I’m curious to hear which service provider you used who charged you this much? Opening a company should be about €200 (+€100 for the e-residency), and while I’m not sure about the costs of closing it down €1200 seems extremely excessive. Might have been better to just sell it off as a shelf company.
I’ve been an e-resident for more than 4 years now, and while the emails from the state often arrive in Estonian, you just need to scroll down to read the English version.
That being said, if you’re a full-time (tax) resident in another developed country, then opening a company abroad probably wouldn’t make sense.
EDIT: I just checked, and LeapIN is charging €200 for the liquidation of a company, which I’d say is very reasonable.