3-Bed 18th-Century Swedish Cottage with 3,400m² Garden Near the Sea – Uddevalla Vacation Home



Skredsviks Hede 317, 451 95 Uddevalla, Sweden, Uddevalla (Sweden)
3 Bedrooms · 0 Bathrooms · 47m² Floor area
€250,000
Country home
No parking
3 Bedrooms
0 Bathrooms
47m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Close your eyes for a second and picture this: it's a Tuesday morning in late June, the air smells of pine resin and cut grass, and you're standing in a garden the size of a small meadow with a cup of coffee, watching swallows cut low over the wildflower patch. Nobody is calling you anywhere. That's the daily reality at Skredsviks Hede 317, a red-painted Swedish torp built in 1787 that has somehow made it to the modern era with its soul completely intact.
This is genuine West Sweden countryside — the kind of place people from Gothenburg have been quietly keeping to themselves for generations. Uddevalla sits at the edge of the Bohuslän coast, a region where the granite archipelago crumbles into the Skagerrak, and where the summer light at 10pm still paints everything gold. The property itself sits in Skredsvik, a rural parish about 20 minutes by car from Uddevalla's city center, and cycling distance from open water swimming spots that don't appear in any guidebook.
The house is small by modern standards — 47 square meters of living space in the main building — but that's part of the point. Everything here is intentional. You're not managing a mansion; you're maintaining a piece of history. The original wooden structure from the late 18th century is still the bones of the building, and the owners have kept the character rigorously intact: exposed ceiling beams with the kind of patina that takes two centuries to develop, tongue-and-groove wall paneling, wide-plank wooden floors that creak in exactly the right places.
Walk into the combined kitchen and hallway and you'll immediately understand the logic of how these old Swedish farmhouses worked. There's a wood-burning stove for warmth, a traditional baking oven (functional, not decorative), and a modern electric stove and oven alongside a refrigerator and sink. The baking oven is the kind of thing you either know exactly what to do with or learn fast — Swedish knäckebröd, cinnamon buns on a rainy August afternoon, whatever you want. The kitchen doubles as a dining room, with space for a proper family table. This is where the day starts and where it usually ends.
The living room has large doors that open directly onto the garden, so the boundary between inside and outside essentially disappears from May through September. A second wood-burning stove anchors the room and makes those early spring weekends — when the days are long but the evenings still bite — genuinely comfortable rather than something to endure. The adjacent ground-floor bedroom is big enough for a double bed and a desk, with its own wood stove, which means it can function as a separate warm space when the rest of the house is being used communally.
The sleeping capacity expands significantly with the separate loft building, accessed from outside the main house. Two additional bedrooms up here, with high ceilings open to the roof ridge and wooden floors throughout. The design is open and airy, almost barn-like in the best possible way. This is where teenagers retreat after dinner, or where friends staying for a long weekend have their own domain without anyone tripping over each other.
Electricity was fully updated in 2015. There's a dug well on the property — useful for garden irrigation and an outdoor shower, which becomes essential once you've established a daily swim-and-rinse routine in the summer. The restored earth cellar has been repurposed as a greenhouse or orangery. A tool shed handles the seasonal storage that a property this size accumulates. An outhouse, built in 2017, is well-maintained and functional. The total land plot is 3,419 square meters — partially fenced, shaded by mature trees, with enough open space that children can genuinely run around without any supervision anxiety.
Bohuslän as a whole is one of Scandinavia's most underrated coastal destinations for second-home buyers, particularly those coming from continental Europe. The summer season here is concentrated and intense — the Swedes take it seriously. Hafstens Resort, a few minutes' drive away, draws families for kayaking, cycling, and waterfront dining. The Nordstan-rivaling Torp Shopping Center is a 15-minute drive and covers every practical need. Uddevalla city center has solid restaurants — try the west-coast shrimp at the harbor — along with a cinema, library, and everything needed for a real stay rather than a glamping experience.
Gothenburg, Sweden's second city, is roughly an hour south by car or regional train from Uddevalla station. That proximity matters more than people initially realize. It means you can fly into Landvetter Airport and be at the cottage in under 90 minutes. It means a spontaneous dinner at Feskekôrka's surrounding restaurants, then back north the same evening. It means Liseberg amusement park is a viable day trip for kids. The logistics of ownership — bank visits, furniture runs, hardware stores — are also dramatically easier when a proper city is that close.
The Swedish property market for vacation homes in the Bohuslän coastal corridor has maintained consistent interest from both domestic and international buyers. Properties of this age and authenticity in good condition are increasingly rare. For international buyers, Sweden imposes no restrictions on foreign ownership of real estate, and the process — while conducted in Swedish — is straightforward with proper legal representation. The Swedish system uses a licensed real estate agent and a formal purchase agreement; buyers should budget for legal fees, stamp duty (1.5% for individuals), and a title registration fee.
As a summer residence, the cottage is move-in ready. Extending its use into year-round occupation is possible with some additional investment in insulation and heating infrastructure, but as it stands, this is a property calibrated for the long Swedish summer — and that season, from late May to early September, is genuinely one of the finest in northern Europe.
Key features at a glance:
- 18th-century Swedish torp (1787) with preserved original character
- 47m² main house plus separate two-bedroom loft building
- 3 bedrooms total across main house and loft
- 3,419m² garden plot with mature trees and partial fencing
- Two wood-burning stoves plus traditional baking oven in main house
- Restored earth cellar repurposed as greenhouse or orangery
- Electrical system updated 2015; dug well for outdoor use
- Outhouse (2017) and spacious tool shed on site
- Cycling distance to open-water swimming spots
- 15 minutes to Torp Shopping Center, 20 minutes to Uddevalla city
- Close to Hafstens Resort for kayaking, cycling, and coastal dining
- Approximately 1 hour from Gothenburg and Landvetter Airport
- No restrictions on foreign ownership in Sweden
- Ready for immediate occupation as a vacation home
- Priced at SEK 250,000 — exceptional value for a property of this age and character
If you've been looking for a genuine Swedish countryside retreat rather than a new-build weekend cabin, this is a different category entirely. A property like this doesn't come up often, and when it does, it tends to go to someone who already knows the area and has been watching. Get in touch with the Homestra team today to arrange a viewing — and come see what a Swedish summer actually looks like from inside a garden you'll never want to leave.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 3
- Size
- 47m²
- Price per m²
- €5,319
- Garden size
- 3419m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 0
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- Country home
- Energy label
Unknown
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