1-Bed Swedish Country Home in Yxtaholm, 300m from Lake Mellösasjön – Holiday Retreat



Yxtaholm Kvarnmovägen 6, 642 91 Flen, Sweden, Flen (Sweden)
1 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 48m² Floor area
€109,500
Country home
No parking
1 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
48m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Early morning in Yxtaholm, the air smells like pine resin and cold lake water. You pull on a sweater, step off the wooden porch, and walk three minutes through a birch-lined path to Mellösasjön. Nobody else is there. The water is dark and clear. This is what you came for.
Set on Kvarnmovägen in the well-loved recreational enclave of Yxtaholm, this 1970s Swedish sommarstuga sits on a generous 1,698 square metre plot in the heart of Södermanland — a region of glittering lakes, quiet forests, and red-painted farmhouses that feels like it exists slightly outside of time. At 109,500 SEK, this is a genuinely accessible entry point into the classic Swedish summer cottage lifestyle, the kind that Swedes have guarded jealously for generations.
The cottage itself was built in 1975 and spans 48 square metres. That's not a limitation — it's a design philosophy. Swedish summer homes are meant to push you outside, and this one does exactly that. Inside, the layout is efficient and warm: a combined living room and kitchen that catches morning light through large windows overlooking the garden, one quiet bedroom tucked away from the main space, and a bathroom with shower. The kitchen has what you need to cook a proper meal — a crayfish dinner in August, a pot of soup on a rainy September afternoon — without the excess of a city apartment.
A small guest cottage sits alongside the main house. Solid enough for a friend to sleep in, or useful as a tool store and overflow space for the kayak paddles and fishing rods that will inevitably accumulate. Practical Swedish pragmatism in a small wooden structure.
The garden is the real story here. Nearly 1,700 square metres of it, mature trees throwing long shadows across mown grass in the late afternoon, several spots that practically arrange themselves into outdoor dining areas. There's room for a kitchen garden — courgettes, tomatoes, dill — and enough flat space for kids to run properly without hitting a fence. In midsummer, when the light stays until nearly 11pm, evenings out here stretch on in the best possible way.
Mellösasjön is 300 metres from the front door. A short walk through the neighbourhood and you're at the water. For the communal swimming area at Stavsjön, it's a slightly longer walk but worth it — a proper bathing spot where locals have been swimming for decades, with space to spread a towel and a lawn down to the water's edge. Through the neighbourhood association, there's also the possibility of joining the queue for a boat mooring, which would open up the lakes for rowing, fishing, and the kind of slow afternoons that don't happen in front of screens.
Flen town is close enough for grocery runs and practical errands without ever intruding on the peace of the cottage. The town has a railway station with direct services to Stockholm — the capital is roughly 100 kilometres away, about an hour and a half by train or a similar stretch by car on the E20. That proximity matters if you're using this as a weekend place from Stockholm, or arriving from Arlanda Airport for longer stays. For international buyers flying in, the drive from Arlanda is around 90 minutes.
Södermanland as a whole doesn't get the tourist attention that Dalarna or the Stockholm archipelago collect, and that's a quiet advantage. Yxtaholm Castle, a 17th-century manor now operating as a hotel and conference venue, sits nearby — its grounds are worth a walk in any season, and the adjacent landscape gives a sense of how this part of Sweden has looked for centuries. Nature reserves lace the wider area; Sörmlandsleden, one of Sweden's longest hiking trails at over 1,000 kilometres, passes through the region and offers everything from half-day loops to multi-day routes through forest and across ridgelines with views over lakes.
Spring here is tentative and dramatic — the ice breaks on the lakes in April, and by May the forest floor is covered in wood anemones and the first tentative swimmers are testing the water. Summer is the heart of it: Midsommar celebrations in late June, strawberries from roadside stalls, the crayfish parties (kräftskiva) that mark August with paper hats and schnapps songs. Autumn brings something different — the birches go gold, chanterelles push through the forest floor, and the lakes reflect a sky that turns extraordinary shades of copper and grey. Even winter has its uses; the frozen lakes draw skaters, and a wood-burning stove in a small cottage is one of life's more straightforward pleasures.
The neighbourhood association at Yxtaholm is genuinely active — it organises communal events through the seasons and maintains the shared bathing areas, which keeps the community coherent in a way that loose collections of holiday cabins often aren't. There's a tangible sense that people return year after year, know their neighbours, and intend to keep coming back.
For international buyers, freehold ownership in Sweden is straightforward — there are no restrictions on foreign nationals purchasing property, and the legal process is transparent and well-regulated. The price point here represents solid value for a titled freehold plot of this size in an established recreational area, with the lake access and community infrastructure already in place.
Key features at a glance:
- 48 m² main cottage built 1975, freehold ownership
- 1 bedroom, combined living room and kitchen, 1 bathroom with shower
- Separate guest cottage for additional accommodation or storage
- 1,698 m² private garden with mature trees and multiple outdoor seating areas
- 300 metres to Lake Mellösasjön
- Walking distance to communal bathing area at Stavsjön
- Boat mooring possibility via neighbourhood association queue
- Direct train service to Stockholm from Flen (approx. 90 min)
- Approx. 90-minute drive from Stockholm Arlanda Airport
- Active neighbourhood association with communal events
- Near Yxtaholm Castle and Sörmlandsleden hiking trail network
- No restrictions on foreign national ownership in Sweden
- Priced at 109,500 SEK — strong value for plot size and lake proximity
This is the kind of property that rewards patience. You find it, you come for one summer, and then you can't imagine not coming back. The lake is three minutes away, the garden needs you in it, and Stockholm feels like exactly the right distance.
Get in touch with the team at Homestra today to arrange a viewing or request the full property documentation. A second home in Sweden — and this corner of Södermanland in particular — doesn't sit on the market long.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 1
- Size
- 48m²
- Price per m²
- €2,281
- Garden size
- 1698m²
- 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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