Kuljula

History

The Kuljula was owned by the patron Gustav Grålund. He also has more than a barrel of arable land and cash assets.

Fire insurance

The fire insurance was taken out in 1877 by the labourer Isak Lunden. At that time, there were two buildings on the plot along the river: a combined dwelling and outbuilding on the western boundary of the plot and a small outbuilding on the eastern boundary, close to the shore. The residential building was in fair condition, unplanked and unpainted. It was old. It had three chambers, a baker’s room, a hall, a barn and a stable. The roof was made of tiles. A separate outbuilding was an old unpainted, board-roofed granary with an attic. The building was in fair condition. A fence and gate were also insured.

The 1892 inspection found that a new outbuilding had been added to the property, a gabled building on the east and south sides of the property, and that a new outbuilding had also been added to the side of the fence, facing the river. In 1889, a new deed of affidavit was made, describing the buildings in more detail. The property was owned by the sailor F. Fredriksson. The dwelling and outbuilding had been converted into a dwelling house and had two new porches. There were seven rooms, with six tiled stoves and one kitchen stove with a baking oven. The whole building had been raised and thatched in 1890. The stable and barn had been converted into a hall and pantry, the baking room into a hall and the hallway into a kitchen. The windows had been replaced, as had the doors and floors. The rooms were painted and wallpapered. New fireplaces had been installed, and the exterior of the building had been boarded up and painted.

The new outbuilding was made in 1890, partly of logs, partly of board, painted in mixed colours and covered with felt. The building contained a stable with a hayloft, a barn with lofts, a latrine and manure tank, a coach house, two woodsheds and a passage to the stable and barn. The riverside outbuilding was made of board in 1891, painted in a mixed colour and covered with an asphalt roof. There were two dormitories with lofts. A driveway and fence were also insured.

Modification drafts

In 1889, there was a residential building on the plot with a kitchen with a baking oven and four living rooms and two separate rooms with a tiled oven. The building was intended to house John Fredr. Lindegren’s plan to add a kitchen and five living rooms to the building. In addition, a new outbuilding was to be built on the eastern and southern boundaries of the property. There was another small building on the property along the river, a barn. A couple of years later, a request was made to keep the stoves in the rooms of the residential building on the outside wall of the building, where they had in fact always been. A new drawing shows that the additional wing facing the river had not been built. A plan was next drawn up for a new boarded-up outbuilding on the site of the former barn. The site plan shows that the outbuilding planned a couple of years earlier had been completed. In 1909, a new entrance to the residential building was planned. Apparently more tenants were coming in.

In 1929, a new residential building was built on the river. The plans were drawn up by M. Isaksson. One end of the building was made of brick, as it was attached to the outbuilding on the neighbouring plot. A full basement was built under the building to house a washroom. The rest of the space was used for storing firewood. The dwelling had a kitchen, two chambers and a hallway. The layout of the building was similar to other buildings in the area. It was horizontal-panelled and the T-pane windows had a discreet lining. In 1955, a pulpit-roofed porch was added to the riverside building. A small toilet was added to the hallway. The following year, a toilet was also added to the apartment in the building on the western boundary of the property. The renovation necessitated a change in the position of one of the partitions.

In 1964, a boiler room for central heating was built in the basement laundry room of a building along the river. The fireplaces were no longer needed, but a fireplace was added in one room. The attic was converted into living quarters because the heating system no longer prevented it. A living room, a cloakroom and a toilet were added, while a bathroom was added to the ground floor, in addition to two rooms, a kitchen and a hallway. The rooms were modernised in 1982. At the same time, the remaining attic space was converted into living space.

In 1975, a sauna was added to the residential and outbuilding wing. Only one shed remained as an outbuilding. In 1998, further changes were planned. Now the last shed was to be converted into a warm room. The room is designated as a studio in the drawings and its facilities have been taken up to the water roof. The room has a loft. Two new porches were built, one partly enclosed, partly open, in the entrance hall of the apartment and one open in front of the studio. At the same time, there were also plans to add a warm craft room to the outbuilding and to erect a new fence and high gate around the property. The plans were drawn up by Markus Bernoulli.

Current situatoin

Building by the river
A short-cornered residential building, built in 1929, with a hip roof.

Another residential building
Elongated residential and outbuilding, covered with roofing masonry, saddle roof.