Good place to stay, although there were a few issues.
Pros:
1. Location (honestly, fantastic)
2. Host (Muge was super friendly, very helpful and quick at responding)
3. Price (at least when we stayed)
Cons:
1. There were a few differences from how the apartment is advertised in the pictures:
- The separate bathroom was a lot more outdated and therefore looked dirty (in the host's defence, they did say they would work on this)
- The two single beds were made up as a double (I'm sure this can be changed upon request)
- There was no coffee machine as advertised
- The tv was in the living room instead of the bedroom (not an issue for us)
2. The house was pretty cold when we stayed there (January) and was hard to heat up due to the high ceilings and poor isolation (since it's an older building)
3. Some of the towels we got had some stains and/or holes (the host told us that they were washed at a high temperature, so they weren't actually dirty but just looked it).
Overall we enjoyed our stay in Istanbul and the Airbnb's location definitely enabled this. We would most likely not stay again due to the cons mentioned, but would consider it if the apartment was updated accordingly.