My family and I had a good visit to Istanbul. Farouq's flat is located on the ground floor of the building. It is down a relatively quiet street and within a 5-10 minute walk to much of the Old Town area. The two bedrooms in this unit are of ample size with good sized ensuite bathrooms in each. When you first walk in there is a small kitchen area that connects to both bedrooms with a small refrigerator and a portable cooktop. It has cups, plates and glasses (if needed). If you stay in the front bedroom it faces the street so you may hear locals and minimal traffic drive by. Also in the front bedroom would be your small two-person dinning table (there is no separate living/dining room in this flat so this naturally is where people will hang out) The back bedroom faces a school building and at 9am during the school week they play an artsy chime for students to change classes on the hour (in case you try and sleep in). Farouq was an accomdating host allowing us on our stay to check in early (much appreciated). He was kind to send along WhatsApp details about places to visit/shop/eat in Istanbul. You're on the south end of the Old Town area so get your walking shoes on. The locals are friendly and accommodating. We ate at a lot of local establishments that tourists would walk by and not visit but we had some of the best meals there. Lots to explore.