4-Bed Holiday Home with Guest House, Sauna & Lake Access in Edsbro, Norrtälje



Stockkärrsvägen 108, 762 97 Edsbro, Norrtälje kommun, Sweden, Edsbro (Sweden)
4 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 71m² Floor area
€169,500
House
No parking
4 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
71m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Step off the gravel path on a July morning and the first thing you notice is silence — not the absence of sound, but the right kind of quiet. Birdsong from the treeline. The distant slap of water from the lake just down the road. A neighbor's dog, briefly. That's Edsbro. And once you've spent a single summer here, you understand why Stockholm families have been coming back to this pocket of Norrtälje municipality for generations.
Stockkärrsvägen 108 sits on a flat, sun-drenched plot of 1,764 square meters in a relaxed residential lane where most homes are owned by people who don't want to be anywhere else in July. The main house — 71 square meters built in 1978, well maintained and move-in ready — punches above its floor plan thanks to a vaulted ceiling in the living room that makes the space feel open and unenclosed. Large windows face the rear garden, so even from the sofa you're watching light move through the trees outside. There's a fireplace insert for the cooler shoulder months, and a covered outdoor patio off the living room where you'll end up eating most of your meals from Midsommar through late August.
Four bedrooms. One bathroom with shower, toilet, and a genuine Finnish-style sauna built into the house. That sauna is not a luxury add-on — in this part of Sweden it's how you finish a day. You swim in the lake, you walk back through the forest, you sit in the sauna, you eat dinner late on the patio. That's the rhythm of a summer here, and this house is built around it.
The kitchen and dining area open into the living room, which keeps the social current flowing when you have people over. Cooking doesn't separate you from the conversation. The layout is practical in the way that Scandinavian design tends to be — no wasted corners, no awkward hallways, just a functional flow that makes shared living genuinely easy.
Then there's the guest house. This is the feature that separates this property from most comparable holiday homes in the area. It's a real, standalone structure with a large living and sleeping area plus a basic kitchenette — comfortably independent for visiting relatives, adult children who want their own key, or friends joining for a long weekend. The layout also allows for conversion into two separate rooms if you want the flexibility. A detached storage shed handles bikes, kayaks, fishing gear, garden tools — all the accumulated inventory of a well-used Swedish summer house.
The garden itself is a flat, open expanse that's been kept in good shape. There's room for a hammock between the birches, a vegetable patch if you're ambitious, a fire pit circle for evenings that stretch past 10pm in summer. Kids have space to run without disappearing. Privacy is genuine — the plot is screened and undisturbed.
Edsbro and the surrounding Norrtälje area are not a secret, but they're also not overcrowded. This is where you come when you want Roslagen's coastline and lake country without the weekend traffic jams of Värmdö or Ekerö. The nearest swimming lake is walkable from the front door — and it's a proper lake, clean and calm, with soft-bottomed shallows that work for small children and good depth farther out for swimmers. Fishing in the area means pike, perch, and zander in the lake networks and Baltic inlets nearby.
Norrtälje town is roughly a 20-minute drive south along Road 76. It's a proper small town with a covered market hall, a decent selection of restaurants, a hardware store, a supermarket, a pharmacy, and a harbor where the archipelago boat traffic comes in during summer. The Norrtälje Konsthall shows rotating contemporary exhibitions, and the Pythagoras Musik festival brings live classical and folk music to the area each summer. If you want a longer day out, Stockholm is around 80 kilometers south — well under two hours by car, and the regional bus service from Norrtälje connects to Tekniska högskolan metro station for those who don't want to drive.
The climate here is genuinely good in the warmer months — Roslagen sits in a band that catches more sun and less rain than the Swedish average, sheltered by the archipelago islands. June through August are long, bright, and warm, with average highs in the low-to-mid 20s Celsius. September is golden and quiet, the best kept secret of the region.
For international buyers, Sweden's property market is accessible and transparent. There are no restrictions on foreign ownership of residential property, and the legal process is handled through a licensed real estate agent with standardized contracts. Property tax on holiday homes is modest by European standards, and the Norrtälje area has seen steady, if unflashy, appreciation over the past decade as demand from Stockholm-based buyers for lake and coastal properties continues to outstrip supply. Short-term rental platforms are legal and commonly used for Swedish summer houses, making this a practical income asset for the weeks you're not in residence. A well-run property manager in Norrtälje can handle keyholding, turnover cleaning, and maintenance — so you don't need to live in Sweden to own here successfully.
At 169,500 EUR for a four-bedroom house with a separate guest structure, sauna, and nearly 1,800 square meters of garden in this location, the value is straightforward. Properties in this condition, in this neighborhood, don't sit on the market for long.
Key features at a glance:
- 4 bedrooms in main house, good condition throughout
- 1 bathroom with shower, WC, and integrated sauna
- Vaulted ceiling in living room with fireplace insert
- Covered outdoor patio directly off living room
- Separate guest house with living/sleeping area and kitchenette
- Flexible guest house layout, convertible to two rooms
- Detached storage shed plus additional storage connected to guest house
- Flat garden plot of 1,764 square meters, well maintained
- Walking distance to swimming lake
- 20 minutes by car to Norrtälje town
- Approx. 80km south to Stockholm
- No foreign ownership restrictions in Sweden
- Strong summer rental demand in Norrtälje municipality
- Move-in ready — no renovation required
- Built 1978, maintained to a good standard
If you want to see this property in person, or have questions about buying a holiday home in Sweden as an international buyer, get in touch through Homestra today. Viewings are available and the owner is motivated. A summer in Edsbro is easier to arrange than you might think.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 4
- Size
- 71m²
- Price per m²
- €2,387
- Garden size
- 1764m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 1
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
Images






Sign up to access location details



































