Quick Search



New Feature!

Bias Search




[help]

Property Services

Sponsored Links

House in Lapland Sweden

Asking Price: £27,500

Location

  • Harads 34
  • Harads
  • Boden
  • Sweden

Please log in or register (for free) to use our new advanced direction information and maps.

Feature List

A quick look at the properties main features:

  • 1
  • 1
  • Detached House
  • Rural
  • Other
  • no
  • Large
 

Options

Quick Mortgage Quote

£160.43 per month

This shows approximately how much you would be looking at per month in mortgage repayments, over a term of 25 years with an 5% deposit (in the case of this property £1,375).
Customise Quote

Typical Mortgage Rates

  • 5.27%
  • 5.50%
  • 6.20%
  • 6.80%
  • 6.90%
 
House in Lapland Sweden

Property Details

River Location House For Sale in Harads

Located a few kilometres outside the Arctic Circle in Boden Kommun.


River Location Swedish Lapland House For Sale.
Our cosy holiday house in Lapland, Sweden is for sale. The house was built in 1946 and has one main floor with a full size cellar. The main living area is on the top floor with one bedroom, a spacious living room, shower room and toilet, large kitchen with dinning area and several cupboards.

There is also a large veranda of over 25sqm which has a wall at one end complete with window.
The heated cellar has the same floor area as the house. The cellar contains a wood and electric burner and water heater, a utility room with washing machine, a drying room, a small workshop, a wood storage room and a spare room which would easily accommdate bunk beds or a medium sized double bed.

The house is sold fully furnished and includes a double bed, cooker, fridge freezer, washing machine, kitchen table and chairs, two bed sofas, curtains, garden furniture and even some tools. Included in the sale is an outhouse for wood and garden tools and a one hundred year old log cabin which when renovated, would make an ideal summer sleeping house for guests or older children, or alternatively, a games room.

The nearby Luleå River is accessible in a five minute walk from the house. The Luleå River provides some spectacular views and the house comes complete with the right to launch a small boat from the riverside. The location is truly beautiful and perfect for those who want tranquility but with the comfort of modern living with a few houses in the immediate vicinity.

The house is for sale at SEK315,000.

Circa £27,500 (exchange rates can vary).

Please e-mail us to ask for high resolution pictures of the inside and outside of the property and for us to answer any questions you may have.

We strongly recommend you read all the information set out below as it includes:
• The village.
• The house structure/building materials.
• House floor plan/room sizes.
• The garden.
• Running costs.
• Furniture and fittings included in purchase price.

In addition if you want further detailed information on the following please send us your contact details:

• Caretaking of the house when you are in the UK.
• The house buying process in Sweden.
• Cost of house buying process.
• Setting up the payment of bills.
• Opening a Swedish bank account including internet access.

The Village
• The village is small and located just 80 km outside the Arctic Circle, (120 km from Jokkmokk) and 80km from Luleå Airport. It is surrounded by forests, lakes and beautiful scenery and there are only 12 or so houses in the immediate vicinity.
• The village is served by water and waste systems from the local council, and electricity.
• Nearest supermarket and petrol station is 4 km from the village.
• Snow Mobiling and good walking from the doorstep.
• Cross country skiing around the village.
• Slalom and skiing slope in Vuollerim (43km) and Kåbdalis (75km).
• Year round fishing.
• Swimming and boating in the lakes in summer.

The house structure/building materials
• The house was built in 1946 and is built as many houses in northern Sweden before 1970 i.e. timber framed with wood cladding and built on a foundation of cement.
• The roof is a strong wood structure clad in strong metal sheets which are popular with old and modern houses in Sweden.
• The house is sold freehold and the land comes with the house.
• It is possible to live there all year round.
• A survey was carried out on the house in 2007 by a British Chartered Building surveyor and Inspector. The house was also inspected by a local builder of 25 years experience.
• The main heating system is a wood burning stove and electric heater which heats all the water radiators and main hot water. This is complemented by an integrated electric system which is very convenient for when the property is unoccupied in the winter time.
• Water and waste sewerage is provided by the local councils system.
• All windows

have double glazed units.

The house floor plan/room sizes
• The house is a bungalow on one level, but with a full cellar.
• Plot = 1380sqm.
• Living Area.
• Bedroom.
• Large ‘L’ shaped hall.
• Large living room.
• Utility room with sink and clothes drying cupboard.
• Large linen/storage.
• Fully fitted kitchen/diner with new fridge/freezer, electric cooker with extractor hood.
• Bathroom with shower, sink unit and toilet.
• Hobby room in cellar.
• Wood and electric boiler room.
• Large veranda.
The Garden
• The garden is large.
• There is an out house which provides a storage area for wood and some garden tools.
• Large patio/veranda area at the front of the house.
• Gravel driveway.
• Substantial wooden log cabin style house. In need of decoration inside and will make a wonderful summer sleeping room for guests or older children.

Running costs
The annual costs for the house which includes. property/council tax, heating, water, snow clearance of your drive, house insurance is approximately £2100 per year (though this is for living there 12 months of the year so costs will be less as a holiday home due to less heating and electric costs).

Furniture and fittings
• Two bed sofas.
• One (new) double bed.
• Fridge/Freezer.
• Kitchen table and chairs.
• Crockery/cutlery/coffee maker/saucepans.
• Cooker and cooker hood.
• Garden furniture.
• Some household tools.
• Washing machine.

We can help you with sourcing additional furniture etc within Sweden – much of which can be delivered direct to the property.

The area
• So what does this area of Swedish Lapland have to offer you?
• One mighty and overwhelming natural experience!
• All the nature you can imagine...dense forests...mountain birch... wide stretched mires... bare white mountains with deep valleys... pure clean lakes with salmon, trout and char and beautiful, amazing scenery.
• Wild roaming game animals including Elk (Moose), Reindeer, Wolverines, Lynx, Wolves and hundreds of varieties of birds including Eagles and migrating Mute Swans most weeks of the year.
• In summer, 24 hour daylight for over 10 weeks, and in winter the Northern Lights, a magical experience for all who witness it.
• The air is pure and you can drink directly from the many rivers, lakes and streams without fear of pollution.
• The Fishing is considered to be some of the best available to Fishermen today. There are many varieties of fish available in thousands of well stocked lakes and some of the largest Pike have been caught here where it is called the ‘Swedish Shark’!
• Eight national parks and 170 nature reserves, each with their own special character. The area of Laponia, is only 3 hours. This has been designated by UNESCO as one of only four true ‘World Heritage Sites’.
• The tradition of protecting and preserving nature has meant that many unusual plants grow in the unique habitat here and rare species of animals find sheltered places to raise their offspring.
• Snow scooters can be hired in the winter and low priced fishing is available in the summer and winter, as are all types of sports including walking, hiking, golf, snowboarding and skiing, hunting, dog sledding and many more.
• The world famous ‘Ice Hotel’ is only 2 and a half hours away.
• The famous ‘Jokkmokks Winter Market’ (over 400 year old Sámi craft market) takes place every February (which provides huge rental potential for the week).
How to get here
• The flight from Stockholm and Gothenburg to Swedish Lapland (Luleå Kallax airport) takes just over an hour.
• Cars can be hired easily from Luleå airport (Avis, Hertz and Europecar) and Jokkmokk.
• Murjek, which is a village 13kms from the village, has direct train routes to Stockholm, Luleå (for the airport) and Kiruna for the world famous Ice Hotel.
Transport in the winter
• Transport is not difficult in winter as all roads are kept open and cleared daily of snow. Hire cars are supplied with the appropriate tyres and warming equipment. The engine warmer power lead is simply plugged into an outside socket an hour or two before a journey.
General
• Advice available on caretaking facilities for the house, setting up and payment of utility bills, house purchase processes, buying furniture, setting up a Swedish bank account etc.
• The house is freehold and there are no restrictions on foreign ownership of houses.
• The vendors are English and live locally.