Auctions | This is what it looks like at the train station in Espoo, which is being sold to the highest bidder

Two entrepreneurs are currently working at the Kauklahti railway station, which is for sale, some of the premises are used for residential purposes.

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Senaatin Asema-aluete oy is selling the Kauklahti railway station at an auction.

Artist Alpo Vanninen has worked as an entrepreneur at the station for about 20 years.

Ari Tervo, on the other hand, runs a semi-antique shop in the station’s former waiting areas.

Kauklahti station facilities are also used as apartments.

Senat Asema-aluete oy is currently selling the Kauklahti railway station. HS went to see what the interior of the station completed in 1903 looks like.

Viewed from the track, the left part of the station currently has living quarters. The resident was not there on the first Monday of September around noon, so unfortunately we were not able to take a peek.

But instead there was life in the station’s business premises. Artist Alpo Vanninen welcomes you to your space.

The room feels cramped, even though it is tall. The room is full of Vanninen’s own art and art made by others, which Vanninen sells. Vanni also has an art framing shop.

Vanninen Liiketila would like to improve. The paint has come off the ceiling in some places.

Alpo Vannis also has an art frame shop at Kauklahti station.

In the near future Vanninen, who is turning 80, is already retired but continues to work part-time. He started as an entrepreneur at Kauklahti station about 20 years ago.

The shop’s clientele and environment have changed over the course of 20 years.

“20 years ago you had to know Swedish with customers, now there are fewer Swedish-speaking customers. At one time, there were drug dealers around the station, but not anymore. It is restless on Saturdays
, when a crowd sits on the stone crabs of the station. Fortunately, the cameras are monitoring”, Vanninen sums up.

Vannis is wondering if the station gets a new owner who raises the rent for the space.

“If the investor raises the rent, I will leave. Rent is already high in the provincial area. I wouldn’t mind leaving,” reflects Vanninen, who lives near the station.

Next door Ari Tervo had just opened his shop selling semi-antiques. Part of the business space is in the station’s former waiting areas.

Room height in the station building is higher than usual. So the space looks spacious, even though it is full of ceramic and glassware. The roof is clean, it was painted a few years ago.

Tervo has had his store at Kauklahti station for six years. He has worked in the field for 20 years.

Tervo does not want to be photographed, but nevertheless agrees to consider what kind of business location Kauklahti station is.

“The interiors are great, the position as a trading place is not special. Nobody comes here by accident. We live on online shopping”, characterizes Tervo.

Tervo has also noticed that it is occasionally restless on the outskirts of the station.

“There are a lot of pedestrians around the station. The youth is sitting on the steps of the station building and doing vandalism. A position is always a position, and mild phenomena must be accepted. There are probably worse positions,” Tervo thinks.

Tervo no Please be happy that the station building is possibly getting a new owner.

“Nothing is possible if the building is sold. The move doesn’t excite me. Is there a suitable affordable room in Kauklahti? Kauklahti’s price level is tough.”

Ari Tervo’s semi-antique shop has ceramic and glassware on its shelves.

The ceiling of Ari Tervo’s semi-antique shop was painted a few years ago.

Senate Asema-aluet oy is selling the Kauklahti station by auction. The starting price of the auction is 200,000 euros. The auction, which started on August 15, will last until September 19.

The Kauklahti station was designed by an architect Bruno Granholm (1857–1930). According to the pending site plan, the building is a culturally-historically valuable protected building with the plan designation sr. The building may not be demolished. The cultural-historical values ​​and characteristics of the building must be preserved in the repair and alteration works.

Kauklahti station was completed in 1903.

Kauklahti station has a small tower-like structure.

On the surface, the windows of Kauklahti station seemed to be in pretty good condition.

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