3-Bed Coastal Chalet in Hommersåk | 150m to Sea, 4-Min Ferry to Stavanger



Uskakalven 35, 4310 Hommersåk, Hommersåk (Norway)
3 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 60m² Floor area
€292,000
Chalet
No parking
3 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
60m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Step outside on a Tuesday morning in July, coffee in hand, and watch the ferry cut its quiet wake across the Gandsfjord from your sun-warmed terrace. That's Hommersåk. Stavanger is twenty minutes behind you, the sea is a two-minute walk in front of you, and for this moment, the only sounds are the wind in the birch trees and the occasional creak of a rowboat down at the water's edge. This is what 292,000 euros buys you on the Norwegian coast — not a postcard, but a real life.
Uskakalven 35 is a three-bedroom chalet built in 2009, sitting on a privately owned plot of just under 4,000 square meters in one of Rogaland's most quietly coveted coastal communities. Sixty square meters of smart interior space, nearly 66 square meters of terrace split between slate and natural wood decking, and 150 meters of flat walking distance to the shoreline. Numbers tell one part of the story. The rest you have to feel.
The interior layout is genuinely clever for a cabin of this size. Ground floor: an entrance hall that keeps mud and wet gear out of the main space, a combined living room and kitchen that opens onto the larger terrace, and a bathroom with laundry facilities — so yes, this works as a proper base for a week or a whole summer, not just a weekend. Two bedrooms sit on the main floor. Then there's the loft — the hems — which adds a second sitting area and a third bedroom tucked under the rafters. Guests get privacy. Kids get a domain of their own. The whole arrangement breathes more than the square footage suggests.
Heating comes from a wood-burning stove supplemented by electric panels. On a raw November evening when the fjord turns steel-grey and the first frost comes down from Dalsnuten, that stove earns its place fast. But don't let Norway's reputation for long winters fool you — Stavanger sits further south than Edinburgh and gets significantly milder temperatures. Spring arrives in March with surprising warmth. Summers run dry and bright through July and August, when daylight stretches past ten at night and the terraces here are in full use from morning to dusk. Autumn is genuinely extraordinary: clear skies, low golden light, and empty trails after the summer crowds have gone.
Those trails. Hommersåk sits on the edge of a landscape that draws serious hikers and weekend walkers alike. The trailhead for Dalsnuten is practically on your doorstep — a 378-meter summit that gives you a panorama stretching across the archipelago to Stavanger's skyline and out toward the open North Sea. It's a 90-minute round trip, accessible to fit kids, and wildly popular with locals every Sunday morning. Further afield, the Pulpit Rock trail at Preikestolen starts less than an hour's drive away — one of Norway's most iconic hikes, and your guests will never let you hear the end of it once they've stood on that ledge.
But the water is where Hommersåk really earns its reputation. The shoreline 150 meters from your front door gives you swimming access in summer — Norwegians genuinely swim here, often well into September. Fishing from the rocks is a ritual for families in the area; mackerel are common in late summer, and the occasional sea trout shows up to make things interesting. If you keep a kayak or a small motorboat, the fjord opens up into hundreds of accessible coves and small islands within a short paddle or putt. The ferry stop four minutes on foot from the cabin connects directly to Stavanger's Fiskepiren terminal — and from there, the old city quarter of Gamle Stavanger, with its 173 whitewashed wooden houses dating to the 1700s, is a short walk up the hill.
Stavanger itself is a proper city, not a tourist trap. It has Norway's best concentration of international restaurants — a direct result of the oil industry drawing workers and cultures from across the globe for decades. The NB Sørensen's Dampskipsexpedisjon on Nedre Strandgate does a smoked salmon open sandwich that will reset your expectations permanently. The Norwegian Petroleum Museum is genuinely fascinating and not at all what its name suggests. The Stavanger Concert Hall draws international acts. The food market at Torget on Saturday mornings runs year-round, with local producers selling reindeer sausage, cloudberry preserves, and hand-pressed apple juice from nearby farms.
Back in Hommersåk, daily life is easy. Grocery stores sit 3.4 kilometers away — a five-minute drive or a manageable cycle. The village has a quiet community feel: neighbours who actually know each other, a harbour area where people gather on summer evenings, and a pace that makes it immediately clear why families return here year after year. The plot here, nearly 4,000 square meters of privately owned land, gives children space to roam without supervision — something increasingly rare and increasingly valuable.
For international buyers, this is a straightforward entry point into the Norwegian coastal property market. Norway allows foreign ownership of residential property without restriction. The property is in good condition and genuinely move-in ready — rent it during the Stavanger summer season while you plan your own visits, or reverse that and use it yourself during the long bright summers with a property manager handling any lettings around your schedule. The area holds its value: Rogaland's coastal cabins near Stavanger face consistent demand from the city's professional population, and supply of quality plots this size is not growing.
A 5-square-meter storage shed handles kayaks, fishing gear, bikes, and the particular accumulation of stuff that comes with a life lived partly outdoors. The terrace combination — slate for the main dining area, timber for the sun deck — gives you two distinct outdoor moods depending on the hour and the light.
Key features:
- 3 bedrooms (2 on main floor, 1 in loft) plus loft sitting area
- 1 bathroom with laundry facilities
- 60 m² internal living space, 65 m² total usable area
- 66 m² of terraces in slate and wood decking
- Privately owned 3,896 m² plot
- Built 2009 to modern standards, good condition
- Wood-burning stove plus electric heating
- 150 meters to the fjord shoreline
- 4-minute walk to ferry terminal with direct Stavanger connections
- 3.4 km to grocery stores and local shops
- Trailhead access to Dalsnuten summit within the immediate area
- Preikestolen / Pulpit Rock less than 1 hour by car
- 5 m² external storage shed
- No restrictions on foreign ownership in Norway
- Strong rental demand from Stavanger's professional population
If this chalet sounds like the Norwegian coastal base you've been looking for, reach out through Homestra today to arrange a viewing. Properties on plots this size, this close to Stavanger, don't sit on the market long — and once you've stood on that terrace with the fjord in front of you, you'll understand exactly why.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 3
- Size
- 60m²
- Price per m²
- €4,867
- Garden size
- 3896m²
- 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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