Cihan and Savaş are great hosts, but unfortunately, this place was not a good match for me.
I will start with the good things
(1) The location is near to some good spots and is very touristy and crowded, if that’s your thing this place is for you
(2) Near to Metro
(3) Not sparkling clean but acceptable clean
Things that weren’t great
(1) Old buildings have steep stairs and high roofs. This apartment is on the 4th floor and you have to climb 5 levels from the street. Unfortunately, I had a knee injury from a hike and I have two toddlers. It was always a challenge for me to climb 5 floors while holding my toddlers.
(2) This place is not for you if you have kids, TV is just two feet high from floor, kids can easily hit it with toys and break it, I spent most time protecting TV from my super energetic kids. My 2-year-old son would stick his fingers in the gap between floor tiles. He stuck his head in that old funky chair. Incense bottle was on the floor, he was about to drink it. And overall this place might fit 3 adults but it’s cramped for kids.
(3) Everything is noisy, people singing on the street at 1 am, people partying on terrace at 2 am, the squeaks of wooden floor. Street has a steep slope and motorcycles would make a lot of noise cursing up these steep slopes. The noise would get so loud it would wake my kids up and then I have to deal with the noise and screaming kids.
(4) The Internet is just ok about 20 mbps down and 5 mbps up good for checking emails watching YouTube but for someone like me who uploads a lot of stuff, not that great. I ended up using my mobile data.
(5) No building management, good luck with dedicated trash runs 5 floors down.
(6) listing is misleading although mentioned in the listing but there are no amenities like patio/balcony, garden, outdoor dining area, on street parking, lockbox, baking sheets, cooking oil, safe, sea view (sea view is on the one corner of roof top not for the apartment itself) apartment window has no view at all.
Unfortunately, based on my previous experiences in Istanbul, which were amazing, this one was a zero star experience, but that’s my experience under my circumstances you might enjoy this place. If you like noise and climbing stairs and don’t have kids.