2-Bed Waterfront Chalet with Boathouse & Private Shoreline – Hauglandshella Vacation Home



Holmavegen 30, 5310 Hauglandshella, Hauglandshella (Norway)
2 Bedrooms · 2 Bathrooms · 90m² Floor area
€399,000
Chalet
No parking
2 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
90m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Step out onto the terrace at Holmavegen 30 on a clear July morning. The fjord is flat and silver, the archipelago spreads out in front of you like a handful of green islands dropped into the water, and the only sound is the rope on the dock tapping against the boathouse wall. Coffee in hand, you realize the boat is right there, ten steps down the rock, and Bergen is forty minutes away by car. This is what Norwegian coastal life actually feels like.
Hauglandshella sits on Askøy island, connected to Bergen by the Askøy Bridge — one of the longest suspension bridges in Norway — which makes the commute into the city effortless while the setting feels completely remote. This stretch of the island's eastern shoreline is quiet, unpretentious, and genuinely beautiful in a way that photographs never quite capture. The light in late spring, when the sun barely sets and the rocks stay warm until midnight, is something else entirely.
The chalet itself was built in 1981 and sits on a generous 4,792 square meter plot that rolls down to its own private shoreline. Ninety square meters of interior living space sounds modest until you're standing under the 3.5-meter ceiling in the living room, looking through the large windows at an unobstructed stretch of open water. That ceiling height changes everything. The stone fireplace anchors the room — and come October, when the Norwegian autumn arrives in earnest, you'll be glad it's there. The open kitchen sits alongside the dining and living areas, and whoever's cooking has a direct sightline to the sea. That's a design decision you only appreciate once you've done the dishes while watching a boat drift past in the dusk.
Two bedrooms on the main floor handle the basics comfortably, each with windows that pull in daylight and views of the surrounding rock and birch landscape. A wooden ladder leads up to a 14-square-meter loft — a hems, in Norwegian — which is the kind of sleeping nook kids claim as their own within approximately four minutes of arrival. There are two bathrooms, both with showers and practical tiled floors, plus a separate toilet room. The layout is sensible and efficient, not fussy.
Outside is where the property earns its place. The terrace is 45 square meters — big enough to have a table for eight and still leave room for a couple of loungers and a gas grill without it feeling cramped. There's an outdoor fireplace on the terrace, which means October dinners outside are genuinely viable if you're willing to wear a sweater. The sun exposure here is exceptional; the plot faces south and southwest, and on the long summer days you'll catch light from early morning right through to the evening. The elevated position gives you privacy from the water without losing the view.
Down at the shoreline, the boathouse is approximately 18 square meters with a dock and a floating pier. A small boat — what Norwegians call a skjærgårdsjeep, essentially the standard runabout of island life — is included in the sale. The condition of the boat and engine is unknown, so treat that as a bonus rather than a selling point, but the infrastructure is all there. The garage, built in 2005, adds another 27 square meters of covered space with a loft above it for storage. An additional eight-square-meter shed handles the overflow.
The area around Hauglandshella is excellent territory for hiking. The coastal paths along Askøy's eastern edge offer routes with genuine variety — some flat and easy along the waterline, others that climb into the interior and reward you with wide views back toward Bergen and the Bjørnafjord. In summer, the swimming from the rocks directly below the property is the kind of cold, clear, restorative experience that Norwegian coastal people quietly consider one of life's great pleasures. Fishing from the dock or taking the boat out into the archipelago for mackerel in July is a near-daily activity for families in this area during peak season.
Bergen itself, a 40-minute drive away, gives you Bryggen's UNESCO-listed wharf buildings, the fish market at Torget, the Fløibanen funicular up to Mount Fløyen, and a city with a serious food scene. Lysøen, the island estate of the composer Ole Bull, is reachable by boat and makes for a memorable afternoon. The Bergen International Festival in late May and early June draws musicians from across Europe. Getting there from this side of Askøy takes no time at all.
For international buyers, Norway's property market for leisure properties is relatively straightforward. Foreign nationals can purchase vacation homes without restriction, and the market for coastal cabin properties — hytter — on Askøy has remained solid, driven by steady demand from Bergen's growing professional population. Properties with private shoreline access and boathouses in this condition and size are genuinely uncommon. The renovation potential here is real: the cabin and boathouse need attention, but the structural footprint, the plot, and the location are the things you cannot replicate. Those are already in place.
The property is being sold furnished, with all loose items included. A bus stop is roughly a four-minute walk away, a grocery store is about twelve minutes on foot, and a shopping center is seven minutes. The area is reliable for families with children — the surrounding community is calm, the roads are quiet, and the fjord is accessible.
Key features at a glance:
- 4,792 m² plot with private shoreline and direct sea access
- 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, plus a 14 m² sleeping loft
- 3.5-meter ceiling height in the main living room
- Stone fireplace indoors and open fireplace on the terrace
- 45 m² south-facing terrace with unobstructed fjord and archipelago views
- Boathouse with dock, floating pier, and boat included
- Garage (2005) with storage loft and additional 8 m² shed
- Total built area 143 m², internal living area 90 m²
- 40-minute drive to Bergen via the Askøy Bridge
- Bus stop 4 minutes on foot; grocery store and shopping center within 12 minutes
- Excellent sun exposure from morning through evening
- Strong renovation and investment potential in a sought-after leisure area
- Full furnishings and contents included in the sale
This kind of property doesn't come up often. A private shoreline on Askøy, a boathouse with its own dock, nearly 5,000 square meters of plot, and a direct view of the Bergen archipelago — that combination is what buyers in the western Norway coastal market spend years waiting for. Reach out through Homestra today to arrange a viewing or to request the full technical documentation. The water is right there. The boat is already in the shed.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 2
- Size
- 90m²
- Price per m²
- €4,433
- Garden size
- 4792m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 2
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- Chalet
- Energy label
Unknown
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