I don't know.

[AnnabelleIeve]

I just want to live in my own private home because I intend for the home to also act as a second home after my studies. Really I want a tiny home, 1-2 bed and 1 bath (which is why I was considering buying land since I'm sure the homes in Munkkiniemi are bigger than that.).

The amount you intend to spend on your "second home" equals roughly what an average Finn earns in his lifetime.

It is so absurd when a spoiled rich kid like you asks about prices in grocery stores.

Ok ok. Fair enough. Not trying to be obnoxious or anything by asking but I really need to what it's going to cost because if it exceeds my budget, I may have to have to figure out a way to cover the extra cost.

[Adrian42]

Are you even interested in the price for the typical low-income student food (rice or noodles with ketchup), or in the price for Champagne and Caviar?

Well I'm not fond of champagne and caviar but maybe white wine and the general price of fresh fruits? My tastes in food are not so expensive.

white wine and fresh fruits - that's a pretty expensive taste in Finland...

http://www.alko.fi/en/ has the prices for wine in Finland - this is the only shop that is legally allowed to sell wine (or any other hard alcohol) in Finland.

[AnnabelleIeve]

Are you even interested in the price for the typical low-income student food (rice or noodles with ketchup), or in the price for Champagne and Caviar?

Well I'm not fond of champagne and caviar but maybe white wine and the general price of fresh fruits? My tastes in food are not so expensive.

white wine and fresh fruits - that's a pretty expensive taste in Finland...

http://www.alko.fi/en/ has the prices for wine in Finland - this is the only shop that is legally allowed to sell wine (or any other hard alcohol) in Finland.

Ah, yes. I heard about the government run alcohol stores. Thanks for the link!

[jahasjahas]

Step 1: take a trip to Finland.
Step 2: if you decide to move here, rent a nice apartment.
Step 3: if you decide to stay longer, build your dream house.

Getting ahead of yourself will only make you ask silly questions and, frankly, be a waste of both your and our time.

The one thing that might be worth discussing at this point is where you're going to study. It would be a shame if you chose a bad Finnish university when you could afford to study almost anywhere.

[Pursuivant]

With 800K you could buy an university well, at least one of those Nowheremäki kansanopisto's at least...

[AnnabelleIeve]

Step 1: take a trip to Finland.
Step 2: if you decide to move here, rent a nice apartment.
Step 3: if you decide to stay longer, build your dream house.

Getting ahead of yourself will only make you ask silly questions and, frankly, be a waste of both your and our time.

The one thing that might be worth discussing at this point is where you're going to study. It would be a shame if you chose a bad Finnish university when you could afford to study almost anywhere.

I've already decided on a selection of Universities. Although I could go to school anywhere else in the world, I chose Finland because it has nice snowy cold winter weather, lots of clean lakes, and they have reindeer(albeit more north)! Now that may seem silly that the presence of reindeer put every university in Finland ahead of all others for me but little things like that really mean something to me. I have been planning out my college education for years and it's always been Finland.

[AnnabelleIeve]

With 800K you could buy an university well, at least one of those Nowheremäki kansanopisto's at least...

[Adrian42]

I just want to live in my own private home because I intend for the home to also act as a second home after my studies. Really I want a tiny home, 1-2 bed and 1 bath (which is why I was considering buying land since I'm sure the homes in Munkkiniemi are bigger than that.).

The amount you intend to spend on your "second home" equals roughly what an average Finn earns in his lifetime.

It is so absurd when a spoiled rich kid like you asks about prices in grocery stores.

Ok ok. Fair enough. I'll pay whatever price I happen upon then. So is their any chance you could help with one of my posts on the actual cost of a home in Munkkiniemi? I need to see if my budget is big enough. Not trying to be obnoxious or anything by asking but I really need to what it's going to cost because if it exceeds 800,000 EUR, I may have to have to figure out a way to cover the extra cost.

You really have to ask real estate agents about that.

Even ignoring the secondary question of the price, the first question will be whether there exists any ground in Munkkiniemi at all that is empty and for sale and has the rights and infrastructure to build a house on it.

[AnnabelleIeve]

You really have to ask real estate agents about that.

Even ignoring the secondary question of the price, the first question will be whether there exists any ground in Munkkiniemi at all that is empty and for sale and had the rights and infrastructure to build a house on it.

Yeah. I'll just deal with buying a home and adding or taking away to it if I really want to.
It just seems so difficult to contact an agent for an overseas property. This is why I'm just looking for an estimate now. It'd be nice to know the average price those homes go for so I can be sure I have enough money put away by the time I'm ready to buy.

[Pursuivant]

because it has nice snowy cold winter weather....lots of clean lakes,

And you're planning on Munkkiniemi, next to where the "Rotten Ditch" flows to the sea, on the coast where winters are horizontal sleet? Mmmyep...

[Adrian42]

Now that may seem silly that the presence of reindeer put every university in Finland ahead of all others for me but little things like that really mean something to me.

That would make sense if you wanted to study in Rovaniemi, where reindeer farms are not too far away.

But the only ways of coming close to a reindeer in Helsinki are either in the zoo or by buying reindeer meat...

[Pursuivant]

Getting ahead of yourself will only make you ask silly questions and, frankly, be a waste of both your and our time.

Oh come on now, this is almost as fun as that one beacon of intelligence who spent 13 pages bitching and moaning he can't take a dump in a shared toilet in a student dorm and then 2 weeks before his flights got a hissy fit as "nobody told him" you need a student RP...

But quite not at the level of that bloke whose "mom told him" he didn't have to do stuff who was in Eira and then figured out that commuting with train from Hyvinkää wasn't the brightest idea and broke his collarbone bicycling...

Tender nurture is the key, my friend. Who knows, she might come behind your door wanting to treat you a trick

[AnnabelleIeve]

because it has nice snowy cold winter weather....lots of clean lakes,

And you're planning on Munkkiniemi, next to where the "Rotten Ditch" flows to the sea, on the coast where winters are horizontal sleet? Mmmyep...

That sort of weather is exotic to me! And what is the uh "rotten ditch"?

[jahasjahas]

I've already decided on a selection of Universities, all of which I think are very good institutions.

I'm mainly asking because most English-language degrees are either master's degrees (=you'll need an undergrad degree from somewhere else) or so-so degrees from "universities of applied sciences" (think vocational school slash community college).

[Pursuivant]

But the only ways of coming close to a reindeer in Helsinki are either in the zoo or by buying reindeer meat...

They got reindeer pelts at Stockmann, and I think one of those tourist dives on Mannerheimintie sold reindeer-fur bikinis... but thats a bit 70's I know...