Nev met us at the bus stop and walked with us to her place, even though we arrived quite late. Communication was always good and Nev was typically quick to respond. The apartment is as shown on the images, recently renovated and clean. Wifi worked well for our phones. The building is pretty rundown, but the apartment itself isn't. We had some hot water issues at the beginning of the stay, but Nev did her best to get it quickly dealt with. There's no AC but Nev supplied a fan for us which was more than adequate to keep us cool. The apartment is quite close to Istiklal street, which is a madhouse, but her street is small and infrequently traveled so that general street noise from late night revelers wasn't typically an issue. But if we wanted to be late night revelers ourselves we were close to everything, as they say, we could have crawled home. There was some construction next door which was maddening, but hardly Nev's fault. It was nice to have a washing machine and the ability to cook, and to have a dishwasher to clean up afterwards. All in all, I would recommend this to anyone who wants to be close to Taksim and Istiklal in a comfortable apartment. I would only warn that the building itself is, as I said, a bit rundown. If you're ok with that, than this place is great. And Nev was fantastic, very willing to help and be available. Thanks Nev!