop at the end of the street and this was super handy to get north and to ferries, for example.
Throughout our stay Ulas was friendly and from time to time he would make sure that we had all we need. He also helped us get a good priced taxi to the airport very early on the morning of our departure. In summary, excellent place, excellent host :)