As a host, Garen is great! He was always ready to help us with any problem. The apartment itself is quite clean and nice, we (a group of 8 people) enjoyed our stay there. The area is just perfect - very close to Istiklal an other interesting places. Besides, local people are really friendly - when we had a problem with a door, they all gathered to help us! In other words, come to see Istanbul, it's really great :)