Sahar

Fire insurance

The fire insurance was taken out in 1871 by the sailor M. Gröndahl. One of the three buildings on the plot was a gabled building, located along the river on the eastern side of the plot. Another building was also located on the eastern boundary of the plot. The outbuilding followed the sloping western boundary of the plot.

The building on the river side was a residential building made of new logs in 1866. The building was painted in red water based paint and had a pitched roof, four rooms: a lobby, two halls, a pantry and a porch. There were three tiled stoves. The second dwelling was also built in 1866 of new timber, painted in red paint and with a pitched roof. This building also had four rooms: an entrance hall, a baker’s pantry, a pantry and hall, and a porch. The building had two tiled stoves and a baking oven and an iron stove.

The outbuilding was made in 1869. It was planked and painted in red brick, with a boarded roof. The building had a barn, stables, latrine and manure shed, and a dormitory in the attic. There was also an insured gate and a fence painted in red brick.

In 1890, a new insurance policy was issued. The owner of the house was the same, but Matts Gröndahl’s title was now given as a merchant seaman. The buildings had been extended. The building on the river side now extended almost the entire length of the southern boundary of the property and was joined by a large porch at the corner of the gabled building. The residential building on the north side had also been enlarged into a gable, and an outbuilding had been added between it and the outbuilding.

The residential building on the river side was now boarded up and painted with oil paint. The roof was felt, but underneath was partly an old shingle roof as a substrate. The building has seven living rooms, two kitchens, four dormitories with their respective doors and windows. There are seven tiled stoves, two kitchen stoves with a stove and a wall in the baking oven. The new rooms added to the building during the extension are four living rooms, two kitchens, a baking room, three tampers and a veranda.

The second residential building has also now been boarded up and painted with oil paint. Here, too, the old shingle roof is under the felt roof. The building has two halls, a pantry, a kitchen and two dormitories with their doors and windows. The fireplaces have four tiled stoves and a kitchen stove with a stove. Since the last insurance policy was taken out, the kitchen and the tampers had been added. In addition, the former rooms had been refurbished to bring them up to date. Boarding up both buildings and new roofs were also improvements.

The outbuilding on the western boundary of the property had also been extended. It now contained a barn, stables with lofts, two dormitories, a woodshed and a vaulted stone cellar under the building. The new outbuilding was built in 1884. It was of board and batten construction, painted in mixed colours and roofed with shingle. The building consisted of two latrines, a dung tank and a coach house. In addition, a driveway and access gate were insured.

Modification drafts

There is an alteration drawing from 1897 for a building on the riverbank. There is also another building on the site, a horseshoe around the western, northern and eastern boundaries of the site. The river-facing trunk of the building had 11 rooms, two of which were kitchens. The wing on the eastern boundary had one large room and, at the corner between the trunk and the wing, a large boarded veranda divided into several sections. A kitchen stove was now being planned for one of them.

The site was altered in 1934. A dwelling was formed at the west end of the riverside dwelling house, with a room and kitchen and toilet. The site had previously been occupied by an outhouse and a kitchen and small pantry.

In 1960, changes were again made. The house was converted to central heating and a boiler room was built in the outbuilding. In the stone part of the same outbuilding there is a sauna and a garage. Changes were also made inside the apartments. Some heating stoves were removed and a larger opening was made in one wall to connect the rooms. The wood stoves in the kitchens will not disappear. Although the property has a sauna, most of the apartments also have a bathroom with a bathtub. A dining cellar will be added under the largest apartment.

In 1980 and 1984, changes were made to the layout of the apartments and the bathrooms were renovated.

Current situation

Riverfront building
Short-cornered residential building dating from 1866, with pantile lining, hipped roof

North-facing building
Short-cornered dwelling of 1866, with a hipped roof and a gable roof

Outbuilding
Brick exterior

Gate
New gate made in 1997, following the design of the previous gate on the site.