3-Bed Chalet with 1,200m² Garden Near Hitra Fjord — Vacation Home in Melandsjø, Norway



Øyaveien 16, 7250 Melandsjø, Norway, Melandsjø (Norway)
3 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 56m² Floor area
€69,900
Chalet
No parking
3 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
56m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Step outside at seven in the morning and the air hits you — cool, salt-edged, carrying the faint smell of seaweed and pine from the hillside above Øyaveien. A herring gull cuts a lazy arc over the water. The fjord is mirror-flat. This is what a Tuesday feels like in Melandsjø.
Hitra is not one of those Norwegian islands that gets overrun in July. It stays quiet in a way that's increasingly rare. The island sits roughly an hour and a half southwest of Trondheim, connected to the mainland via a pair of subsea tunnels — no ferry schedule to chase, no weather window to pray for. You drive in whenever you feel like it. That accessibility, combined with a landscape that feels genuinely untouched, is what makes a holiday property here such a find. The fishing alone draws people from across Scandinavia and Northern Europe. Sea trout, cod, and coalfish are there year-round if you know where to cast, and from this address you're a short walk to the shoreline and a ten-minute drive to Hopsjøbrygga, the brygge that becomes the social heart of the island every July when Hopsjødagene takes over — live music, local food stalls, boats moored three deep, the whole community spilling outdoors.
Øyaveien 16 is a white-painted timber chalet that has been on this plot since 1937. The exterior cladding was replaced in 1996 and it wears its age lightly — there's genuine character here without the cold drafts and crumbling sills that word usually implies. The building is in good condition and properly connected: public water, public sewage, mains electricity. No off-grid compromises. Just bring your bags.
The layout is compact and logical at 56 square meters across two floors, arranged for the kind of real use a holiday home actually gets. Downstairs, the living room runs to around 13 square meters and faces multiple directions, so daylight shifts through it from morning to evening. A cast iron fireplace anchors the room — genuinely useful from September through May when the island temperatures drop and evenings call for something more than a fleece. The kitchen sits at roughly the same size, white smooth-fronted cabinetry against lacquered solid wood floors that creak in the best possible way. There's a large window over the dining area where you eat breakfast watching whatever the garden decides to do that morning. Upstairs, two bedrooms with large windows and light-painted walls sleep the family comfortably — the layout can handle five to six people between the main cabin and the annex.
That annex is a quiet detail that earns its place. About 8 square meters, painted white to match the main building, it has a panel heater, a composting toilet, and a separate bedroom. Guests who want their own space get it. Teenagers who insist on independence get it. The outbuilding — around 24 square meters — handles everything else: fishing gear, kayaks, bikes, winter storage. There's a gravel driveway with room for multiple vehicles running right to the door.
The garden is where this property pulls ahead. A fully fenced plot of approximately 1,203 square meters — which is genuinely large for this kind of island holiday home — with maintained lawns, established ornamental shrubs, and a west-facing terrace that catches the sun from midday straight through to those Norwegian summer evenings when the light refuses to quit past ten o'clock. You don't lose the sun to a ridge or a neighboring roofline. Grill out there in August and the sky goes through coral, amber, and a pale Nordic blue that no photograph quite captures.
Hiking on Hitra is serious business. The island has marked trails across heathered moorland and along coastline that switches between sandy coves and exposed headland. The terrain is accessible on foot from the property, and you're well within range of some of the island's best routes without needing to drive anywhere. Kayaking out from the local shore is practical when conditions allow, and the shallow bays around this part of Hitra are forgiving for beginners and interesting enough for experienced paddlers.
Trondheim is the nearest city — Nidarosdomen cathedral, Nedre Elvehavn's converted warehouses full of restaurants and craft beer, the Rockheim music museum, the Saturday market at Torvet. You can be there in ninety minutes when you want an urban fix and back on the island before dinner. Bergen is a longer drive but reachable; Trondheim Airport at Værnes handles plenty of European routes, making this a realistic second home option for international buyers flying in from the UK, Germany, or the Netherlands.
For international buyers considering this as a vacation home in Norway, the practical picture is straightforward. Norwegian property law is open to foreign nationals purchasing holiday property, and the relatively low entry price at NOK 69,900 makes this one of the more accessible ways to secure a foothold in the Norwegian coastal market. The island's growing profile as a fishing and outdoor destination has nudged rental interest upward, and a property with road access, full utilities, and a large garden carries clear short-term letting appeal during the summer peak from late June through August.
Key features at a glance:
- 3 bedrooms total: 2 in the main chalet, 1 in the detached annex
- 1 bathroom with shower, underfloor heating, and washing machine plumbing
- Cast iron fireplace in the living room, suitable for year-round use
- Lacquered solid wood floors in the kitchen
- Fenced garden plot of approximately 1,203 square meters
- West-facing terrace for all-day and evening sun
- Detached annex of approx. 8 sqm with panel heater and composting toilet
- Outbuilding of approx. 24 sqm for storage or workspace
- Private gravel driveway with multi-vehicle parking
- Full public water and sewage connection, mains electricity
- 10-minute drive to Hopsjøbrygga and the annual Hopsjødagene festival
- Direct road access year-round — no ferry dependency
- 90 minutes from Trondheim and Trondheim Airport (Værnes)
- Original 1937 construction with exterior cladding replaced 1996
If you've been looking for a holiday home in Norway that doesn't ask you to choose between character and practicality, Øyaveien 16 makes a strong case. The island lifestyle is real, the access is easy, and the plot gives you room to actually live outdoors during the months that matter. Get in touch through Homestra to arrange a viewing — summer calendars fill up faster than people expect, and this one is worth seeing in person.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 3
- Size
- 56m²
- Price per m²
- €1,248
- Garden size
- 1203m²
- 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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