3-Bed Lakeside Chalet in Vanvikan with Boathouse Rights & Large Garage – Holiday Home Norway



Bjørsetveien 85, 7125 Vanvikan, Norway, Vanvikan (Norway)
3 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 68m² Floor area
€167,000
Chalet
No parking
3 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
68m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Stand on the south-facing deck at Bjørsetveien 85 on a late June evening and the sky above Storvatnet stays bright until nearly midnight. The water is flat, the air smells of pine resin and cold grass, and the only sound is a distant loon calling across the lake. This is what you came to Norway for — and it's yours from a 15-minute drive off the Trondheim ferry.
Vanvikan sits on the western shore of the Trondheimsfjord in Indre Fosen municipality, Trøndelag — one of central Norway's quieter recreational corners, popular with Norwegians who know where to go but still largely off the radar for international buyers. That gap is exactly the opportunity here. The Norwegian cabin, or hytte, market has long been one of Scandinavia's most stable and emotionally driven property segments. People don't buy cabins because the spreadsheet adds up. They buy them because the alternative — spending every summer holiday somewhere generic — is simply not acceptable.
This chalet has been in continuous use and improvement since it was first built in 1948. That sounds like an old building, and in one sense it is. But decades of thoughtful upgrades have turned the original structure into something genuinely practical and comfortable. The living room was extended in 2013, adding real volume to the social heart of the house. A heat pump was installed in 2024 — brand new, still under manufacturer warranty — and a fireplace was added in 2019. New windows are in. The facade has been freshly painted. Water comes from a drilled well on the property. This is not a project chalet requiring weekends of repair work. You arrive on Friday, light the fire, and you're done.
The living room itself runs to 31.5 square metres, which feels generous for a 68-square-metre cabin. Proportions matter in small spaces, and whoever extended this room understood that. Afternoon light pours in through the large windows and, when the birch trees drop their leaves in October, you get an unobstructed sightline straight to Storvatnet. The kitchen — 9.5 square metres, partially open to the living area — is functional without being cramped, bright without requiring overhead lighting on most days. Three bedrooms handle family configurations sensibly: one larger room for the adults, two smaller ones for children or guests. The bathroom is near the entrance, which makes après-hike logistics considerably less painful.
Outside is where Bjørsetveien 85 earns its real distinction. The plot measures 1,088 square metres — enough for a lawn, a vegetable patch, and still have room left over for a fire pit without everything feeling squeezed. But the headline is the boathouse right at Storvatnet. This isn't a vague "proximity to water" promise. You have a documented legal right to use a boathouse and access the lake directly. Storvatnet holds perch and trout. Take the rowing boat out before breakfast in August and you'll almost certainly come back with something worth cleaning. In the afternoon, the same water is warm enough for a swim — Norwegian summer lake temperatures regularly reach 18-20°C in calm, shallow sections, which surprises most first-time visitors.
Winter doesn't shut this place down. The local ski lift is seven minutes by car. The surrounding forest trail network is marked for both cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, and the snowfall in Indre Fosen is reliably good from December through March. There's a particular pleasure in coming back to a warm cabin after two hours on skis — the heat pump has been keeping it at 19°C while you were out, and the cast-iron fireplace is ready to be lit for the evening.
The large garage — 43 square metres — solves a problem that most Norwegian cabin buyers only think about after purchase: where do you store skis, kayaks, bikes, and a chest freezer without the chaos spreading into the living space? Here, it's already sorted. There's also a separate external storage room of five square metres for garden tools and seasonal equipment.
Getting here from Trondheim is straightforward. The Rørvik ferry terminal is 15 minutes away by car, giving you a direct fjord crossing into the city. Trondheim itself — Norway's third-largest city, home to Nidaros Cathedral, the Rockheim music museum, and some of the country's best restaurants including Fagn (one Michelin star) and Credo (two stars) — is genuinely accessible as a day trip. A bus stop is one minute from the cabin door for days when you'd rather not drive. Daily groceries are within 12 minutes; a larger shopping centre within 20.
For international buyers, Norway's property purchase process is open to foreign nationals with no restrictions on cabin ownership. The market here is transparent, with public registers for all transactions and no hidden title complexities. Rental income from Norwegian holiday cabins is taxed favourably for non-residents, and the demand for short-term rentals in Trøndelag's recreational areas has grown steadily as domestic travel habits have shifted post-pandemic. Platforms like Finn.no and Airbnb both carry strong listings for comparable properties in this corridor, with peak summer weeks commanding rates that would cover a significant portion of annual running costs.
The climate in Trøndelag is more temperate than many international buyers expect. Vanvikan benefits from the moderating effect of the Trondheimsfjord — winters are cold but rarely brutal, summers are long and genuinely warm, and the shoulder seasons in May and September offer some of the region's most atmospheric days, when the light has that low golden quality that photographers chase.
Key features of this holiday home in Vanvikan:
- 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom across 68 square metres of interior space
- Legal boathouse rights and direct lake access at Storvatnet
- South-facing plot of 1,088 square metres with all-day sun exposure
- Brand-new heat pump (2024) plus wood-burning fireplace (2019)
- Large 43-square-metre garage for vehicles and outdoor equipment
- Drilled well providing independent water supply
- Broadband internet connection throughout
- Ski lift 7 minutes by car; marked hiking and ski trails directly accessible
- Rørvik ferry terminal 15 minutes away for easy Trondheim access
- Bus stop 1 minute from the property
- Daily shopping within 12 minutes; shopping centre within 20 minutes
- Property built 1948, continuously upgraded and expanded
- Move-in ready condition — no renovation project required
This is a rare, fairly priced entry point into Norway's hytte lifestyle — with real water rights, a functioning garage, and a location that gives you both deep-forest quiet and genuine fjord-city accessibility. Properties with boathouse rights at Storvatnet don't appear often, and when they do, they don't sit on the market for long.
To arrange a viewing at Bjørsetveien 85 or to request the full property documentation package, get in touch with the Homestra team today. We work with international buyers at every stage of the Norwegian purchase process, from initial enquiry to completed transaction.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 3
- Size
- 68m²
- Price per m²
- €2,456
- Garden size
- 1088m²
- 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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