Several large-scale development projects in North Tallinn are set to be completed within the upcoming years, resulting in substantial influx of new residents in the area.
The district is particularly popular among families, given its suburbanesque peace and quiet, greenery, nature trails and beaches as well as the comfort of living in the heart of the city with a versatile range of services and entertainment. This has increased the demand for new kindergartens and schools as well as areas for leisure activities – can the district accommodate its new residents?
How do you wish to spend your life?
The first thing to consider when choosing a home for your family is whether everything you need in your daily life is located near enough to your new home. The less time you spend on the commute to work, school, your children’s hobbies or shopping, the more time and energy you have for everything else.
Studies have shown that more than 30 percent of Estonians spend over 30 minutes every day commuting to work. A little under 10 percent take over an hour. Calculating in the trips to the grocery store, the gym or the movies, you discover that you spend an alarmingly large proportion of your life behind the wheel.
A good solution to this is a comprehensive approach to development which does not only create new buildings and homes but develop new and complete urban environments. Volta quarter in the heart of Kalamaja district is built on precisely this principle: everything you need for your daily life at home and at work is a mere 5-10 minute walk or bike ride away. A personal car is no longer a necessity.
An environment created for families
The quarter is designed specifically for families with children: it has a wide selection of three- and four-room family apartments with balconies in both the historic buildings as well as new buildings. Volta apartments are energy-efficient and use solar panels to produce some of the energy used in the buildings, thus helping to save costs both in summer and winter.
Greenery is one of the most valued aspects of the quarter, and the Volta Gallery Lofts homes come with a 100-square-meter personal garden-area with landscaping and a terrace, where you can spend time with family, entertain guests, play with your children or grow your own garden produce in spring, summer and autumn.
In the very middle of the quarter, a new functional park with lots of greenery and leisure areas for all ages will be built. The new park is designed to be sheltered from the hustle and bustle of the city so as to offer future residents of the quarter a private and quiet place to spend time with friends and family.
The park will feature clever and modern playgrounds for all ages, ball courts, ping-pong tables, a petanque court, and a place to exercise and spend time with your four-legged friends. Plenty of fruit trees and bushes will be planted throughout the whole park.
Parking will be entirely underground and the quiet and peaceful streets of the quarter are meant for pedestrians and cyclists alone.
In addition to the Volta daycare already up and running, a new large kindergarten will be built within the quarter.
