The location of this apartment is absolutely worth the price. It is located literally only two minutes away from Taksim Square, ten minutes away from Kabatas (where you can catch a ferry to the Anatolian side and the metro to any of the tourist spots), and 5 minutes from Istiklal street, the famous walking street. The house itself is very cozy with a working laundry which is convenient for any traveler and a fully equipped kitchen. We did most of our cooking at Ugur's apartment which was easy and simple given there was a cheap grocery store just down the street from his apartment and if we were too lazy to cook, his apartment is located near so many eateries ranging from fast food to traditional Turkish cuisine. The apartment gets a lot of natural light. He only lives on the second floor so its not too daunting to have a lot of luggage with you. Ugur was an absolute sweetheart. He was very on-top of corresponding with us prior to our arrival to make sure he could personally greet us and helped us with carry our luggage from our meet-up point. One of the other advantages of staying with him was that the airport shuttle drop-off from both airports, Ataturk and Sabiha, were both a five minutes walk from his apartment. Ugur checked in with us every single day to make sure our needs were attended to and at one point, we had some key troubles, he came to our rescue immediately even leaving his work duties for us. It was really sweet of him to be completely available to us. I would definitely stay with him again!