4-Bed Historic Estate with Guest Houses & Sea Access – Yxlan Archipelago Holiday Home



Lilla Furusundsvägen 4, Yxlan - Skarmsund, Norrtälje kommun, Sweden, Yxlan (Sweden)
4 Bedrooms · 2 Bathrooms · 96m² Floor area
€439,500
House
No parking
4 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
96m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Late July. The southwest deck is warm from six hours of sun, someone's grilling mackerel inside, and through the pine trees you can just make out the glint of Blidösund. That's what mornings—and honestly most afternoons—feel like at Lilla Furusundsvägen 4. This is a place that earns its hold on you slowly, then completely.
Yxlan is one of those Stockholm archipelago islands that hasn't been packaged and sold to death. Reachable via the bridge at Skarmsund, it still moves at a pace that most of coastal Sweden has quietly forgotten. Kids ride bikes down gravel tracks. Neighbors know each other's boats by name. The archipelago smell—salt, pine resin, sun-warmed wood—hits you the moment you step out of the car, and it doesn't leave.
The property itself sits on a generous plot on Lilla Furusundsvägen, roughly 300 meters from open water, and it's genuinely unlike anything else in this price range on the island. The main house dates to the early 1900s and carries that era's architecture with authority: glass verandas on both the entrance level and the upper floor, pine floors that glow amber in afternoon light, wooden-paneled walls painted in the kind of pale, cool tones that make Swedish interiors feel both historic and completely liveable. Two full floors, four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and 96 square meters that feel larger than the number suggests—partly because the flow between rooms is good, and partly because the southwest-facing deck extends living space from May through September in a way that no interior room can replicate. That deck catches sun from mid-morning until the long Nordic evening fades. You won't want to leave it.
But what makes this estate something well beyond a typical holiday house in Sweden is what sits beside the main building. The insulated guest house—around 50 square meters—has its own living room, two bedrooms, kitchen, shower room, and its own southwest deck. Real independence. Grandparents, close friends, adult children with their own families: they all get to be here without anyone stepping on each other. The guest house is properly finished, properly insulated. It works in October as easily as August.
Then there's the cottage. Mid-19th century in origin, renovated in the last five years, and extraordinary in a quiet way. The glass veranda alone is worth the visit. A bedroom, preparations already in place for a kitchen, and a building that could be almost anything you need it to be: a writing studio, a place for a teenager who wants a door that closes, a creative workspace, or simply guest overflow with real historic atmosphere. Cottages like this don't get built anymore. They get bought by people who understand what they're holding.
Rounding out the compound: a newly renovated shower and toilet house, a small storage building, and a playhouse that children will claim entirely within forty-eight hours of arriving. The plot itself is large enough that none of these structures feel crowded. Grassy open areas roll toward a natural woodland edge. Old fruit trees. Perennials that come back every year without anyone asking them to. A garden with genuine depth and variety, not a manicured showpiece.
A ten-minute walk down the road brings you to a shared bathing area—included with the property—and the possibility of a boat berth in Blidösund. That connection to the water is everything on an archipelago island. Rent a small skiff, or moor your own. Paddle out at six in the morning before anyone else is awake. The Stockholm archipelago has around 30,000 islands; from the water off Yxlan, you can spend an entire summer exploring and still not run out of new coves.
Daily life here is genuinely easy. Köpmanholm, a few minutes away, has a grocery store and a bar-grill with full service—the kind of place where you recognize faces by the second week. Blidö, a short boat or drive away, has a well-stocked grocery, a restaurant, and a hostel. Furusund has an inn and a fuel station for cars and boats. Bus 632 runs multiple times daily into Norrtälje, which has everything a town of 14,000 can offer: a proper hospital, good restaurants, the Rosengrenska cultural center, the Saturday market on Rådhustorget. And Norrtälje to Stockholm is roughly 80 kilometers—under an hour and a half by car on the E18, or by bus if you'd rather not drive.
Seasonally, this island shifts registers in a way that keeps ownership interesting year after year. Summer is obvious—sailing regattas passing through Furusund channel, swimming from the rocks, long evenings that don't get dark until eleven. Autumn brings the berry-picking that Swedes take seriously: blueberries and lingonberries in the woods behind the plot. Winter, with the property's insulation and the guest house functional through cold months, means cross-country skiing on trails that run across the frozen inlet when conditions allow, and a kind of deep quiet that city people pay a lot to experience. Spring on the Stockholm archipelago is arguably the most beautiful season of all—the ice breaks, the eiders are back, the birch trees green up seemingly overnight.
For international buyers, Sweden's property market is open, legally straightforward, and well-regulated. Foreign nationals face no ownership restrictions. The purchase process is handled through a licensed estate agent and a signed contract followed by registration with Lantmäteriet. Property taxes in Sweden are capped and relatively modest compared to other Western European countries. If rental income is part of your thinking, archipelago properties on Yxlan have genuine seasonal demand—Swedish families looking for weekly rentals on the archipelago will pay well for a property of this scope and quality, particularly given the multiple accommodation units.
At 439,500 EUR for a property of this scale—main house, insulated guest house, 19th-century renovated cottage, and additional outbuildings on a large plot with sea proximity and a private bathing area—this represents real value in a market where smaller, single-building archipelago cottages regularly trade at comparable prices. The condition is good throughout. There's no renovation project waiting to consume your first summer.
Key features at a glance:
- 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom main house across two floors, circa early 1900s
- 96 sqm main residence with glass verandas on both levels
- Large southwest-facing deck ideal for all-day sun exposure
- Fully insulated ~50 sqm guest house with kitchen, 2 bedrooms, and private deck
- Renovated 19th-century cottage with glass veranda and bedroom
- Newly renovated separate shower and toilet facility
- Storage building and children's playhouse
- Generous plot with open lawn, fruit trees, and natural woodland edge
- Private bathing area included, approximately 10 minutes on foot
- Boat berth opportunity in Blidösund
- Approximately 300 meters from the water
- Bus 632 to Norrtälje runs multiple times daily year-round
- Around 80 km from Stockholm via E18
- Grocery, bar-grill, and services within minutes in Köpmanholm
- Open to international buyers with no ownership restrictions
This is the kind of property that sells once and stays in a family for decades. If you've been looking for a genuine Swedish archipelago holiday home with the space to actually share it, reach out through Homestra to arrange a viewing. The deck will be warm when you arrive.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 4
- Size
- 96m²
- Price per m²
- €4,578
- Garden size
- 6382m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 2
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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