This is an apartment on the second floor in a colorful building across from Phanar Greek Orthodox College.
My boyfriend and I stayed here for 15 days. Check-in is easy. Mehboob is a great host. We haven’t seen him, but he was always there to help. He even brought us an extra blanket and a bed pad to make us comfortable, as the mattress was not very good.
Wi-fi is strong, we were working from home and had a connection problem only once, but Mehboob helped to solve it quickly.
The apartment has everything you need for a temporary stay: tableware, dishwashing liquid and hand soap, washing powder and even some instant coffee. It was nice to have a microwave — we moved to another area of Istanbul for another week and we don’t have a microwave here.
Location is very nice, I love the multicolored houses of Balat. We found two big grocery stores within a 7-minute walk from home. There’re also a lot of cafes and a lot of tourists, who take photos on the doorstep of the house.