I stayed at Yildiray’s apt with my wife, 5 years old son and my father.
This apartment ticks all your needs for a comfortable stay in the busiest and most popular landmark (istiklal street) points in Istanbul. And mustafa as a co-host is indeed a very honest communicator and is very prompt in providing any kind of support.
The apartment on the whole has a neat and organized vibe. The kitchen is so very well equipped and stocked, that it would totally give some competition to your home kitchen as well! The washroom is neat, and again very well stocked with all items of your need. The flushes worked perfectly; hot and cold water supply was never a problem and the washing machine worked perfectly.
None of the rooms had ceiling fans, but the room along side the drawing room was cooled enough by the drawing room air conditioner. Definitely needed a warm blanket in the night in that room. The other room needed a fan, which was not there initially, but all we had to do was jst send a message and Mustafa provided a brand new standing fan in a jiffy.
The entire Beyoglu region is on a slope and this is the closest you can stay to Taksim or itsikilal street with the least steps to go uphill or reach back home without a fuss in the night after a long day of city hopping. My father who is old also couldn’t stop praising about this place since he had to walk so less to reach his favorite Istiklal street. There are plenty of supermarket the moment you get down the apt which are open till late night.
The only complaint we had with our stay was the missed welcome goodies of sweets and a welcome kit. Hoping into the Istanbul for the first times with this stay; we were really excited for our goodies, but seems like that got skipped for us. Rest, this apartment may not be the prettiest or wowest of airbnbs; but the numbers of items it ticks off w.r.t comfort, ease of stay, location and complimenting your vacation in good budgets, we just could thank our decision of cancelling two other bookings and finally opting for Yildiray Havas as our stay in Istanbul.