The host is excellent, responsive, very supportive and helpful. The apartment itself is on the second floor, and is okay. As a traveller please be advised on this area of Istanbul - while this is considered as a center of Istanbul's attractions (which is indeed true), this place is in the middle of bazaar-like activities. There is manufacturing all around you, so there is a constant cargo people motion and noise, even after midnight and starting before 6 am in the morning, which is all very disturbuing (if you are a light sleeper or prefer quiter neighbourhoods). And, the Fatih area of Istanbul, in general, has far not the best restaurants, and eateries are at least 20 percent more expensive for the worse food. We would not stay in Fatih at all if we knew the city a little better upfront.