Coastal Cabin with Extra Plot Near Kvernavika Bay – Holiday Home in Frøya, Norway



Straumskagveien 20, 7266 Kverva, Kverva (Norway)
0 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 51m² Floor area
€48,200
Chalet
No parking
0 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
51m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Stand on the small patio at Straumskagveien 20 on a clear June morning and you'll understand immediately. The salt air comes in off the Frøya coastline, a couple of oystercatchers are making their usual racket down at Kvernavika bay, and the water — that particular shade of grey-green that only Norwegian coastal water seems to get — glitters maybe three minutes' walk from where you're standing with your coffee. This is not a cabin that tries to impress you with renovations or design features. It impresses you by being exactly where it is, doing exactly what a cabin in this part of Trøndelag has always done: giving you a place to slow down, properly, in one of the quietest and most intact stretches of the Norwegian coast.
The structure itself carries real history. Parts of this building date to 1859 and 1902 — before Norway even had a fully independent government — and those oldest sections still show it. The living room floor is original wide-plank wood from the 1859 build, worn smooth and warm underfoot in the way that no engineered floor will ever replicate. Wooden wall paneling of the same era lines the walls, and a Jøtul 602 cast-iron wood burner sits in the corner doing what Jøtul stoves have done in Norwegian cabins for generations: throwing out a thick, even heat that takes the chill off an April evening in about twenty minutes flat. Large windows pull in the coastal light, which here — on the western edge of Frøya municipality — has a quality that photographers specifically travel to capture.
The footprint is 51 square meters, so this is not a property for people who need space. It's a property for people who have figured out they don't. The kitchen runs to 14 square meters, which is generous for a cabin of this size, with storage in both upper and lower cabinets and enough worktop to cook a proper meal from whatever you've pulled out of the sea that afternoon. The loft above the main living area functions as two sleeping rooms with views down toward Kvernavika — the official listing states zero bedrooms, which is a Norwegian regulatory technicality about ceiling heights, but in practice five people sleep here comfortably. The entrance hall gives you somewhere to dump wet gear when you come in from the water. The 1980-era shower room has a concrete floor and a drain, built for exactly the kind of use this location demands: people coming in salty, muddy, or cold and needing to get clean before dinner.
Outdoors, the 444-square-meter lot includes a patio at the entrance and a 9-square-meter balcony terrace — both south-facing enough to catch the long summer evenings that this latitude produces. In late June and July, the sky barely gets dark before midnight, and sitting outside with a glass of something cold at 10pm while the water reflects a sky that refuses to go black is one of those experiences that people who've done it once tend to plan their summers around.
Then there's the extra plot. Land registry number 16/39 sits just below the main cabin, and it's included in the sale. This is genuinely unusual — most Kverva properties this size don't come with adjacent land. It adds flexibility: keep it as garden, use it for outdoor storage, or hold it for future development. Critically, the property also carries a registered right to construct a road connection and to install a proper sewerage system. Right now, water supply is via a private summer-water branch from the municipal network, which is standard for seasonal use in this area but limits year-round occupation. The sewerage and road rights change the development picture considerably for anyone thinking longer term.
Kverva and the surrounding Frøya municipality are worth understanding as a location, because they're not particularly well known outside Norway and that's precisely what makes them interesting. Frøya is an island municipality — connected to the mainland by a subsea tunnel that makes access easy year-round — known historically for fishing and now increasingly for aquaculture. The coastline is deeply indented with bays and skerries, creating hundreds of sheltered spots for kayaking, small-boat sailing, and sea fishing. Kvernavika, the bay that sits within walking distance of this cabin, has calm, swimmable water in summer and reliable fishing year-round. Cod, pollock, mackerel, and the occasional sea trout come out of these waters, and you can launch a kayak from the bay's shore without any kind of permit or fee.
Inland from the coast, Frøya's terrain is low-lying but varied — heath, small lakes, rocky outcrops — and the hiking is the kind that doesn't require technical skill or specialist gear, just rubber boots and time. The Frøya nature reserve areas see almost no tourist traffic compared to the fjord regions further south, which is either a drawback or a significant advantage depending on what you're after.
The nearest daily grocery is about 17 minutes on foot, a shopping center 20 minutes. Public transport connections are a 15-minute walk. Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget serves the broader region, and the drive south toward Trondheim — one of Norway's most underrated cities, with a medieval cathedral, a thriving restaurant scene anchored by Michelin-level kitchens, and a music culture that punches well above its size — takes roughly two hours. For a second home or vacation property, this is a genuinely functional location: isolated enough to feel like an escape, connected enough not to feel stranded.
The Norwegian vacation property market in coastal Trøndelag has seen consistent interest from both domestic buyers and Scandinavians from further south, partly because pricing here remains far more accessible than the Oslofjord or Bergen coastline. For international buyers, Norwegian property ownership is open to most nationalities, and the freehold structure of this sale means straightforward ownership. The energy label G reflects the building's age and traditional construction — anyone buying this is buying a historic cabin, not a modern insulated building, and the price reflects that reality honestly.
What makes Straumskagveien 20 worth serious attention is the combination that it offers in a single transaction: a historically genuine coastal cabin in good condition, usable now, with an attached extra plot, registered rights for road and sewerage infrastructure, direct walking access to a swimmable bay, and a setting that the Norwegian west coast does better than almost anywhere in Europe.
Key features at a glance:
- Coastal cabin in Kverva, Frøya municipality, Trøndelag, Norway
- 51 sqm internal space with loft sleeping area for up to 5 people
- Original 1859 wooden floors and paneling; Jøtul 602 cast-iron wood-burning stove
- Extra plot (land registry 16/39) included in the sale
- Registered right to construct road access and install sewerage system
- 9 sqm balcony/terrace plus entrance patio
- Short walk to Kvernavika bay — swimming, kayaking, sea fishing access
- Summer water supply via private municipal branch connection
- External storage room (8 sqm) for outdoor equipment
- Shower room with floor drain, established 1980
- 15-minute walk to public transport; groceries within 17 minutes on foot
- Freehold ownership; open to international buyers
- 444 sqm total lot size
- Energy label G — priced accordingly for a historic seasonal property
- Total asking price €48,200 — among the most accessible coastal cabin opportunities in Norway
If you've been looking for a genuine Norwegian coastal retreat — not a remodeled weekend house dressed up with Scandinavian interiors, but an actual historic cabin with water at the doorstep and room to make it your own — this one deserves a visit before anyone else gets there. Contact Homestra today to arrange a viewing or request the full property documentation. Cabins like this, with registered development rights and an extra plot on the Frøya coast, don't come back onto the market often.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 0
- Size
- 51m²
- Price per m²
- €945
- Garden size
- 444m²
- 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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