1-Bed Renovated Cottage on Ingarö Archipelago – Year-Round Holiday Home in Sweden



Högslingan 55, Hanskroka, 134 65 Ingarö, Värmdö kommun, Sweden, Ingarö (Sweden)
1 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 33m² Floor area
€27,940
House
No parking
1 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
33m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Early on a Saturday morning in July, you pour a coffee in the kitchen—light streaming through leaded glass panes, the faint smell of birch from last night's fire still hanging in the air—and push open the double glass doors onto a sun-drenched wooden deck. The trees are still. Somewhere down through the pines, Hanskrokaviken glints. You have nowhere to be. This is Högslingan 55 on Ingarö, and owning it feels a little like exhaling.
Ingarö sits in the outer reaches of the Stockholm archipelago, part of Värmdö municipality, roughly 50 kilometers east of the city center. The island is not the wild, ferry-only kind of archipelago that takes half a day to reach—it's connected, reachable, and deeply livable. Bus 433 from Eknäsvägen delivers you to Slussen in about 50 minutes, which means a Friday evening escape from central Stockholm and a Sunday evening return is genuinely uncomplicated. For international buyers flying into Arlanda or Bromma, the drive out via the E18 and Route 222 takes around an hour, winding past boathouses, spruce forests, and roadside wild strawberry patches in summer.
The house itself is compact in the best possible way. Thirty-three square meters sounds small on paper, but the renovation here was done with real intention. White-painted walls bounce light around the rooms, and the decision to paint the deep window niches in dark forest green was a bold one—it works completely. The leaded windows throughout give the cottage a kind of quiet personality. Exposed ceiling beams, light wooden floors, a kitchen designed in a practical U-shape with room to actually cook: this is a place where someone thought carefully about how people live in small spaces, then built accordingly.
The wood-burning stove in the living room is the heart of the house in the colder months. October on Ingarö is genuinely beautiful—the maples turn orange along the gravel roads, the bays empty out, and an evening fire with the double glass doors cracked open is as good as it gets in this part of the world. The air-to-air heat pump positioned on the gable wall of the living room means heating is efficient and consistent, even through a Swedish February when temperatures regularly drop to minus ten or below. This is a proper year-round cottage, not a three-season compromise.
The bedroom is quiet and private, with direct access to the fully tiled bathroom—shower, washbasin, WC, and a water heater that keeps things functional year-round. Simple, clean, done right.
Outside, the property opens up considerably. The plot runs to 2,282 square meters, which is a real garden—part cultivated, with plantings and flat lawn areas, part natural with granite outcrops pushing through the ground the way they do throughout the Stockholm archipelago. There's a storage building and a woodshed, parking for several cars, and an electric charging pole for EVs, which feels ahead of the curve for a property at this price point. The gravel driveway is lit. Small things that matter when you're arriving on a dark November evening.
Two bays are within walking distance: Hanskrokaviken and Öbodaviken, both with sandy beaches and boat club access where you can secure a berth. In summer, these bays fill with kayakers, swimmers, and the occasional sailing boat making its way between the outer skerries. The water in July reaches around 20 degrees Celsius on good years—not Mediterranean, but Swedes have been swimming in it enthusiastically for centuries. Come September, you'll likely have the beach entirely to yourself.
By boat—which is, frankly, the most Swedish way to spend a summer weekend—you can reach Strömma Kanalbar, a beloved waterside restaurant at the Strömma canal that gets packed with day-trippers on sunny Saturdays. Fågelbro Golf and Wermdö Golf are also reachable from the water, and Ingarö Golf Club's two 18-hole courses are just a few minutes by car if you prefer to keep things dry.
For daily life, the nearby Brunn area handles the essentials: ICA grocery store, fuel, schools, and preschools. Värmdö Marknad and the Mölnvik commercial area are a short drive and cover everything from hardware to restaurants to larger supermarkets. None of this requires planning. It's just there.
The building regulations for this plot are worth noting directly. Current rules allow for a main building of 60 square meters and an auxiliary building of 40 square meters—meaning the existing 33-square-meter cottage leaves room for significant expansion, and extended rules now open the possibility of adding a further 30 square meters to the main structure. For a buyer considering long-term use or eventual rental, this is meaningful headroom. A 60-square-meter renovated archipelago cottage on a 2,282-square-meter plot on Ingarö, finished to the same standard as what's already here, would be a genuinely different asset.
The Swedish property market for archipelago cottages has remained resilient precisely because supply of well-located, accessible island properties is structurally limited. Ingarö, with its bus connection to central Stockholm and road access, sits in a particularly practical position within that market. International buyers should note that Sweden imposes no restrictions on foreign nationals purchasing property, and the ownership structure for private homes here is straightforward. It's worth engaging a Swedish property lawyer (called a jurist or fastighetsjurist) early in the process, particularly for questions around stamp duty, which runs at 1.5% for private individuals.
Key features:
- Renovated 33 sqm year-round cottage on a 2,282 sqm plot in the Stockholm archipelago
- 1 bedroom with direct access to fully tiled bathroom including shower and WC
- Modern U-shaped kitchen with leaded windows, stovetop, oven, and fridge-freezer
- Wood-burning stove and air-to-air heat pump for efficient year-round heating
- Double glass doors from living room onto a large south-facing wooden deck
- Building regulations allow expansion up to 60 sqm main building plus 40 sqm auxiliary
- Electric vehicle charging pole and ample parking for multiple cars
- Walking distance to Hanskrokaviken and Öbodaviken bays with sandy beaches and boat berths
- Bus connection to Slussen, Stockholm in approximately 50 minutes
- Ingarö Golf Club (two 18-hole courses) just minutes away by car
- Storage building and woodshed included on plot
- Grocery store, fuel, schools, and restaurants within short driving distance at Brunn and Mölnvik
- Boat access to Strömma Kanalbar, Fågelbro Golf, and Wermdö Golf
- No restrictions on international buyers purchasing Swedish property
- Priced as a genuine entry point into the Stockholm archipelago vacation home market
If you've been thinking about a second home in Sweden—somewhere that gives you real archipelago access without requiring a boat and a weather window just to get to the front door—this property deserves a serious look. Reach out through Homestra today to arrange a viewing or to request the full technical documentation. The deck faces south. The fire is easy to light. Come and see it in person.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 1
- Size
- 33m²
- Price per m²
- €847
- Garden size
- 2282m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 1
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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