2-Bed Lakeside Chalet on Eltsjøen with 4,400m² Plot — 25km from Trysil Ski Resort



Kjølsætervegen 35, 2430 Jordet, Norway, Jordet (Norway)
2 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 62m² Floor area
€167,000
Chalet
No parking
2 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
62m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Step outside on a September morning and the lake is completely still. Eltsjøen holds the treeline like a mirror, and the only sound is the soft knock of a rowboat against the shore — your shore. The coffee's on the stove inside, the terrace planks are still damp from last night's rain, and somewhere up the valley a woodpecker is working through a birch. This is what you bought. Not a property. A rhythm.
Kjølsætervegen 35 sits on a generous 4,400-square-meter plot in Jordet, a quiet farming and forest community in Innlandet county that most international visitors never reach. They're all in Trysil town, 25 kilometers south, queuing for the gondola at Trysilfjellet. You'll be there too, some days. But you'll come back to this.
The chalet itself is compact and honest — 62 square meters arranged with real thought for how people actually use a cabin. Walk in through the entrance hall and the space opens up into a combined kitchen and living area that's warm without being fussy. The fireplace is the anchor of the room. On a January night when the temperature outside drops past minus fifteen, you'll understand exactly why every decision in the layout seems to orient itself around that single hearth. The kitchen was fully redone in 2024 with new cabinetry and appliances; it's functional and clean, the kind of setup where you can prep a proper meal without feeling like you're working in a corridor.
Two bedrooms offer quiet retreats at the end of the day. They're not large, but they don't need to be — the whole philosophy of a place like this is that you sleep well and get up early. The bathroom (upgraded in the same 2024 renovation) is modern and practical. Roof, terrace, structural beams, and drainage have all been replaced or overhauled in recent years, so this isn't a place that's going to ask anything of you for a long time. You arrive, you settle in, you don't worry about it.
The 53-square-meter terrace is genuinely one of the best things about the property. It runs along the lake-facing side of the house, and in the long Scandinavian summer evenings — when the sun doesn't fully set until past ten — you'll use it constantly. Breakfast out there with the mist still lifting off Eltsjøen. Dinner with friends, the smell of birch smoke drifting from somewhere across the water. The direct shoreline access means you can walk straight down to the lake for a swim, cast a line for perch or pike, or pull out a kayak without loading it onto a car first.
Summer here is genuinely underrated. July and August bring temperatures in the mid-twenties, which feels almost subtropical against the backdrop of dark spruce forest. The Trysilelva river is a short drive away and draws serious fly-fishermen from across Scandinavia. The network of gravel trails around Eltsjøen and into the Trysil highlands is excellent for mountain biking — Trysil actually maintains over 180 kilometers of marked summer bike trails, many of which pass through terrain that looks like concept art for a Nordic TV drama. The Saturday market in Trysil village sells local cheese, smoked meats, and hand-thrown ceramics if you want a reason to leave the terrace.
Winter is the other season entirely. Trysilfjellet is Norway's largest ski resort — 70 slopes, 31 lifts, and a vertical drop of 860 meters. The drive from the chalet takes about 25 minutes on well-maintained roads, and the resort has excellent facilities for families, intermediates, and people who want to disappear into the trees for a few hours. Nordic skiing is woven into daily life in this part of Innlandet; the groomed cross-country trail network extends for hundreds of kilometers, and you can pick up marked tracks from Jordet itself. Road access to the property is year-round, and the garage means your car never sits under a meter of snow.
For international buyers, the practical picture is straightforward. Norway's property market for leisure cabins — known locally as hytter — has shown consistent long-term appreciation, driven by a cultural attachment to cabin life that runs deeper here than almost anywhere in Europe. EEA citizens purchase freely; non-EEA buyers should consult a Norwegian solicitor but face no fundamental barriers. The nearest grocery store is 12 kilometers away in Jordet, and Trysil's larger shops, restaurants, and services are 25 kilometers south. Oslo is roughly three hours by car via the E6 and Route 25 — manageable for a long weekend, comfortable for a week or more. Fly into Oslo Gardermoen and rent a car; the drive through the Østerdalen valley is worth taking slowly.
As a vacation home in Norway, this property sits in a sweet spot: renovated and ready to use immediately, priced accessibly relative to comparable lakefront cabins in the region, and carrying real rental potential during peak ski season and summer weeks. Cabins with private lake frontage and this plot size rarely appear at this price point — most buyers in this market know exactly what they're looking at when they see direct Eltsjøen access included.
Key features at a glance:
- Direct private shoreline access to Eltsjøen lake
- 4,400 square meter plot with forest and lake surroundings
- Fully renovated in 2024: new kitchen, bathroom, roof, terrace, beams, and drainage
- 53-square-meter south-facing terrace with lake views
- Two bedrooms plus open-plan kitchen and living area with fireplace
- 62 square meters of well-arranged interior space
- Garage and dedicated parking
- Year-round road access
- 25 kilometers from Trysilfjellet — Norway's largest ski resort
- 12 kilometers from Jordet village amenities
- Approximately 3 hours by car from Oslo Gardermoen airport
- Excellent summer fishing, kayaking, and mountain biking on-site and nearby
- No short-term renovation costs — move-in ready condition
- Strong holiday rental potential in both ski and summer seasons
- Consistent long-term value in Norway's sought-after cabin property market
If you've been thinking about a second home in Scandinavia, this is the kind of place that makes the decision feel obvious in person. The lake, the quiet, the way the light moves through the birch trees in October — none of it photographs quite right. It needs to be stood in.
Reach out through Homestra today to arrange a viewing or request the full property documentation. Cabins with private lake access in the Trysil region move quickly, and this one will be no different.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 2
- Size
- 62m²
- Price per m²
- €2,694
- Garden size
- 4400m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 1
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- Chalet
- Energy label
Unknown
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