2-Bed Year-Round House with Sauna & Boat Berth in Stockholm Archipelago



Lövsalsvägen 11, 139 74 Djurhamn, Värmdö, Sweden, Djurhamn (Sweden)
2 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 62m² Floor area
€284,300
House
No parking
2 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
62m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Early July morning. You slide open the deck door and the smell hits you first — pine resin warming in the sun, a faint salt edge off the Baltic, and the particular quiet that only exists when the nearest road carries almost no traffic. A woodpecker is working somewhere in the birches beyond the lawn. The sauna is already lit. This is Djurhamn on a Tuesday, and it feels like a Saturday everywhere else.
Lövsalsvägen 11 sits in one of the quieter corners of Värmdö municipality, about 45 kilometres east of central Stockholm, in the kind of spot that archipelago regulars guard jealously. Djurhamn itself is a small community tucked onto the Djurö peninsula — not the tourist-facing part of the archipelago with the ferry queues and the overpriced cinnamon rolls, but the lived-in, boat-at-the-end-of-the-garden version that Stockholmers spend years searching for. The private gated entrance from Sollenkrokavägen means the lane outside stays genuinely calm. Children cycle it unsupervised.
The house dates to 1940, and it has that compact honesty that Swedish summer homes of the era were built with — no wasted space, solid construction, then carefully updated so it works as a proper year-round home rather than a seasonal retreat. At 62 square metres it's efficient, not cramped. The kitchen and dining area open directly into the living room, which is the social engine of the place. A wood-burning stove anchors that room. On grey November afternoons when the archipelago goes pewter and still, that stove earns its keep more than any other feature in the building. The windows are large enough that the garden and the stand of trees beyond it feel continuous with the interior.
Step outside onto the timber deck and the plot opens up: 2,784 square metres of largely flat land, well maintained but not manicured in that exhausting way that demands constant attention. Lawn, a few mature trees, room to put up a badminton net or a vegetable patch, space where children or dogs can simply run without you watching the boundaries. The sauna building sits separately — proper Swedish sauna, wood-fired, the kind of thing that takes 45 minutes to heat and rewards the patience completely. After a swim at one of the two piers within easy walking distance, or after a long day out on the water, it's not a luxury add-on. It's the point of the evening.
The sea is roughly 350 metres from the front door. The community association also provides access to a boat berth, which for anyone who wants to explore the archipelago seriously changes the equation entirely. You don't need to trailer a boat or pay marina fees elsewhere — your berth is part of the package. From Djurhamn you can reach uninhabited skerries within 20 minutes by small motorboat, or push out toward Sandhamn and the open Baltic on a longer day. The sailing and motorboat culture here is active but unpretentious — people are more interested in fishing and swimming than in impressing each other at the dock.
For a vacation home or second home in the Stockholm archipelago, the transport situation is more practical than the address might suggest. SL bus 434 stops within walking distance and runs into Slussen, putting you at Stockholm Central in under an hour without touching a car. That connection matters for international buyers who want to fly into Arlanda, spend time in the city, then continue straight out to the property without dealing with rental cars. Arlanda is around 70 kilometres by road.
The seasons here are genuinely distinct. Summer is the obvious draw — long light, warm enough for open-water swimming from mid-June through August, the kind of evenings where dinner on the deck stretches until 10pm without getting dark. But the shoulder seasons have real appeal too. Autumn in the archipelago, when the deciduous trees on the mainland are turning and the summer crowds have completely vanished, is quietly extraordinary. Winter brings occasional snow that settles on the frozen inlets and turns the whole landscape monochrome and hushed. Spring arrives fast and violent in late April, the ice going out and the birds returning almost simultaneously.
Hiking trails lace through the Djurö National Park nearby — genuinely protected wilderness, no development, accessible by a short boat crossing. Kayak rentals operate in summer from several points along the coast. Fishing is productive year-round; perch and pike in the inlets, and sea trout runs that attract dedicated anglers in spring and autumn.
For day-to-day practicalities, Gustavsberg — the main service town for Värmdö — is a short drive away and has full supermarket coverage, a pharmacy, and the kind of infrastructure that makes year-round living workable without friction.
Key features at a glance:
- 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom (shower and WC), 62 sq m of interior living space
- Freestanding wood-fired sauna building — a genuine, functional Swedish sauna
- Spacious timber deck with direct access from the living room
- 2,784 sq m flat, low-maintenance plot with mature trees and open lawn
- Community boat berth included through the local association
- Approximately 350 metres to the nearest bathing pier
- Wood-burning stove in the living room — certified for year-round use
- Private road, gated community entrance, minimal through traffic
- SL bus 434 within walking distance, direct to Slussen
- Built 1940, updated to year-round habitation standard, good condition
- Located within Djurö peninsula, close to Djurö National Park
- Arlanda Airport approximately 70 km, Stockholm city centre approximately 45 km
- Strong rental potential during summer peak season (June–August)
- No HOA complications — straightforward Swedish freehold ownership
For international buyers, Swedish property ownership is open to foreign nationals without restriction, and the purchase process is clean and well-regulated. A buyer's agent familiar with Swedish property law can walk you through the deed process (lagfart) and any ongoing community association (samfällighetsförening) obligations, which here primarily cover road maintenance and the shared dock infrastructure. Property taxes on Swedish homes of this type are modest. Summer rental demand in the Stockholm archipelago is consistently strong, and a property this close to the water, with a sauna and a boat berth, sits at the higher end of what the rental market will support.
This is a rare find — a properly updated archipelago house with real outdoor infrastructure, on a full-sized plot, in a quiet community that hasn't been discovered by the weekend crowd that descends on Vaxholm or Möja. The kind of property that, once you spend a week here, you start calculating how soon you can come back.
Get in touch with the team at Homestra to arrange a viewing or to request the full property documentation. Properties at this price point in the Stockholm archipelago, with a boat berth and sauna included, don't stay available long.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 2
- Size
- 62m²
- Price per m²
- €4,585
- Garden size
- 2784m²
- 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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