I stayed five days in this property, I summarize my feedback below:
Positive: the apartment was clean an recently has been renovated with good quality furniture. The photos from inside the house were accurate. Bartu was our host and he was communicating very well in English and on time (although I have never seen him). However, the main host is Ersin bay, who was working (or owner) of the restaurant across the building. Ersin bay was very helpful and as soon as I sent a message in WhatsApp he replied immediately ; or in case of any issue he was solving immediately. For instance, we needed to print our PCR test results and he immediately did that for us which I really appreciated. He also helped us to get the taxi to our next destination. so, very good hospitality.
Negative:
The apartment is located in the most busy district of Besiktas which has a lot of bars and cafes. Even in front of the building's door there was a bar's table. If you are young and you travel for leisure and want to spend time in bars, I must say this is good place. However, if you have other reasons for stay, I do not recommend.
As the building is an old building which has been renovated, the isolation is not good, so definitely you could hear all noise from bars and restaurants until midnight. The building has three floors and the most annoying part was the noises from other floors. We were staying in the first floor and we could hear all noises from upstairs; for instance, the the toilet flash noise as well as speaking noise of the people who were upstairs.
The house does not have any lift and the stairs are narrow with high steeps. Therefore, I do not recommend this house for those who have luggage. We had a lot of baggage, when I booked the apartment I did not notice that it does not have lift. Although, Ersin bey helped us with luggage; however, indeed it was not convenient. in addition, the street that the apartment is located is not accessible by car, this means that you should carry your luggage around 100-200 mt to reach the street. Even there it was difficult to find the taxi, and you need to go to the main street which is very inconvenient with luggage. Therefor, I do not recommend this house for old people and for those with luggage.
For one day there was not water in the building, we were informed that this problem is related to the whole Besiktas district; however, I can imagine if I was in the hotel I could get these problems.
Farahnaz