Villa Bråvalla, Taka-Töölö, Helsinki

The City of Helsinki is selling, by tender, Villa Bråvalla and its courtyard outbuilding next to Sibelius Park for use permitted by the local detailed plan. Under the plan, the villa may accommodate facilities related to Sibelius Park’s activities, such as café or restaurant premises and other commercial spaces.

EDIT 11 February 2026: The plan also permits accommodation on the second floor, provided the ground floor remains in commercial use. This naturally requires building control to approve the change-of-use plans. The current use is a children’s day-care centre. Any change of use is the buyer’s responsibility. An area of approximately 2,308 m² will be leased to the buyer under a long-term ground lease. The buildings will be sold on Huutokaupat.com by means of a bidding auction.

NOTE! Acceptance of the final offer requires that the highest bidder submits a statement on the planned activity for the leased area that is compatible with the local plan and the nature of the site, and that the City of Helsinki approves the activity described in that statement.

By submitting an offer the bidder accepts the property in its current condition. Participants must inspect the property and the documents before making a binding bid. By submitting an offer the bidder undertakes to pay the full purchase price and to sign the sale deed and the ground lease no later than two months after the auction ends, unless otherwise agreed with the seller.

Address

Merikannontie 11, 00250 Helsinki

Additional information on area

Net floor area is approx. 480 m², permitted gross floor area is approx. 650 k-m². Areas have not been re-measured and may differ substantially from areas measured under current regulations.

Energy certificate

No energy certificate required by law.

Protection status

The building is protected with the designation sr-1: a building of particular architectural, historical or townscape value. Protection covers the building’s original or comparable structures, parts and valuable interiors. Repairs and alterations must not diminish its value or remove its distinguishing features. Demolition is not permitted.

Electricity

The electrical and low-voltage systems are in fair operational condition and vary in age. Installations are mainly 4-conductor and surface-mounted. Renewal of all mains electrical installations is recommended before the building is put back into use. Buyer’s responsibility.

Heating

The building has been connected to district heating. The property’s district heating connection has been shared with the adjacent day-care building and will remain for the day-care’s use only. The buyer must install a new heating system. Existing equipment or parts may be reused, but the buyer is responsible for repairs and commissioning.

Ventilation

The building is partially equipped with a mechanical supply and extract ventilation system. Separate extract units are located on the roof. Air distribution is mixing. The building has been unused and unheated for years; the units have been out of operation for the same period.

Water and sewer connections

The property is connected to HSY’s water and sewer network.

Condition appraisal / inspections

A condition appraisal was made on 26 March 2025 and an AHA survey on 14 February 2023. The building is sold as seen. The buyer is responsible at their own cost for any measures required for repair or demolition, further investigations and for correcting any findings/damage. The City is not liable for costs arising from repair of possible damages or for any additional investigations related to refurbishment projects.

The buyer is aware that the condition appraisal attached to the auction recommends additional investigations that have not been carried out, and that the seller is not liable for possible additional investigations or for defects or damage later discovered in them, including possible rot and moisture damage, possible defects in roof coverings and structures, possible hazardous substances, possible defects in potable water and sewer networks and possible damage to flues.

Local detailed plan

The lease area is shown in the local detailed plan no. 12788/18 August 2025 with the designation K-1 = area for commercial and office buildings, where public local services may be placed. Residential use is not permitted. The original elements of the courtyard must be preserved. A natural stone flight of steps may be built into the south slope of the plot. The plot must not be fenced towards the park. Connection to the park and its park route must be implemented seamlessly. The special features of Sibelius Park are taken into account in the plan so that pedestrian connections between the park and the planning area are secured and fencing of the villa’s plot towards the park is prevented. The plan includes provisions to safeguard the original garden elements and, in particular, the preservation of the wooded southern part of the plot as part of Sibelius Park’s large-scale landscape. Two parking spaces may be placed in p-marked parking for the K-1 block.

Permitted use under the plan

The villa may accommodate facilities related to Sibelius Park’s activities, such as café or restaurant premises and other commercial spaces. EDIT 11 February 2026: The plan also permits accommodation on the second floor, provided the ground floor remains in commercial use. The buyer must have change-of-use plans approved by building control. The draft ground lease states that an application for change of use must be submitted by 31 December 2026. Activities enabled by the new use must support Sibelius Park’s role as a recreational and tourist destination. The park plan includes a park route leading to the villa plot, shown in the detailed plan as a continuous public pedestrian connection onto the plot, along which an indicative, high-quality, lightweight kiosk/terrace sales point is also shown. Continuation of the route from the park to the plot is therefore the objective.

Ground lease

The offered ground rent will be tied to the official cost-of-living index in accordance with the draft ground lease terms. Ground rent and the terms are included in the attached draft ground lease.