The apartment worked well for our family of four. The location is in a area full of hardware stores however we never felt unsafe and it was centrally located making it easy to move around. Power & water failures appear to be part of everyday life in Istanbul. We experienced two power failures and a number of hours without water. This is not new to us, we have experienced similar issues back home, so we coped just fine and it was always short lived. Definitely would consider using this apartment again