2-Bed Coastal Holiday Home in Axmar with 70m² Deck & Boat Berth Access



Söderstig 3, 817 94 Axmar, Gävle kommun, Sweden, Axmar (Sweden)
2 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 75m² Floor area
€219,500
House
No parking
2 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
75m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Step out onto the deck at Söderstig 3 on a July morning and the Gulf of Bothnia is barely a two-minute walk away. The air carries that particular mix of pine resin and salt water that you only get along this stretch of the Gävleborg coast. The soapstone stove inside still holds a little warmth from the evening before. This is what owning a holiday home in Axmar actually feels like — unhurried, deeply restorative, and about as far from city noise as you need it to be.
Axmar sits on the Hälsingland coastline, roughly 40 kilometres north of Gävle and about a 2.5-hour drive from Stockholm. It is not the kind of place that shows up on tourist maps, and the people who live here — both year-round and seasonally — tend to like it that way. The village has developed quietly around its harbour, its community association, and the kind of neighbourly traditions that are increasingly rare. Midsommar here is the real thing: a maypole goes up near the marina, someone brings out a speaker, and the long Nordic evening stretches past midnight with no one particularly in a hurry to go anywhere.
The house itself sits on a 1,520-square-metre plot on Söderstig, a quiet residential road lined with similar summer properties and year-round homes. The building has been methodically updated over recent years — new roof, new windows, a new front door and patio door, and an air-source heat pump that keeps running costs manageable in the colder months. None of these are flashy improvements, but they are exactly the kind that matter: the ones that mean you arrive in May and everything just works.
Inside, the ground floor runs as an open plan from kitchen to living room, which gives the 75-square-metre main house a sense of space that the floor area alone doesn't suggest. The kitchen was fully renovated in 2020 — proper cabinetry, contemporary appliances, surfaces that are a pleasure to cook on. On a wet afternoon in August when the rain comes in from the sea, you'll be glad of the layout: there's room to have guests at the kitchen counter with a glass of wine while whoever volunteered to cook is doing their thing, and the soapstone stove in the living room throws a steady, even heat that makes the whole space feel lived-in in the best sense.
The glazed conservatory off the living room is one of those features that quietly transforms how you use the property. It pushes the usable season well into October — possibly beyond, depending on how hardy you are — and it catches the afternoon light in a way that makes it the default spot for reading, coffee, and doing very little productively. From there, you step directly onto the deck. Built in 2024, it covers around 70 square metres of pressure-treated timber, large enough for a proper dining table, a cluster of sun loungers, and still have room to move. It catches the sun for most of the day. In midsummer, when daylight in this latitude runs past 10pm, evenings out here have a particular quality.
The two bedrooms in the main house are calm, well-proportioned rooms with the updated interiors you'd expect given the work that's gone into the property. But the side building out back is what gives this property genuine flexibility. It contains a guest room — or an extra bedroom, depending on how you count — plus a home office space, a laundry room, and a bathroom with shower and incineration toilet. For international buyers who plan to rent the property during peak summer weeks, this outbuilding means you can comfortably sleep additional guests without crowding the main house. There is also a garage and a boat shed/carport, which in a coastal community with serious boating culture is not an afterthought.
The community association access to a boat berth costs around 1,500 SEK annually — call it €130 — and it comes with use of the marina's barbecue area and the harbourside dance floor that sees action from Midsommar through to the end of August. The swimming pier is close enough to walk to barefoot. There are marked trails through the forest that run along the shoreline for several kilometres, and the fishing along this coast — pike, perch, and sea trout — draws regulars back every season.
Climate-wise, the Gävleborg coast gets proper Swedish winters with snow from December through March and summers that, in a good year, deliver weeks of warm, clear weather with temperatures in the mid-20s Celsius. The soapstone stove and the heat pump together mean this property is winterised and genuinely comfortable year-round, not just a fair-weather retreat.
For international buyers considering a second home in Sweden, the legal process is straightforward — EU and non-EU citizens alike can purchase property in Sweden without restrictions, and the country's transparent property registry makes due diligence clean and uncomplicated. Lagfart (title registration) is handled through Lantmäteriet, and a Swedish real estate attorney or licensed agent can walk you through the process efficiently. Property taxes in Sweden are relatively low, and there is no requirement to be a resident to own. Running costs at a property this size, with a heat pump and modern insulation following the recent upgrades, are modest.
The Axmar holiday property market is quiet by nature — properties here don't circulate frequently, and when they do, they tend to move among people who already know the area. That's worth noting if you're comparing this against more heavily marketed coastal destinations further south. The price reflects a market that hasn't been inflated by outside attention, and the lifestyle it delivers is the genuine article.
Key features at a glance:
- 2-bedroom coastal holiday home in Axmar, Swedish Bothnian coast
- 75m² main house plus separate outbuilding with guest room, office, laundry, and shower bathroom
- Newly built 70m² wooden deck (2024), ideal for summer entertaining
- Glazed conservatory extending the usable season from early spring to late autumn
- Soapstone stove and air-source heat pump for year-round comfort
- Kitchen fully renovated in 2020 with modern fittings and appliances
- New roof, new windows, new front and patio doors — all major works completed
- Plot of approximately 1,520m² with open garden space
- Community association boat berth access (approx. 1,500 SEK/year)
- Swimming pier and marina barbecue area within easy walking distance
- Garage plus boat shed/carport on the property
- Approx. 200m to the sea; forest walking trails directly accessible
- Midsommar celebrations, boating community, and active local association
- Year-round habitation capability — not a summer-only property
- No legal restrictions on foreign ownership; clean Swedish title registry process
If you've been looking for a genuine coastal retreat in Scandinavia — one that's move-in ready, already updated, and embedded in a real community rather than a resort development — Söderstig 3 is worth your full attention. Contact Homestra today to arrange a viewing or to speak with one of our Swedish property specialists about next steps for international buyers.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 2
- Size
- 75m²
- Price per m²
- €2,927
- Garden size
- 1520m²
- 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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