The stay in the flat was okay. (The beauty of Istanbul makes up for all the negative sides of it 🙂)
Pro's: the location is great; very central, a few minutes walk to the next metro station, different buses and all kind of shops. The flat is old, beautyfull and clean, they clean every week. They are running every week with a group and I could join, we even went together to Cappadocia to run, it was amazing. And Bambi the house cat made me start to love cats, she is the best!
Con's: I lived in the smaller room, there is just a bed and cupboards where you can put your stuff and no place for really anything else. You have two options to work on a table: in the living room, but the tv is nearly always on and I felt like I would disturb with my presence (same in all the shared rooms). The second option is to use the balcony, but for that you have to cross the other sleeping rooms, which made me feel uncomfortabel. Also the beauty of the age of the building has negativ effects: the sinks work bad, you hear everything from the bathroom in your room and the doors are very loud. I had many mosquitos in my room, because there is no protection in the window. Of course you have to open the window sometimes (no air conditioner or so) and the street noise is really loud. At that time Bambi should not be in the room, because perhabs she could jump out of the window .