Atmospheric homes in Kallio’s best location
Charming urban home adapts to many needs
Fancy living in one of Helsinki’s funkiest neighbourhoods? Castréninkatu 3 is the place for you! The house is located in Kallio, in the heart of urban Helsinki. Completed in 1939, the stone building with its rendered exteriors is a fine specimen of the period’s architecture. The long-established housing company boasts a central location close to everyday services and good transport connections in one of Kallio’s most peaceful areas.
The apartments are traditional urban homes with a variety of features. The solid stone building oozes with period charm and details from almost a decade ago: the curved walls of the staircases and corridors, the light-filled rooms with high ceilings and beautiful windowsills. You get a glimpse of the sea over the roofscape from the apartments with a balcony. The renovation of the surfaces as well as HVAC and electrical systems completed in 2023 respects the building’s spirit while at the same time upgrading all the homes to the standards of the new millennium. The exteriors had already been renovated in 2017.
The building has a sauna section, drying room and laundry, and cyclists will find bicycle storage in the courtyard and the basement. Each home has an apartment-specific storage room in the basement and some business units on the ground floor.
In Kallio, all services are within walking distance, with the metro, library, Kallio Church, Helsinki City Theatre, Linnanmäki, the Deaconess Foundation and several children’s day care centres located nearby. Excellent opportunities for sports and fitness in the area are provided by the Urheilutalo Sports Hall and Brahe sports field, with lovely walking routes to lots of destinations starting from Tokoinranta park.
Kallio is interesting, tolerant and ever-changing as a residential district. There are lots of restaurants, bars, cafes, shops and services and always something to do. Kallio is where the true heart of the city beats!
This long-established housing company has undergone an exteriors renovation in 2017 and a full HVAC and electrical systems and surfaces renovation in 2023. The renovated apartments are modern in style yet retain their timeless charm.
The renovation plans ensured diverse and efficient practicality of the layout designs. The bathrooms have been fully redesigned, and every bathroom now features a space for a washing machine, a mirror cabinet and a cabinet under the wash basin as well as folding glass panels in the shower cubicle. Fixtures, fittings and appliances are high in quality. The storage solutions are designed for maximum efficiency.
The ceilings are higher than normal, as is typical for apartments of this period. Some of the three-bedroom homes have a small balcony.
The cabinets and wardrobes have white laminate doors. The worktops are in dark grey textured laminate and the sinks are in stainless steel. The apartments have a fridge-freezer, white fan-assisted built-in oven, four-burner induction cooktop and cooker hood. The kitchens also have either a 45 cm or a 60 cm dishwasher, and there is a space assigned for a microwave in the two- and three-bedroom homes.
The bathrooms are equipped with a cabinet with two drawers under a cast marble wash basin and a Kide range mirror cabinet made in Finland. The shower is separated from the rest of the wet room with folding panels. The bathrooms have hook-ups and space for either a 40 cm or a 60 cm washing machine.
The apartments have mechanical supply and exhaust ventilation and district heating. The entrance hallways and bathrooms have fixed light fittings with replaceable light sources. There are power sockets and light fittings above the kitchen worktops. Every room has an aerial socket. The housing company has a fibre-optic connection and will be connected to the cable TV network. The apartments are equipped with smoke alarms. There is a door phone system in the property.
