The multi-year renovation of the president's official summer residence Kultaranta in Naantali, southwest Finland, has wrapped up on schedule, according to Turun Sanomat.
The total cost of the project breached a previous budget estimate of 47 million euros, with costs currently estimated at 52.5 million euros. The final tally is expected at the end of the year.
Kultaranta's renovation began two years ago, an effort that included sprucing up the granite manor and its gardens, as well as the property's other buildings and features.
The president's office confirmed in a statement that the renovation was completed on 31 October. Efforts to renovate the property's infrastructure began in 2018, but the main phase of the effort started in 2022, it explained.
President Alexander Stubb and his spouse Suzanne Innes-Stubb will be able to move to the residence next summer. At the same time, Kultaranta's gardens will re-open to the public, according to the office.
When it is not being renovated, Finnish presidents host a summer event at the property called the Kultaranta talks, which features a number of debates and discussions on topical issues.
The cost of the project increased due to a rise in construction costs, a factor which also led to less work being done. According to Turun Sanomat, plans to update some parts of the property were cut from the effort, including renovations of parking lots, outdoor lighting and stone walls, among others.
The paper reported that some of the gardens and the property's tennis courts were not renovated either. Meanwhile, plans to dredge the adjacent seabed and the renovation of one building will not be carried out.
Kultaranta's gardens will open to the public next summer and the press will be invited to the refreshed property in the spring, according to the president's office.
The last time the property was comprehensively renovated was in the 1960s, according to the office. The granite main building, designed in the National Romantic style by architect Lars Sonck, was completed in 1916.
The building was originally commissioned by the Finnish industrialist Alfred Kordelin. Upon his death, the property was acquired by the Finnish government.
The office posted information in English about the renovation project.
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