3-Bed Norwegian Log Chalet by Pevatnet Lake – Holiday Home in Harstad
Pevatnet 9, 9407 Harstad, Norway, Harstad (Norway)
3 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 44m² Floor area
€37,257
Chalet
No parking
3 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
44m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Picture this: it's a Saturday morning in late June, the sun hasn't really set since Thursday, and the light coming off Pevatnet Lake turns the pine walls of your living room a deep amber. You can hear absolutely nothing except water. That's what owning this cabin actually feels like.
Sitting on a private knoll about 200 meters back from the lake's edge, this traditional Norwegian log chalet near Harstad has been a mountain retreat since 1971 — and it wears its age well. The roof was replaced in 2023. The bones are solid. It's not a project; it's a place you can start using the weekend you collect the keys.
The chalet sits at roughly 310 meters above sea level on a plot of 2,700 square meters, giving you a generous sweep of private land — enough for a firepit, a vegetable patch, space for kids to disappear into the trees for hours. Northern Norway doesn't do manicured gardens; the land around Pevatnet has its own rhythm, and this plot is part of it. Birch and pine right up to the edge of your lot. Berry bushes everywhere in August. The kind of quiet that city people drive hours to find.
Inside, the 44-square-meter footprint is compact but honest. Three bedrooms sleep five comfortably — two original rooms from the 1971 build and a third added in 1991. The pine floorboards creak in exactly the right way. Timber-paneled walls, a wood-burning fireplace in the living room, a kitchen laid out for real cooking after a day on the trails rather than for showing off. Everything comes furnished, as seen in the photos, which means no sourcing Scandinavian cabin furniture from scratch — it's already here, already right.
The fireplace isn't decorative. In October, when the birches go yellow and the first snow dusts the ridge above Harstadbotn, you'll be pulling the chairs close to it after a day on the trails. Cross-country ski tracks run within 100 meters of the cabin in winter — groomed and ready. The nearest ski lift, up at Kilbotn, is under 5 kilometers away. In terms of positioning for both summer and winter use, this property is unusually well placed.
Harstad itself is a working town of around 25,000 people on the island of Hinnøya — the largest island in Norway by land area — and it has more going on than most visitors expect. The Festspillene i Nord-Norge, one of Northern Norway's major arts festivals, runs every June and draws serious names in theatre, music, and visual art from across Scandinavia. The town's harbor is active and walkable, with the fish market at Torget worth an early visit on any summer morning for fresh caught cod, saithe, and king crab straight off the boats. The drive from this chalet into the town center takes about 15 minutes, but the nearest shopping center is only 3.1 kilometers down Landsåsveien — genuinely close for a mountain cabin at this elevation.
Summer up here runs long and bright. The midnight sun period around Harstad stretches from mid-May into late July, which does something particular to your sense of time — you find yourself hiking at 11pm because it looks like mid-afternoon. The trails directly accessible from Pevatnet connect into the broader Hinnøya network, including routes up toward Geitfjellet and down along the shore of Vågavatnet. Fishing on the lake itself is straightforward — trout are present, and a rod costs very little to register locally. Come August, the hillsides above the cabin are thick with blueberries, cloudberries, and crowberries. You'll need a bucket.
Autumn is arguably the best season here. The crowds are gone by September. The colors across the Harstad valleys — the birch going orange against the dark spruce — are worth the trip alone. Hunting season opens in September for small game, and the forests around Pevatnet are active with willow ptarmigan. Winter brings the northern lights, which are reliably visible from this elevation on clear nights between October and March. The cabin's knoll position, away from any road lighting, makes it one of the better spots in the area to watch them.
For international buyers, the practical picture is straightforward. The property is held as freehold — selveier in Norwegian — meaning you own the land and building outright with no cooperative fees or shared ownership structures to navigate. Annual property tax runs NOK 3,364, which at current exchange rates sits well under €300 per year. Norway does not restrict EU or EEA citizens from purchasing property, and buyers from further afield will find the legal process clear and well-documented through a Norwegian solicitor. The cabin is sold by a private individual at NOK 420,000 — roughly €37,000 at current rates — with total acquisition costs of approximately NOK 431,835.
For a second home with this combination of lake proximity, mountain access, freehold title, and a new roof, that price is genuinely hard to find anywhere in Scandinavia. Rental potential is real — Norwegian cabin rentals on platforms like Hytte.no and Airbnb in the Harstad region consistently perform through ski season and the summer midnight-sun period, with weekly rates for comparable properties running NOK 4,000–7,000 in peak weeks.
Key features at a glance:
- Traditional Norwegian log construction, built 1971, extended 1991
- New roof installed 2023
- 3 bedrooms sleeping up to 5 guests
- 1 bathroom
- 44 sqm interior living area, 55 sqm total usable area
- Private plot of 2,700 square meters
- Elevated knoll position, approximately 310 meters above sea level
- Approximately 200 meters from Pevatnet Lake
- Groomed cross-country ski trail within 100 meters in winter
- Ski lift at Kilbotn, 4.9 kilometers away
- Wood-burning fireplace in living room
- Sold fully furnished as shown
- Freehold ownership (selveier) — land and building included
- Annual property tax NOK 3,364
- Nearest shopping center 3.1 kilometers away
Getaways like this don't sit on the market long in Northern Norway, and the combination of a new roof, freehold title, and a price under €40,000 makes this one of the more accessible entry points into the Scandinavian second-home market. If you'd like to arrange a viewing or have questions about buying property in Norway as an international buyer, get in touch through Homestra today — we'll walk you through every step of the process.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 3
- Size
- 44m²
- Price per m²
- €847
- Garden size
- 2700m²
- 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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