2-Bed 1960s House on 1,300sqm Plot in Grebbestad — Boat Berth Option, 5 Min Walk to the Sea



Gata 29, 457 95 Grebbestad, Tanums kommun, Sweden, Grebbestad (Sweden)
2 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 79m² Floor area
€320,000
House
No parking
2 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
79m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Picture a Tuesday morning in late July. You've left the house on Gata 29 with a thermos of coffee, walked the five minutes down to Grönemad harbor, and you're untying your boat before most of the village has woken up. The Bohuslän archipelago stretches out in front of you — smooth granite skerries, dark green islands, the kind of light that northern Sweden does in summer that you simply cannot photograph well enough to explain to people who haven't seen it. That's the morning this property makes possible.
Grebbestad sits on the western coast of Sweden, tucked into the Tanums municipality on the Bohuslän coast about 130 kilometers north of Gothenburg. It's one of those small Swedish coastal towns — population hovering around 1,500 — that somehow punches well above its weight in the summer. The harbor fills with sailboats from Norway and Denmark. The seafood shacks along the promenade sell some of the freshest oysters and langoustines you'll find anywhere in Scandinavia; the Grebbestad oyster in particular has a mild, mineral flavor that local restaurants have been building menus around for decades. During the Grebbestad Oyster Festival in October, the whole town turns into something between a food market and a street party, and it draws visitors from across Sweden and Norway every year.
This is a house that has been sitting quietly on its 1,301-square-meter plot since 1964, and it still has the original bones of that era — the kitchen with its period detailing, the compact layout that was designed for real living rather than Instagram staging, the deep basement running the full length of the ground floor. It's been inspected by Fukt & Byggkonsult and the sale includes insurance against hidden defects, so you're not walking into an unknown. What you are walking into is a genuine project: a house that needs renovation, and a plot of land that gives you the room to do something meaningful with it.
The 79 square meters of living space includes two bedrooms, a single bathroom, a kitchen with 1960s-era character, a spacious living room, and a dining area. The basement is divided into two separate sections, each with its own entrance — one side currently used for storage, the other functioning as a workshop space. Above ground, the double garage handles both cars and the seasonal chaos of kayaks, paddleboards, and wetsuits that tends to accumulate when you live this close to the water. There's also a guest cottage and storage building on the plot, which could easily become the first renovation project: a bunkhouse for visiting friends, a studio, or simply extra storage for the life you're building here.
The 1,301-square-meter plot is the kind of garden space that urban Swedes and international buyers consistently underestimate until they're standing in it. There's room here for a proper terrace off the living room, raised vegetable beds, a fire pit area, and still enough open lawn for children to actually run around. The footprint of the existing house leaves clear opportunity for a modest extension under Swedish building regulations — something worth discussing with a local architect early in the process.
What makes this listing genuinely rare is the option to purchase a 3.5-meter-wide boat berth along with a waterside boathouse in Grönemad harbor. On the Bohuslän coast, harbor berths at this scale don't come available often. The archipelago here contains over 3,000 islands, and having your own boat — even a small one — transforms the geography entirely. Day trips to Kosterfjorden (Sweden's first national marine park), kayaking out to uninhabited skerries for a lunch swim, or simply puttering across to a neighboring island for dinner: these become ordinary pleasures rather than organized excursions.
Grönemad beach is a five-minute walk. It has sandy sections, flat rock platforms for sunbathing, and deep-water jetties — the full range of what a Swedish summer beach should offer. The water temperature in July and August gets genuinely warm by Scandinavian standards, hovering between 18 and 22 degrees Celsius during good summers. Guided kayak tours launch from the harbor throughout June, July, and August, and stand-up paddleboarding has become a fixture of the summer scene here.
Grebbestad's town center is a five-minute bicycle ride. Along the promenade you'll find a handful of proper restaurants, a well-stocked ICA supermarket, a pharmacy, a bakery that does cinnamon rolls worth cycling for, and enough cafés to sustain a slow summer morning without repeating yourself for the first week. In winter the town quiets considerably — which is either a drawback or the whole point, depending on why you're here.
The practical geography works well for international buyers. Gothenburg Landvetter Airport is roughly 1.5 hours south by car on the E6 motorway. Oslo Gardermoen is about the same distance north, making this accessible from two major international hubs. For buyers traveling from the UK, Germany, or the Netherlands, Gothenburg has direct connections to most major European cities.
A note on the Swedish property market for international buyers: EU citizens can purchase property in Sweden without restrictions, and there are no special foreign buyer taxes or additional stamp duties beyond the standard lagfart (title registration fee) of 1.5% for private individuals. Annual property tax is relatively modest, and there are no mandatory homeowner association fees on a freestanding house like this. Sweden's transparent property transaction process — handled through licensed mäklare (estate agents) with clear legal documentation — is considered among the most straightforward in Europe for foreign purchasers.
As a vacation home investment, the Bohuslän coast has shown consistent demand from Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish buyers for decades. Properties in Grebbestad and the surrounding Tanum area have held their value well through market cycles, partly because supply of well-located coastal plots is genuinely constrained. A renovated property on a plot this size, with harbor access, represents a category that attracts serious summer rental interest — weekly rates for quality coastal houses in this area regularly reach 15,000 to 25,000 SEK during peak July weeks.
Key features at a glance:
- 79 sqm house on a generous 1,301 sqm plot, built 1964
- 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, kitchen, living room, and dining area
- Full basement divided into two sections with separate entrances
- Double garage plus guest cottage and storage building
- Option to purchase 3.5m boat berth and boathouse in Grönemad harbor
- 5-minute walk to Grönemad beach and swimming
- 5-minute bicycle ride to Grebbestad town center, restaurants, and shops
- 1.5 hours by car to both Gothenburg Landvetter Airport and Oslo Gardermoen
- Inspected by Fukt & Byggkonsult with insurance against hidden defects included
- Renovation project with strong potential to extend under local planning rules
- Proven demand area for summer rental income on the Bohuslän coast
- No foreign buyer restrictions for EU citizens; straightforward Swedish purchase process
- Access to kayaking, SUP, sailing, and archipelago island-hopping from Grönemad harbor
- Close proximity to Kosterfjorden National Marine Park and Tanum UNESCO rock carvings
The house is being sold at 320,000 EUR in its current original condition — which is precisely what gives a buyer with vision the room to act. Get the renovation right and you have a coastal Swedish property worth considerably more, in a location that fills a specific and enduring need: proper time away, by the sea, with a boat at the end of the garden path.
To arrange a viewing or request the full inspection report, get in touch with the team at Homestra. This is a property that rewards moving quickly — summer viewings on the Bohuslän coast tend to focus minds.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 2
- Size
- 79m²
- Price per m²
- €4,051
- Garden size
- 1301m²
- 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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