Bitte Westerlund, Jörn Donner’s widow, tells in an interview with Apu magazine how the money suddenly started running out.
Jörn Donner and Bitte Westerlund arriving at the Presidential Palace reception in 2014. JENNI GUEST
Writer and film director Jörn Donner bequeathed most of his property to his widow Bitte to Westerlund. Westerlund especially received art, movables, books and 60 percent of the house in Bromarvi in Tammisaari, it turns out From an interview with Apu magazine.
Two of Donner’s sons each own 20 percent of the house.
It soon became clear that a nice house also comes with big expenses. The money started to dwindle.
– I’m a bull and unhappy if I don’t have money. It felt quite nice to collect a lot. In the beginning, it seemed that there was a lot of money, but now I know that it is spent a lot when you are responsible for all the expenses yourself. The money ran out pretty quickly. I wasted it, Westerlund admits in an interview with Avu.
The house in Bromarv is currently being used by Airbnb.
The owners did a major kitchen renovation in the house, bought new appliances, painted the house, built a cleaning plant and bought supplies for accommodation.
In the interview, Westerlund tells how the boathouse is waiting for renovation, because a tree fell on it. Last summer, the house was rented for only four weeks and there was a loss.
During the union, Westerlund and Donner had separate households, Westerlund says in an interview.