The place is spacious and quiet with a beautiful view of greenery.
Internet speed is pretty good and it feels like a safe area.
Appliances (washing machine, dishwasher, vacuum cleaner, kettle, etc.) generally worked well.
The hosts speak good English, and we also had a wonderful parking attendant named Samir who was super helpful with everything (he doesn't speak English, but he does speak Russian and that helped a lot in our case).
All in all, it's a nice place to stay but like all things, it has some downsides:
- The hosts were not as accommodating as we'd hoped. We never met them in person, and when we needed something, the response was pretty slow at times.
E.g., we needed a second pot for cooking since we were many people and they said they'd provide it after the weekend (a few days later). But since we were only renting for 10 days, we couldn't wait that long. We ended up taking care of it ourselves.
- The Internet worked fine but was unavailable maybe 2-3% of the time. Not an issue if you're on vacation but if you use it for work (e.g., critical video calls), it could be a problem.
- The apartment is quite humid which meant that the main bedroom had some soggy and broken floorboards, and wet towels in the bathroom never seemed to dry.
- The area has VERY steep hills and the sidewalks are often interrupted with steps, ridges, or broken parts that force you to venture out into traffic if you have a stroller as we did.
Same if you have a wheelchair. But to be fair, this seems to be the case for huge parts of Istanbul as a whole.
Overall, it's a good place to stay.