1-Bed Country Home on 1,638sqm Plot Near Lake Mälaren – Vacation Home in Eskilstuna



Torsborg 17, 635 07 Eskilstuna, Sweden, Eskilstuna (Sweden)
1 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 35m² Floor area
€89,500
Country home
No parking
1 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
35m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Saturday morning, the coffee is already made. You carry your mug out onto the wide wooden deck and the forest is right there — birch and pine, close enough to hear the wind move through it. A woodpecker hammers somewhere out of sight. The cul-de-sac at Torsborg is completely still. No passing traffic, no sirens. Just the slow, unhurried feel of a Swedish summer morning doing exactly what it's supposed to do.
This 1958 country home on the elevated end plot of Torsborg sits on a generous 1,638 square meters of garden and woodland-edge land in the Torsborg area of Eskilstuna — a location that doesn't get talked about enough outside Sweden, which is partly why properties here still represent genuine value. At 89,500 EUR for a move-in-ready holiday home with a guest cottage, fiber internet, and 35 square meters of well-kept interior space, this is the kind of find that serious second-home buyers move on quickly.
The house itself is compact and considered. One bedroom, one bathroom, a kitchen that works hard for its size, and a living room centered around a modern air-source heat pump that handles both the warmth of late-autumn visits and the cooling relief of a July heatwave. Large windows face the garden, and the light on a long Swedish summer evening is something you genuinely can't replicate — the sun barely sets, casting that particular Nordic gold across the wooden floors for hours. It doesn't feel small. It feels edited. Everything here has a purpose.
What the footprint lacks in size, the land more than compensates for. The plot wraps around the house with room for a kitchen garden, a hammock between the pines, a fire pit on the far edge — whatever you want to make of it. The deck is wide and south-facing, and if you've never spent a Midsommar evening eating grilled Swedish falukorv and drinking cold öl under a sky that refuses to go dark, add it to the list. The forest edge just beyond the garden boundary means that in September, you're walking ten minutes to pick chanterelles.
The guest cottage is a practical bonus. Scandinavian summer is fundamentally social — friends and family will show up, and this setup means everyone gets their own space. The separate outbuilding with shower and composting toilet handles the logistics of larger groups without fuss. Summer water runs April through October, aligned with the Swedish holiday calendar. And the fiber optic connection is already in — genuinely useful if you work remotely or plan to extend stays into the shoulder season.
Eskilstuna as a destination deserves a longer look. It's around 100 kilometers west of Stockholm, close enough to the capital's Arlanda Airport (roughly 90 minutes by road) that flying in from London, Amsterdam, or Berlin is a realistic proposition for a long weekend. The city itself has shed its old industrial identity and built something more interesting in its place — the Eskilstuna Djurpark is one of Sweden's most visited zoos, there's a strong arts scene anchored by Konstmuseet, and Rademachersmedjorna, a cluster of 17th-century forges along the Eskilstunaån river, is unlike anything else in the region. Local food culture leans into the Swedish tradition of husmanskost — think pea soup on Thursdays at the old workers' cafes, freshly baked cardamom kanelbullar from Konditori Svalan on Drottninggatan, pike-perch straight from Lake Hjälmaren at the weekend fish market.
The outdoor calendar is full year-round. Sundbyholm, just a short drive away on Lake Mälaren — Sweden's third-largest lake — has a sandy public beach and a marina where you can rent a rowboat or tie up your own. Summer is for swimming, kayaking, and the annual Sundbyholm boat races. Autumn brings forest hiking through Kvicksund's nature trails, with elk sightings common in October. Winter flips the script entirely: cross-country ski tracks are groomed in the forests nearby, and the frozen stretches of Mälaren occasionally allow ice skating on a scale that feels genuinely surreal.
For international buyers, Sweden has a relatively uncomplicated property ownership framework with no restrictions on foreign nationals purchasing real estate. Holiday home ownership here typically falls outside the more complex residency-driven tax structures, and the Swedish market for lakeside and forest-adjacent vacation homes has shown consistent demand from both domestic buyers and a growing number of Nordic-region internationals. A property like this — end-of-cul-de-sac privacy, guest accommodation, large land parcel — sits in a segment that holds its value well.
Key features at a glance:
- 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom country home built 1958, maintained in good condition
- 35 sqm main house on a 1,638 sqm elevated, private plot
- End-of-cul-de-sac position in the Torsborg area of Eskilstuna
- Separate guest cottage for additional sleeping accommodation
- Outbuilding with shower and composting toilet for larger groups
- Wide south-facing wooden deck for outdoor dining and entertaining
- Modern air-source heat pump for heating and cooling
- Fiber optic internet installed — suitable for remote work
- Summer water supply (April–October), typical for Swedish holiday homes
- Forest backdrop with direct access to nature trails
- 15 minutes to Sundbyholm beach and Lake Mälaren marina
- Under 10 minutes to Eskilstuna city center amenities
- Approx. 90 minutes by road to Stockholm Arlanda Airport
- Priced at 89,500 EUR — strong value in the Swedish vacation home market
- No restrictions on international property ownership in Sweden
The house has been cared for the way Swedes tend to care for things — quietly and consistently. It won't need a renovation project before your first summer. It needs furniture you love, a few plants on the deck railing, and someone to finally appreciate what the previous owners built over decades of summers here.
If you've been considering a second home in Scandinavia — somewhere genuinely away from it all, with the infrastructure to make it practical — this vacation home in Eskilstuna is worth a serious look. Contact Homestra today to arrange a viewing or request the full property details. These end-plot, guest-cottage properties at this price point don't stay available for long.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 1
- Size
- 35m²
- Price per m²
- €2,557
- Garden size
- 1638m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 1
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- Country home
- Energy label
Unknown
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