# Homestra Property Details Scraper (`alexist/homestra-property-details-scraper`) Actor Scrape comprehensive property listings from Homestra.com including addresses, prices, amenities, photos, and 33+ fields per property. Perfect for market researchers, travel agencies, and real estate analysts seeking structured holiday rental data. - **URL**: https://apify.com/alexist/homestra-property-details-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Alex](https://apify.com/alexist) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, E-commerce, Real estate - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## What's an Apify Actor? 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For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Homestra Property Details Scraper: Extract Vacation Rental Data at Scale *** ### What Is Homestra.com? Homestra.com is a curated platform specializing in unique holiday rentals and vacation properties, featuring chalets, mountain homes, and seasonal accommodations across Europe and beyond. The platform provides detailed property information, high-quality photography, pricing, and availability data. For property managers, market researchers, and real estate professionals, accessing this data manually is inefficient — the **Homestra Property Details Scraper** automates extraction of complete property records, enabling data-driven insights into the holiday rental market. *** ### Overview The **Homestra Property Details Scraper** extracts comprehensive property information from individual Homestra listings, transforming unstructured web content into structured, analysis-ready data. It is ideal for: - **Market researchers** analyzing vacation rental trends and pricing patterns - **Travel agencies** building competitive property databases - **Real estate professionals** monitoring holiday home markets - **Aggregator platforms** feeding data into multi-source booking or comparison sites - **Data analysts** studying seasonal accommodation supply and demand The scraper handles high-volume collection with configurable limits, automatic retry logic, and flexible failure handling, ensuring reliable data extraction across large property datasets. *** ### Input Format The scraper accepts a JSON configuration with two key parameters: ```json { "urls": [ "https://homestra.com/property/3-bed-norwegian-mountain-chalet-at-930m-open-views-summer-road-access-rogne-holiday-home/", "https://homestra.com/property/1-bed-off-grid-cabin-on-korsvikfjorden-or-private-jetty-and-shoreline-vacation-home/", "https://homestra.com/property/3-bed-norwegian-chalet-in-eltdalen-with-riverside-plot-trysil-holiday-home/" ], "max_items_per_url": 200, "ignore_url_failures": true } ``` | Parameter | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `urls` | Array | List of direct property detail page URLs from Homestra.com. Copy from the browser address bar or use bulk edit to paste multiple URLs. One property per URL. | | `max_items_per_url` | Integer | Maximum records to extract per URL (e.g., `200`). Set to the number of properties you need; the scraper will not exceed this limit. | | `ignore_url_failures` | Boolean | If `true`, the scraper continues running if some URLs fail (404, timeout, etc.). If `false`, the run stops on the first error. Recommended: `true` for bulk operations. | > **Best Practice:** Use direct property URLs (the full listing page) rather than search or category pages. Each URL should correspond to a single property. *** ### Output Format #### Sample Output Record ````json { "id": "37bf7de9-d10f-4cf3-975d-5b3f47dce39c", "slug": "3-bed-norwegian-mountain-chalet-at-930m-open-views-summer-road-access-rogne-holiday-home", "address": "Etnstølen 13, 2943 Rogne", "title": "3-Bed Norwegian Mountain Chalet at 930m – Open Views, Summer Road Access, Rogne Holiday Home", "saved": false, "description": "Step outside on a July morning and the air hits differently up here. At 930 meters above sea level, above the treeline and above the noise of ordinary life, Etnstølen 13 sits in a broad, sun-drenched mountain pasture where the wind comes off Mellene and the only sound at dusk is the distant clang of cowbells from a neighboring farm. This is the kind of place Norwegians have been quietly keeping to themselves for generations.\n\nRogne and the wider Valdres valley have long attracted those who know their Norwegian geography well. This isn't a manicured resort with lift queues and overpriced waffles. Etnstølen is rawer than that — a working mountain pasture landscape of traditional wooden seter buildings, open skies, and trails that stretch in every direction without a signpost telling you which way to go. The chalet at number 13 sits among a small cluster of similar cabins, close enough to feel a sense of neighborly community when you want it, and open enough on every side that solitude is never more than a ten-minute walk away.\n\nThe cabin itself was built in 1950, and you can feel that age in the best possible way. Five exposed timber beams run across the vaulted ceiling of the main living area, giving the 60-square-meter interior a height and openness that the numbers alone don't suggest. The large windows facing the mountains aren't just decorative — on a clear afternoon, when the light goes golden across Kroktjednet and the reflections shift on the water, you will absolutely stop whatever you're doing and just look. The older fireplace stove in the living room is the social center of the space on cooler evenings, the kind of thing that earns its place in a cabin like this rather than being a lifestyle accessory bolted on for effect.\n\nThree bedrooms sleep five to six people comfortably. The beds are custom-built to fit the space well, and one bedroom has its own wood-burning stove — practical for autumn trips when the temperatures at this altitude drop sharply before the lowlands feel it. The kitchen keeps it honest: solid wood fronts original to the construction, a small gas stove, a gas refrigerator in the entrance hall, and a sink that drains to the terrain. No dishwasher, no espresso machine. This is the life you come to get away from all of that. A 10-square-meter outbuilding handles the woodshed, tool storage, and an outdoor toilet — again, entirely in keeping with the authentic Norwegian hytte tradition that makes these properties so sought-after by those wanting a genuine mountain experience rather than a countryside apartment with a rural postcode.\n\nThe natural plot runs to around 1,000 square meters, fenced and gently sloping, with a lower terrace where you can sit with a coffee and watch clouds move across the mountain faces of Mellene without another building interrupting the view. There are multiple spots around the property that work as outdoor seating areas depending on the sun angle — a detail that matters more than it sounds when you're spending a full week here in August.\n\nSummer access is via a well-maintained road. Winter access requires a roughly 3-kilometer ski or snowshoe journey from the nearest plowed road, which for many buyers is a feature rather than a drawback. The closest groomed cross-country trails sit about 5 kilometers out, linking into the broader Valdres network, one of Norway's most rewarding regions for langrenn. The area sits within the Øystre Slidre State Commons, which means access to enormous tracts of public terrain for hiking, fishing, and small game hunting. Langsua National Park begins nearby — a protected landscape of mountain plateaus, elk, and reindeer that sees a fraction of the visitor traffic that the more famous Norwegian parks attract.\n\nFishing is serious here. The lakes and rivers in the commons hold good populations of trout, and the access rights that come with owning in this area are part of what makes the property genuinely usable across seasons. Cloudberry patches appear in late July and August on the wetter terrain — the golden berries are practically a local currency in Valdres, prized for everything from jam to the traditional multekrem that shows up on Christmas tables across Norway.\n\nFor practical orientation: the village of Rogne provides everyday basics, and the town of Fagernes is the regional hub of Valdres with supermarkets, a hospital, a cultural center, and the Valdres Folk Museum at Fagernes — one of the better open-air museums in the country, housing traditional buildings and crafts from across the valley. Fagernes Airport offers scheduled flights to Oslo, and the drive down the E16 corridor connects you to Oslo Gardermoen in around two and a half to three hours. It's a feasible long-weekend destination from most of Northern Europe, and a very easy commute from Oslo for those who visit frequently through the year.\n\nThe property is freehold with an annual ground lease — a standard arrangement for Norwegian mountain cabin land that international buyers should familiarize themselves with. The fee is modest and covers maintenance of common areas and infrastructure. For non-Norwegian buyers, purchasing a Norwegian vacation property is generally straightforward, with no nationality-based restrictions on ownership, though a Norwegian bank account and some local legal guidance will smooth the process. Rental income from Norwegian hytte properties in active regions like Valdres can be attractive, particularly for summer weeks and the skiing season, and several local property management services operate in the Valdres area for owners who aren't able to manage bookings personally.\n\nAt 87,600 EUR, this is a rare entry point into a genuine Norwegian mountain property with direct views, good condition, and a location within one of the country's most rewarding outdoor regions. Properties at this altitude with summer road access in the Valdres commons do not come to market often, and those that do rarely stay available for long.\n\nKey features at a glance:\n\n- 3-bedroom mountain chalet sleeping 5–6, 60 sqm usable area\n- Located at 930 meters above sea level in Etnstølen, Rogne\n- Wide open views across Mellene and Kroktjednet\n- Vaulted ceiling with five original exposed timber beams\n- Fireplace stove in living area plus wood-burning stove in one bedroom\n- Summer road access, approx. 3km from nearest winter road\n- Fenced natural plot of approx. 1,000 sqm with open terrace\n- Located within Øystre Slidre State Commons with extensive public land access\n- 10 sqm outbuilding with woodshed, tool storage, and outdoor WC\n- Gas kitchen with original solid wood fittings\n- Cross-country ski trails approx. 5km away\n- Close to Langsua National Park hiking and wildlife terrain\n- Good fishing and small game hunting access in the commons\n- Freehold property with annual ground lease fee\n- Approx. 2.5–3 hours' drive from Oslo Gardermoen\n\nIf this sounds like the kind of place you've been looking for — a proper Norwegian mountain retreat with open skies, clean air, and real wilderness on the doorstep — reach out through Homestra today to arrange a viewing or request the full technical documentation. 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There are also opportunities for several nice outdoor seating areas on the plot." }, { "__typename": "Photo", "id": "57db54b2-849c-4dd5-b60d-0f312d035de8", "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/homestra-images/property-image-57db54b2-849c-4dd5-b60d-0f312d035de8-1783844804.jpg", "featured": false, "title": "Inside the cabin, there is a bright and pleasant living room with many windows and a vaulted ceiling with five timber beams." }, { "__typename": "Photo", "id": "7f713915-266f-4790-ab33-b4c43c0cf69f", "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/homestra-images/property-image-7f713915-266f-4790-ab33-b4c43c0cf69f-1783844803.jpg", "featured": false, "title": "There is room for both a sofa and dining group so that both adults and children can relax after eventful days in the fresh air!" } ], "nearby_places": [], "price": 87600, "size": 60, "status": "for_sale", "listing_date": "2026-07-13T06:25:32.416Z", "type": "chalet", "lot_size": 1000, "energy_label": null, "city": "Rogne", "country_code": "no", "city_slug": "rogne", "condition": "good", "parking": false, "region": "Innlandet", "basement": false, "agency": { "__typename": "Agency", "id": "f512e7a4-601f-4313-84eb-7000c5ff2873", "slug": "aktiv-valdres", "name": "Aktiv Valdres", "address": "Jernbanevegen 10, 2900 Fagernes, Norway", "about": "Aktiv Valdres is a reputable real estate agency specializing in properties throughout the Valdres region. With a strong local presence and deep knowledge of the area, Aktiv Valdres offers professional guidance and personalized service to both buyers and sellers. The agency is known for its commitment to transparency, integrity, and customer satisfaction, ensuring smooth transactions and expert advice at every stage of the real estate process. Whether you are looking for a holiday home, a permanent residence, or an investment property, Aktiv Valdres provides comprehensive support and a wide selection of listings tailored to your needs.", "branch_name": null, "logo": "https://aktiv.no/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.ctfassets.net%2F6r1qj2k2q1p1%2F1Qw6Qw6Qw6Qw6Qw6Qw6Qw6%2Ff1e1e1e1e1e1e1e1e1e1e1e1e1e1e1e1%2Faktiv-logo.png&w=256&q=75", "website": null }, "owner": null, "amount_of_bedrooms": 3, "amount_of_bathrooms": 0, "similar_properties": [ { "__typename": "Property", "id": "b9d04531-a117-4ae5-8280-17abe0dbdc2c", "slug": "2-bed-norwegian-mountain-chalet-in-eltdalen-70m-from-ski-trails-holiday-home-at-840m", "address": "Eltdalsfjellvegen 530, 2430 Jordet, Norway", "title": "2-Bed Norwegian Mountain Chalet in Eltdalen, 70m from Ski Trails – Holiday Home at 840m", "featured_photo": { "__typename": "Photo", "id": "71f74816-74c3-4643-a773-577b2156f3f7", "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/homestra-images/property-image-71f74816-74c3-4643-a773-577b2156f3f7-1784455948.jpg", "featured": true, "title": "Welcome to Eltdalen and Eltdalsfjellvegen 530! Photo: Jonas Sjögren." }, "description": "Step outside on a January morning and the silence hits you first. Not the absence of sound, but the particular hush of a valley buried in fresh snow at 840 metres above sea level, broken only by the creak of pine branches and the distant whisper of the Eltra river threading through the trees below. The cross-country ski tracks are seventy metres from the front door. Seventy. You click into your bindings before your coffee even cools.\n\nThis traditional timber chalet in Eltdalen, Innlandet county, is exactly what Norwegian mountain life is supposed to feel like. Built in 1976 in a style that hasn't needed reinventing, it sits on a sun-facing leased plot of 2,000 square metres with the kind of southern exposure that turns the snow to slush in early April and keeps the wildflowers going well into September. At 44 square metres across a single level, nothing about it is oversized or complicated. That's the point.\n\nThe layout is honest and efficient in the way that only genuinely used cabins tend to be. A combined living and kitchen space opens under high ceilings that make the compact footprint feel more generous than the numbers suggest. The wood-burning stove sits as the room's clear anchor — light it on a Friday evening after the drive up from Oslo or Hamar and within twenty minutes the whole cabin is warm in that particular way only wood heat achieves, the kind that settles into your shoulders. The kitchen is straightforward: storage cabinets, a countertop with a stainless steel sink, a propane stove and fridge. It's equipped for proper cooking, not just camp food. Weekend dinners here tend toward slow-braised elk or pan-fried trout from Engeren lake, fifteen minutes east by car.\n\nSleeping is handled across two bedrooms. The main room fits a double bed comfortably with space left over for bedside tables and a reading lamp. The second bedroom runs on bunk beds — two sets — which means the cabin sleeps six total, a number that matters when you're planning a February trip with another family or hosting the extended crew for Easter week, when the Norwegian mountains see their most devoted ski pilgrimage. One bathroom with a pump shower, washbasin, and a sealed-tank cabin toilet rounds out the interior. Functional? Absolutely. It's the kind of honest simplicity that stops feeling like a compromise about twelve hours into a stay.\n\nOff-grid living here is more capable than it sounds. A 12V solar panel system handles lighting and device charging. The wood-burning stove and a paraffin heater keep the cold at bay. A new chimney and fireplace were fitted in 2009, and in 2022 the roof was fully redone with new shingles, fascia boards, gutters, and downpipes. The cabin is tight, dry, and genuinely well-maintained — not a project property. It's ready to use from day one.\n\nThe covered entrance terrace — seven square metres, sheltered overhead — is where a lot of the best moments happen. Ski boots drying in the late afternoon sun. Coffee with the valley spread out below you. The kind of effortless outdoor living that Norwegians call friluftsliv and the rest of us spend considerable money trying to recreate.\n\nAbout the location: Eltdalen sits in the Trysil municipality in Innlandet, the largest inland county in Norway. It's proper mountain Norway, without the tourist infrastructure that crowds some of the more visited valleys. Jordet, the nearest service village about thirty minutes by car, has grocery shops, a petrol station, and the kind of hardware store that stocks exactly the chainsaw part you need. It's enough. The groomed cross-country trail network accessed directly from the cabin feeds into a wider system of marked tracks that stretch for dozens of kilometres through spruce forest and across open fells — trails maintained by the local fjellag (mountain association) through winter and used by hikers and mountain bikers when the snow melts.\n\nTrysil, Norway's largest alpine resort, sits roughly forty minutes south by car. The ski area covers 70 kilometres of pistes across several interconnected mountains, with lifts serving everything from wide beginner blues to properly steep blacks on Høgegga. It draws serious skiers from across Scandinavia and increasingly from the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands, which tells you something about both the quality and the accessibility. The E6 motorway runs through the region, and Oslo Gardermoen airport is around two and a half hours by car — a realistic Friday evening drive.\n\nSummer in Eltdalen moves at a different pace. The trails that carry ski tracks in February become hiking paths through cloudberry fields and birch scrub in July. Engeren and Osensjøen — two large lakes within easy reach — offer perch and pike fishing, kayaking, and wild swimming in water that clarifies to blue-green once the snowmelt season ends. Elk, red deer, and reindeer are regulars in the surrounding forests; serious hunters use the area for moose season in September and October, and the cabin's storage shed handles equipment and firewood easily.\n\nThe property transfers with a parking space thirty to forty metres out, connected to the cabin by a footpath that crosses a small stream — one of those details that sounds like marketing but genuinely adds something to the daily rhythm of arriving and leaving.\n\nKey features at a glance:\n\n- 2-bedroom timber chalet sleeping up to 6 guests\n- 44 sqm single-level layout, built 1976\n- Located at approximately 840 metres elevation in Eltdalen, Trysil municipality\n- 70 metres from maintained cross-country ski trail network\n- 40-minute drive to Trysil alpine ski resort (Norway's largest)\n- Leased sunny plot of 2,000 sqm with southern exposure\n- 12V solar panel system for off-grid power\n- Wood-burning stove plus paraffin heater for heating\n- Propane-connected kitchen appliances\n- Bathroom with pump shower and sealed-tank toilet\n- Covered entrance terrace, 7 sqm\n- Detached storage shed for equipment and firewood\n- New roof, fascia, gutters and downpipes completed 2022\n- New chimney and fireplace installed 2009\n- Designated parking 30–40 metres from cabin\n\nPriced at 84,100 EUR, this is a straightforward entry point into the Norwegian cabin market — a segment that has held its value steadily over the decades as domestic demand for fjell (mountain) retreats remains deeply embedded in Norwegian culture. For international buyers, Norway's property purchase process is open and transparent; foreign nationals face no restrictions on ownership, and leasehold plot arrangements of this type are standard and well-regulated under Norwegian law. The cabin requires no renovation — maintenance has been kept current — which makes it genuinely usable from the moment of handover.\n\nIt won't suit everyone. There's no mains electricity, no running water in the municipal sense, no broadband router you can plug a laptop into on a Monday morning. But for buyers specifically looking for a proper Norwegian wilderness retreat — a place to genuinely disconnect, to ski out the door in winter, to watch the northern lights from a hilltop clearing in November, to hear nothing but wind and water — this chalet in Eltdalen delivers that without compromise.\n\nGet in touch through Homestra today to arrange a viewing or request the full property documentation. The best cabins in this valley don't wait long.", "location": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 61.52898, 11.867149 ] }, "country_code": "no", "price": 84100, "type": "chalet", "city": "Jordet", "status": "for_sale", "listing_date": "2026-07-21T06:49:28.052Z" }, { "__typename": "Property", "id": "1ac3bc88-39aa-465e-937a-14e28f46522a", "slug": "2-bed-norwegian-chalet-with-annex-in-kvikne-ski-trails-fireplace-and-1438-sqm-plot", "address": "Plassæterveien 111, 2512 Kvikne, Norway", "title": "2-Bed Norwegian Chalet with Annex in Kvikne – Ski Trails, Fireplace & 1,438 sqm Plot", "featured_photo": { "__typename": "Photo", "id": "8739b1c3-211f-48be-b2f6-cbbaaf5ccf5d", "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/homestra-images/property-image-8739b1c3-211f-48be-b2f6-cbbaaf5ccf5d-1784455924.jpg", "featured": true, "title": "Welcome to Plassæterveien 111! Photo: Martin Dalen for EFKT" }, "description": "Step outside on a January morning at Plassæterveien 111 and the silence hits you first. Not city-quiet—actually quiet. The kind where you can hear the snow settling on the spruce trees beyond the terrace, and a woodpecker working somewhere deeper in the forest. Then you light the wood-burning stove, the smell of birchwood smoke fills the cabin, and the whole rhythm of your day rearranges itself around something slower, better.\n\nThis is Kvikne. And once you've spent a weekend here, it's very hard to go back to treating it as just a dot on the map of Innlandet.\n\nThe chalet at Plassæterveien 111 was originally built in 1978, but don't let that date fool you into expecting tired and dated. The 2018 extension changed things significantly—a proper tiled bathroom with underfloor heating came in, a new wood-burning stove was fitted alongside the existing open fireplace, and the whole property got a new lease of life. The east-facing cladding was replaced in 2022. Large new windows in the dining area, also fitted in 2022, mean the morning light comes pouring in across the table while you're nursing your first coffee and watching the hills shift colour as the sun climbs. In good condition and genuinely move-in ready, this is a cabin that's been cared for, not just inherited and ignored.\n\nThe layout across 67 square metres of internal space works harder than you'd expect. Two bedrooms in the main cabin, plus an alcove that handles overflow when friends or older kids come along. The open-plan kitchen, dining, and living area has that easy sociability that makes cabin holidays actually feel like holidays—everyone ends up in the same room, someone's cooking, someone's playing cards, nobody's staring at a screen. The kitchen cabinetry has profiled solid-wood fronts and there's room for freestanding appliances; it's practical rather than precious, which suits the lifestyle here perfectly. Treated timber paneling runs along the walls and ceilings throughout, and the sloped ceilings in the bedrooms give the space that tucked-in feeling that makes sleep come easily after a day on the trails.\n\nThen there's the annex. A separate outbuilding with a generous room that doubles as a bedroom or a sitting room depending on who's visiting, a storage room, and an outdoor toilet. The annex terrace was expanded in 2020 and now offers a proper sheltered spot for late-evening gatherings when the main terrace catches too much wind. The main terrace itself is 23 square metres—big enough for a table, chairs, and a long lunch that stretches into the afternoon.\n\nThe plot is 1,438 square metres in total. That's a serious amount of outdoor space: enough to feel like you own a piece of the Norwegian countryside rather than just borrowing it for two weeks a year. There's no mains water connection, but a water tank with a pump handles daily needs without hassle—a normal and practical setup for properties in this part of Norway, and not something that affects daily comfort in any meaningful way. Heating runs on both electricity and wood, giving you flexibility across seasons.\n\nAnd the seasons here are worth talking about. Winter in Kvikne is the kind that Scandinavian tourism boards try to photograph but rarely quite capture. The cross-country ski tracks open up across the surrounding landscape, and you can be out on them within minutes of locking the cabin door. The light in February—low, golden, cutting sideways across snow-covered fields—is something most people only see on a calendar. Summer is the flip side: long days that barely get dark, the Kvikne hills turning green, hiking routes threading up through birch forest toward open plateau terrain where you can walk for hours without seeing a road. The area sits in the Folldal valley region, and trails connect through to Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park—one of Norway's great wild landscapes, home to musk oxen and some of the most dramatic high-country walking in Scandinavia.\n\nThe drive from Oslo takes roughly three hours via the E6 north, which makes this viable as a long-weekend destination rather than a once-a-year pilgrimage. Røros—the UNESCO-listed copper mining town with its wooden 18th-century streetscape, regular outdoor markets, and one of Norway's best winter festivals, Rørosmartnan—is around an hour's drive southeast. For provisions, Alvdal is the nearest service town, about 25 kilometres away, with a grocery store, fuel, and the basics you need stocked before you head up to the cabin.\n\nOwning a freehold holiday property in rural Norway as an international buyer is a relatively straightforward process compared to many European markets. Norway has no restrictions on foreign nationals purchasing real estate, and second-home ownership in mountain and rural areas carries a mature, well-understood legal framework. Property taxes are modest, and the rental market for well-located Norwegian cabins—particularly those with ski access—is active and growing, with platforms catering specifically to the domestic and Scandinavian holiday market. A property like this, priced at NOK 75,300, sits at a remarkably accessible entry point for Norwegian real estate, making it an interesting prospect for buyers looking to establish a foothold in the Scandinavian countryside market.\n\nKey features at a glance:\n\n- 2 bedrooms in main cabin plus sleeping alcove, with additional sleeping space in the annex\n- 1 modern bathroom with underfloor heating, shower cabin, and incineration toilet (added 2018)\n- Open fireplace plus wood-burning stove (2018) in the living area\n- New large windows in dining area (2022) with open views across the surrounding countryside\n- Annex building with flexible bedroom/living room, storage room, outdoor toilet, and private terrace\n- Main terrace of 23 sqm plus additional annex terrace extended in 2020\n- Freehold ownership on a 1,438 sqm plot\n- Total usable area of 83 sqm (67 sqm main cabin + 16 sqm external/annex)\n- Water tank and pump system — practical and standard for the region\n- Dual heating: electric and wood-burning\n- East-facing cladding replaced 2022; property in good, well-maintained condition\n- Direct access to cross-country ski trails in winter and hiking routes in summer\n- Approximately 1 hour from Røros UNESCO World Heritage town\n- Roughly 3 hours by road from Oslo via the E6\n\nIf you've been thinking about buying a second home in Norway and waiting for the right combination of price, condition, and location to line up—this is worth a serious look. Properties in this condition, on a plot this size, with this kind of access to the outdoors, don't sit on the market for long in Kvikne.\n\nGet in touch through Homestra today to arrange a viewing or to ask any questions about the purchase process. Seeing it in person, even for an afternoon, tends to settle the matter pretty quickly.", "location": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 62.569817, 10.33947 ] }, "country_code": "no", "price": 75300, "type": "chalet", "city": "Kvikne", "status": "for_sale", "listing_date": "2026-07-21T05:05:11.221Z" }, { "__typename": "Property", "id": "edc54e64-4ef2-4414-911f-d31c1f279334", "slug": "2-bed-norwegian-chalet-in-mysusaeter-with-hot-tub-and-rondane-views-vacation-home", "address": "Vestre Gråhaugen 65, 2674 Mysusæter", "title": "2-Bed Norwegian Chalet in Mysusæter with Hot Tub & Rondane Views – Vacation Home", "featured_photo": { "__typename": "Photo", "id": "b3c44c0e-8c82-493b-ab02-c38ee5b0738f", "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/homestra-images/property-image-b3c44c0e-8c82-493b-ab02-c38ee5b0738f-1784455834.jpg", "featured": true, "title": "Picture 1" }, "description": "Step outside on a February morning and watch the Rondane massif turn from grey-blue to deep amber as the sun clears the ridge. The hot tub is already warm — you fired it up remotely before you even left the city, using the cabin's \"Ring hytta varm\" system — and the only sound is the faint creak of snow-laden pines. That's the kind of morning Vestre Gråhaugen 65 delivers, reliably, season after season.\n\nThis is a proper Norwegian mountain cabin. Not a renovation project dressed up with Scandi aesthetics. Not a weekend flip. Built in 1985 and kept in good condition, the 60-square-metre chalet has solid pine paneling on every interior surface, the kind that darkens with age and woodsmoke in a way no paint can imitate. It sits on a 1,112-square-metre plot at Mysusæter, one of the Gudbrandsdalen valley's most established mountain resort communities, with Rondane National Park — Norway's oldest — quite literally on the doorstep.\n\nThe layout is open and sociable. Kitchen, dining area, and living room flow together without a wall between them, which sounds simple but makes an enormous practical difference when you have six people in a 60-square-metre space. Large windows on multiple sides pull the landscape inside; on clear days you can track cloud shadows moving across Høgronden and Rondeslottet from the sofa. A fireplace anchors the living area. Get it going before dinner and the pine panels hold the warmth for hours.\n\nThe kitchen is honest and functional — solid wood cabinets, sturdy worktops, and a vintage reddish-brown corner oven that doubles as a conversation piece. Plenty of counter space for actually cooking. The dining table is long enough for a proper family meal, the kind that runs well past dark because nobody wants to move.\n\nBoth bedrooms have solid wooden bunk beds, sleeping six in total. One bedroom has built-in shelving and drawers that punch well above their weight for storage — essential when you're packing for a week on the trails. The bathroom is simple and clean. There's an outdoor toilet in the outbuilding, which also works as a woodshed and general storage space. Practical, and entirely in keeping with how Norwegians actually use these cabins.\n\nOutside is where this property earns its reputation. The deck is built across several levels, with integrated bench seating, a fire pit, and a wood-fired hot tub that faces directly toward the Rondane peaks. After eight hours on the Peer Gynt Trail or a long cross-country ski loop, lowering yourself into that tub while the light fades over the mountains is not something you forget quickly. The garden plot is generous — room to let kids roam, room to grow something, room to do absolutely nothing in particular.\n\nMysusæter sits at around 1,000 metres above sea level, which gives it a climate that most mountain resorts envy. Winters are reliably cold and snowy without the brutal extremes of higher elevations. The Mysusæter cross-country trail network is groomed regularly through the season, with routes of varying difficulty radiating out from the resort — the loops toward Peer Gynt-hytta and around Rondvatnet are particular favourites. Downhill skiing is available at nearby Høvringen, about a 15-minute drive.\n\nCome June, the snow is gone and the fell plateau wakes up fast. Rondane National Park offers some of the most accessible high-alpine hiking in Norway — the traverse of Rondeslottet at 2,178 metres is achievable for fit hikers without technical gear, and the views from the summit ridge over the Dovre massif are the kind that recalibrate your sense of scale. Fishing is excellent throughout the park's river network, and reindeer sightings on the open plateau are common enough to feel normal and still exciting enough to make you stop walking.\n\nThe local social rhythm matters too. Mysusæter has a small but genuine community of cabin owners who use their properties across multiple seasons, not just in peak winter. The nearby Mysusæter Høyfjellshotell serves as an informal gathering point — good food, a bar, and the kind of easy conversation that happens when everyone there is in the mountains by choice. The village of Otta, about 35 kilometres north down the Ottavegen road, has a full supermarket, hardware stores, and a railway station on the Dovrebanen line connecting Oslo to Trondheim. Oslo itself is roughly three hours by car via the E6 — close enough for a long weekend, far enough to feel genuinely away.\n\nFor international buyers, Norway's property market is open and transparent. EU and EEA citizens face no restrictions on purchasing, and the legal process is handled through a registered estate agent with a state-authorised notary. The cabin is freehold, meaning full ownership with no ground lease complications. The Norwegian cabin market — particularly at established addresses near national parks — has shown consistent long-term value retention. Short-term rental platforms operate freely in Norway, and Mysusæter's rental demand from Oslo-based families is strong across both winter and summer seasons, making this a realistic income-generating asset when you're not using it yourself.\n\nThe remote heating system is not a gimmick. In a Norwegian mountain context, arriving at a cold cabin after a three-hour drive is a genuine deterrent to use. The ability to have the cabin at temperature before you pull into the driveway changes how often you actually go. Small detail, real difference.\n\nKey features at a glance:\n\n- 2-bedroom mountain chalet, sleeping 6, in good condition at Mysusæter, Norway\n- 60 sqm interior with additional 11 sqm external usable area on a 1,112 sqm freehold plot\n- Open-plan living, kitchen, and dining area with solid pine paneling throughout\n- Wood-fired hot tub and multi-level deck with direct Rondane mountain views\n- Fireplace in the living area for year-round warmth and atmosphere\n- Remote \"Ring hytta varm\" heating system — pre-heat before arrival\n- Outbuilding with outdoor toilet, woodshed, and storage\n- 5 sqm balcony/terrace for additional outdoor space\n- Groomed cross-country ski trails accessible directly from the property in winter\n- Direct access to Rondane National Park hiking network in summer\n- Rondeslottet (2,178m) and Høgronden reachable on day hikes\n- Downhill skiing at Høvringen, approx. 15 minutes by car\n- Otta railway station (Dovrebanen Oslo–Trondheim line) approx. 35 km away\n- Oslo Gardermoen Airport approx. 2.5–3 hours by car\n- Freehold ownership, open to international buyers, strong rental market\n\nThis cabin isn't trying to be something it isn't. It's a well-maintained, authentically Norwegian mountain retreat in one of the best-positioned resort areas in the country, with the kind of outdoor access that takes most people a lifetime to find. Properties at this address and at this price point in the Rondane corridor don't sit on the market long — the combination of national park proximity, a functioning hot tub, remote heating, and genuine sleeping capacity for six makes this immediately usable for a wide range of buyers.\n\nContact Homestra today to arrange a viewing or to request the full property documentation. Our team specialises in guiding international buyers through every step of the Norwegian purchase process, from first enquiry to key handover.", "location": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 61.801068, 9.650317 ] }, "country_code": "no", "price": 132743, "type": "chalet", "city": "Mysusæter", "status": "for_sale", "listing_date": "2026-07-21T03:59:54.565Z" }, { "__typename": "Property", "id": "8e2f9ea0-57da-48c7-b2e9-247a06ffa5ce", "slug": "2-bed-norwegian-cabin-by-eidsmangen-lake-fishing-hiking-and-off-grid-holiday-home-in-solor", "address": "Eidsmangvegen 237, 2436 Våler i Solør", "title": "2-Bed Norwegian Cabin by Eidsmangen Lake – Fishing, Hiking & Off-Grid Holiday Home in Solør", "featured_photo": { "__typename": "Photo", "id": "d519e9e6-c1fa-47ca-843c-6129903fc878", "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/homestra-images/property-image-d519e9e6-c1fa-47ca-843c-6129903fc878-1784455891.jpg", "featured": true, "title": "Facade with new railing from 2026" }, "description": "Early July morning. You pull on your boots before anyone else is awake, grab the rod leaning against the storage shed, and walk thirty seconds to the edge of Eidsmangen. The lake is completely still. A heron lifts off from the far shore. The only sound is the soft creak of pine trees behind you and the faint splash of your line hitting the water. This is what a holiday home in Våler i Solør actually feels like — and once you've had a morning like that, it's very hard to go back to anything else.\n\nSet on a generous 1,280 square metre private plot at around 401 metres above sea level, this traditional Norwegian chalet sits along Eidsmangvegen in one of Innlandet's quieter, more unspoiled corners. Built in 1983 and kept in good condition, it's the kind of cabin that doesn't try to be something it isn't. Thirty-five square metres of honest, practical living space. Two bedrooms. A wood-burning stove. Solar panels on the roof. No running water — and for the right buyer, that's not a drawback, it's the whole point.\n\nThe layout makes smart use of every centimetre. The main living area and kitchen share an open-plan space that keeps things social — someone can be frying up the morning's catch while everyone else is still at the table with their coffee. The wood-burner in the corner earns its keep from late August onwards, when the Solør evenings start to bite and the forest turns amber and copper. On those nights, the cabin feels genuinely warm in the way that only wood heat can manage. The solar panel system handles lighting and basic power needs cleanly, keeping running costs low and the carbon footprint lower.\n\nOut front, the covered terrace runs to 18 square metres — enough for a proper outdoor table, a few chairs, and a spot to hang wet swimming gear after an afternoon at the lake. The plot itself is flat enough for kids to run around, and large enough that you don't feel like you're on top of your neighbours. A storage room keeps the practical clutter — bikes, fishing tackle, skis, firewood — out of the living space, which helps the cabin feel bigger than its footprint suggests.\n\nEidsmangen is the kind of lake that regulars don't talk about too loudly. Trout fishing is the draw for many, but it's equally good for a long open-water swim on a warm June afternoon, or for kayaking along the reedy edges in the low light of a Scandinavian evening that doesn't quite get dark. The surrounding forest is laced with trails that range from easy family loops to longer routes that push north into wilder terrain. In winter, the same landscape becomes cross-country ski country — tracks groom up through the trees, the snow hangs heavy on the branches, and the silence gets so complete you can hear your own breathing.\n\nThe Solør region sits in the heart of Innlandet county, an area most international visitors fly over on their way to Oslo or Bergen and never actually stop to explore. That's precisely why property prices here still make sense. The nearest town with a grocery store is about 27 minutes by car; a larger shopping centre comes in at around 33 minutes. A bus stop is accessible within 22 minutes, connecting to the broader regional network. For those flying in from abroad, Oslo Gardermoen Airport is roughly two hours south — a straightforward drive that takes you through changing farmland and forest as the elevation climbs.\n\nSeasonally, this part of Norway delivers across the year in ways that surprise people who've never spent time this far inland. Spring arrives late but forcefully, with snowmelt feeding the streams and the forest floor suddenly green within days. Summer days are long — genuinely long, with light past ten in the evening — and the lake warms enough for comfortable swimming from late June through August. Autumn is, honestly, spectacular in this landscape: the birch trees go full yellow, the air smells of damp earth and wood smoke, and the hiking trails empty out almost entirely. Winter brings its own rhythm — quieter, slower, built around the stove and the tracks and the particular pleasure of being somewhere that the rest of the world isn't rushing to.\n\nFor international buyers considering a second home in Norway, a few practical notes are worth flagging. Foreign nationals can generally purchase Norwegian property without restriction, though it's worth engaging a local solicitor (advokat) familiar with the hytte market to navigate the conveyancing process. The cabin's off-grid setup — incineration toilet, solar power, no mains water connection — is standard for this category of Norwegian holiday property and keeps annual maintenance costs notably low. There's no complex infrastructure to fail, no large utility bills to absorb. Rental potential exists through platforms catering to the growing domestic and Scandinavian holiday cabin market, particularly for summer and winter weeks.\n\nAt 95,000 EUR, this is a rare entry point into the Norwegian cabin market at a time when coastal and mountain hytte prices have moved well beyond reach for many buyers. Våler i Solør isn't a destination that's been discovered and packaged yet. That's the opportunity.\n\nKey features at a glance:\n\n- 2-bedroom cabin in good condition, built 1983, on Eidsmangen lake in Våler i Solør\n- Private plot of 1,280 m² with direct lake access for fishing and swimming\n- 35 m² indoor living area with practical open-plan kitchen and living room\n- Wood-burning stove for reliable warmth through cooler seasons\n- Solar panel system for off-grid energy — lighting and basic power covered\n- 18 m² partially covered terrace for outdoor dining and relaxing\n- Cinderella incineration toilet — no sewage connection required\n- Separate storage room for bikes, skis, fishing gear and outdoor kit\n- Ample parking with direct car access via driveway\n- Elevation of approximately 401 m above sea level — clean air, open views\n- Cross-country ski trails, hiking routes, and cycling paths accessible from the property\n- Oslo Gardermoen Airport approximately 2 hours by car\n- Quiet, family-safe environment with minimal through traffic\n- Strong entry-level price point in a low-supply Norwegian hytte market\n\nIf this sounds like the kind of place you've been looking for — or the kind of place you didn't know you were looking for until right now — get in touch through Homestra to arrange a viewing or to request the full Norwegian property documentation. A cabin on Eidsmangen in July fills up fast in the imagination. Come and see it before someone else does.", "location": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 60.597467, 11.723683 ] }, "country_code": "no", "price": 95000, "type": "chalet", "city": "Våler i Solør", "status": "for_sale", "listing_date": "2026-07-21T03:10:37.445Z" }, { "__typename": "Property", "id": "43d2c936-da51-4c80-8d59-dc9f1a219986", "slug": "2-bed-norwegian-chalet-at-tyin-with-mountain-views-vacation-home-in-jotunheimen", "address": "Tyinosvegen 1990, 6884 Øvre Årdal, Norway", "title": "2-Bed Norwegian Chalet at Tyin with Mountain Views – Vacation Home in Jotunheimen", "featured_photo": { "__typename": "Photo", "id": "b5ebfe51-8300-41f1-9b76-f7b5ca0897c8", "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/homestra-images/property-image-b5ebfe51-8300-41f1-9b76-f7b5ca0897c8-1784455910.jpg", "featured": true, "title": "Front view of the cabin" }, "description": "Step out onto the terrace at Tyinosvegen 1990 on a clear October morning and the Jotunheimen peaks are right there — sharp, white-tipped, close enough that you feel the cold radiating off them before the coffee in your hand has a chance to cool. That's the kind of morning this place delivers. Not occasionally. Every time you show up.\n\nThis two-bedroom Norwegian chalet sits in the Tyin area of Årdalsfjellet, roughly 600 square meters of natural mountain plot, and it has the kind of settled, confident quality that comes from a property that's been genuinely cared for rather than staged for a sale. The exterior was overhauled in 2012 — new windows, fresh cladding, a new roof, and a spacious timber terrace that catches afternoon light and holds it. Inside, the 53 square meters feel considered rather than cramped. Traditional wood paneling lines the walls in the living room, the wood-burning stove sits exactly where a wood-burning stove should sit, and the whole space has the smell of pine and old timber that no interior designer has ever successfully faked.\n\nThe layout makes practical sense for a mountain cabin. The entrance hall is wide enough to actually deal with wet boots, ski poles, and a pile of hiking layers without everything becoming chaos — a small thing, but one you'll appreciate after every single day out on the trails. The open-plan kitchen and living area keeps the main floor social. The kitchen has solid cabinet space and a freestanding stove; it's not a showroom kitchen, and that's entirely the point. You want to cook a proper meal after a long day outside, not worry about whether you're scuffing something expensive.\n\nTwo bedrooms sleep five in total. One room has bunk beds, which works brilliantly for kids or for the friend group that always ends up one bed short. The other fits a double. The bathroom has a washbasin and a Cinderella incineration toilet — a practical, off-grid solution that's become standard in Norwegian mountain cabins and removes any dependency on external waste infrastructure. There's also a small outbuilding of 8 square meters for firewood, gear, and the general overflow of an active outdoor life.\n\nNow, the location. Tyin is not a compromise destination — it's where people who know the Norwegian mountains actually want to be. The trails up to Søre-knipen and Vetle-knipen start practically from your doorstep, and both summits give you unobstructed views across the Jotunheimen range. On a clear day in July, you can pick out Galdhøpiggen and Glittertind — Norway's two highest peaks — from up there. The Jotunheimen National Park boundary is close, and the hiking infrastructure in this part of Vestland is serious: well-marked routes, DNT cabins spaced sensibly for overnight trips, and trail conditions that hold up well through the summer season from late June through September.\n\nWinter here is a different animal altogether. The snow typically arrives in November and stays deep through March. The terrain around Tyin is ideal for cross-country skiing — long, rolling tracks through open mountain landscape with almost no crowds compared to the groomed resort circuits further south. Snowshoeing, ice fishing on the frozen lake, and just the particular silence of a snow-covered mountain valley at dusk — this is what draws people back year after year.\n\nOne local detail worth knowing: the old mountain road stretching from Sletterust up to 1000 meteren, sometimes called one of Europe's most dramatic driving roads, was restored in 2020. Drive it once in late August when the heather is purple and the light goes golden around nine in the evening. You'll understand immediately why people have been talking about this road for decades.\n\nØvre Årdal itself — about a 40-minute drive down the valley — handles everyday practicalities: grocery shopping, a petrol station, a pharmacy, the basics. Fagernes is the nearest larger town with more comprehensive services, and Sogndal Airport connects the region to Oslo (Gardermoen) with regular flights, making this accessible as a weekend or holiday property for buyers based anywhere in Scandinavia or northern Europe. For international buyers flying into Oslo, the drive up through Valdres and over the Fillefjell mountain pass is roughly four hours and genuinely worth doing in autumn when the birch trees go yellow along the roadside.\n\nA few practical notes for international buyers considering this as a second home in Norway. Norway's property market allows foreign nationals to purchase real estate without significant restriction. The cabin's asking price of approximately €105,000 puts it at the more accessible end of the Norwegian mountain cabin market, particularly given the exterior upgrades already completed. Running costs are modest — electricity covers lighting and some heating supplemented by the wood stove, and the incineration toilet removes sewage infrastructure costs. If you're considering short-term rental during periods when you're not using the property, the Jotunheimen area draws consistent visitor numbers through both summer hiking season and winter, which supports rental demand. Management services for remote owners are available through local agencies in Årdal.\n\nKey features at a glance:\n\n- 2 bedrooms sleeping 5, with bunk bed setup in second room\n- 1 bathroom with modern Cinderella incineration toilet\n- 53 sqm interior with open-plan kitchen and living room\n- Traditional wood paneling and wood-burning stove throughout\n- Full exterior renovation completed 2012: windows, cladding, roof, terrace\n- Spacious timber terrace with direct mountain views toward Jotunheimen peaks\n- Natural plot of approximately 600 sqm\n- 8 sqm outbuilding for storage and equipment\n- Year-round car access to the property\n- Electricity connected; off-grid waste system\n- Direct trail access to Søre-knipen and Vetle-knipen summits\n- Short drive to restored historic mountain road (2020 renovation)\n- ~40 minutes to Øvre Årdal for amenities and services\n- Accessible from Oslo via Sogndal Airport or ~4-hour drive through Valdres\n\nThis is a solid, honest mountain cabin in one of Norway's most rewarding outdoor locations. No renovation surprises, no infrastructure headaches — just a well-maintained base from which to build years of mountain memories, whether that's summer ridge walks, winter ski touring, or simply sitting on the terrace while the light fades slowly over the Jotunheimen at ten o'clock on a June evening.\n\nGet in touch with Homestra today to arrange a viewing or request the full property documentation. Properties at this price point in this location don't sit on the market long.", "location": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 61.271214, 8.079068 ] }, "country_code": "no", "price": 105310, "type": "chalet", "city": "Øvre Årdal", "status": "for_sale", "listing_date": "2026-07-21T01:31:36.986Z" }, { "__typename": "Property", "id": "b9cbd0fd-3f5b-47e0-ac27-3f36fb35b359", "slug": "2-bed-island-chalet-on-hatloya-with-boat-dock-or-vacation-home-near-ulsteinvik-norway", "address": "Hytte Hatløya 37/36, 6065 Ulsteinvik, Norway", "title": "2-Bed Island Chalet on Hatløya with Boat Dock | Vacation Home Near Ulsteinvik, Norway", "featured_photo": { "__typename": "Photo", "id": "6abac9f4-9045-40f3-94a2-35355392fdf1", "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/homestra-images/property-image-6abac9f4-9045-40f3-94a2-35355392fdf1-1784455940.jpg", "featured": true, "title": "Cabin on Hatløya | Presented by EiendomsMegler1 v/ Maria Abeltun. Photo: EFKT v/ Svein Olav Humberset" }, "description": "You step off the boat onto the dock, the North Atlantic air carrying that unmistakable mix of salt and pine, and already the noise of the mainland feels very far away. The walk up the trail to the cabin takes four minutes. By the time you push open the door, unlock the wood-burning stove, and crack a window to let in the evening breeze off the Hjørundfjord region's outer coast, you'll understand exactly why people fall hard for Hatløya.\n\nThis two-bedroom chalet on the island of Hatløya, reached by a short boat ride from Ulsteinvik on the western coast of Møre og Romsdal, is the kind of place that resets something in you. The island sits just offshore, close enough to town to feel connected, far enough to feel genuinely removed. There are no cars here. No traffic noise. What you get instead is the low cry of gulls, the slap of water against the floating dock, and the occasional creak of the cabin settling in a sea wind.\n\nBuilt in 1997 and kept in good condition by its current owners, the chalet covers 48 square metres of interior space on a freehold plot of 983 square metres. That's a lot of outdoor room for a property this size — enough for a proper terrace where you can eat grilled mackerel as the sun dips toward the horizon at 11pm on a July evening, enough for kids to roam, enough to feel like the land actually belongs to you. The cabin comes fully furnished, so there's no waiting period, no shipping containers of furniture from abroad. Arrive, unpack, light the stove.\n\nInside, the layout is practical and warm. The open living area connects directly to the kitchen, which works well for the way people actually spend time in Norwegian cabins — gathered around food, telling stories, watching the weather roll in. Large windows pull the outside in, framing the landscape in a way no amount of interior design could replicate. The wood-burner anchors the room, and on October weekends when the temperature drops and the birch trees outside go copper and yellow, it becomes the centre of everything. The two main bedrooms are comfortable and sensibly proportioned. Up in the loft, there's sleeping space for four more, which means the cabin stretches easily to eight people total — a family with kids, a group of old friends, couples who came for a long weekend and stayed for two weeks.\n\nWater comes from a private well, and the seller has confirmed there are no recurring fees attached to its use beyond standard pump maintenance. Electricity is fully installed. These are not trivial things on a Norwegian island cabin — properties without them require far more planning around every visit.\n\nNow, about Hatløya itself. The island is part of the municipality of Ørsta and Ulsteinvik's wider coastal geography, a landscape that Norwegians have been quietly treasuring for generations while the rest of the world looks the other way toward the Lofoten islands and the fjords further north. This stretch of coast — the Sunnmøre region — has mountains that drop almost vertically into the sea, with peaks like Slogen and Patchellkjeglene visible on clear days. The hiking in summer is extraordinary. Trails from the cabin area connect to terrain that rewards everything from easy coastal walks to serious ridge routes with panoramic views over the archipelago.\n\nThe fishing here is excellent. The outer Sunnmøre coast is known for cod, coalfish, and mackerel close to shore — the kind of fishing where you don't need a charter boat or specialised gear. A rod off the dock on a calm morning is often enough. The boat place and shared floating dock that come with this property make all of this effortless. You're not borrowing a neighbour's kayak or paying daily marina fees — you have your own access point to the water, right there.\n\nUlsteinvik, the nearest town, sits a short boat crossing away. It's a working shipbuilding community — this is where some of the world's most advanced offshore vessels are built — and it carries that practical, unpretentious character that western Norwegian towns tend to have. You'll find supermarkets, a good bakery, a pharmacy, a doctor, restaurants, and a harbour area with a genuine local feel. The town isn't a tourist trap; it's a real place, which makes it far more useful as a supply base for cabin life. Ålesund, one of Norway's most architecturally distinctive cities, famous for its Art Nouveau buildings rebuilt after the 1904 fire, is roughly an hour's drive north. Ørsta and Volda are even closer, offering more services and a college-town energy.\n\nÅlesund Airport at Vigra handles regular flights to Oslo, Bergen, and several European cities, making this a genuinely accessible second home for international buyers. The drive from the airport to the Skeide marina, where you catch the boat across to Hatløya, takes around 45 minutes. That's a manageable journey from most of Europe — fly into Ålesund on a Friday afternoon, and you're sitting on the terrace with a coffee by early evening.\n\nSeasonally, Hatløya works year-round in different ways. Summer here is long days, open water, boat trips to neighbouring islands, and barbecues that go on until midnight because the sky never quite goes dark. Autumn brings drama — storms rolling in from the Atlantic, the stove earning its keep, the island almost entirely to yourself. Winter is raw and honest, with the occasional snow dusting the hills and the fjord light turning a pale pewter that photographers would make a career out of. Spring is fast and bright, wildflowers appearing on the hillsides while the sea is still cold enough to take your breath away.\n\nFor international buyers looking at Norwegian second homes, this is a market that has remained stable and relatively accessible compared to more internationally saturated destinations. Norway's property ownership system is transparent, and freehold plots on islands like Hatløya are genuinely finite — the coastline isn't expanding. The fully furnished, electricity-equipped condition of this chalet means rental income potential is real for owners who want to offset costs when they're not using it themselves. Norwegian cabin rental demand, particularly for coastal properties with boat access, is strong through the summer months.\n\nKey features at a glance:\n\n- 2-bedroom chalet plus loft sleeping area, total capacity for 8 guests\n- 48 m² interior, 983 m² freehold plot\n- Boat access property on Hatløya island, short crossing from Ulsteinvik\n- Rights to boat place and shared floating dock included\n- Wood-burning stove and full electricity installation\n- Private well water supply with no recurring usage fees\n- Spacious terrace overlooking the surrounding coastal landscape\n- Sold fully furnished and ready for immediate use\n- Built 1997, maintained in good condition\n- Strong summer rental potential in Norway's Sunnmøre coastal region\n- Hiking trails accessible directly from the property\n- ~45 minutes from Ålesund Airport (Vigra) with regular European connections\n- Freehold ownership in a transparent Norwegian property market\n- Access to excellent fishing directly from the dock\n- Viewings arranged by boat from Skeide marina\n\nIf you've been looking for a second home in Norway that delivers the real thing — island solitude, open water, proper hiking, and the kind of silence that feels earned — this Hatløya chalet deserves a serious look. Get in touch with the team at Homestra today to arrange your viewing. Boat transport from the marina is part of the package.", "location": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 62.342377, 5.847462 ] }, "country_code": "no", "price": 172566, "type": "chalet", "city": "Ulsteinvik", "status": "for_sale", "listing_date": "2026-07-20T23:54:45.222Z" }, { "__typename": "Property", "id": "187a5618-5c7f-4f5f-aa56-cf780aa882d0", "slug": "2-bed-off-grid-mountain-cabin-on-imingfjell-minutes-from-hardangervidda", "address": "Imingfjellvegen 590, 3632 Uvdal, Norway", "title": "2-Bed Off-Grid Mountain Cabin on Imingfjell, Minutes from Hardangervidda", "featured_photo": { "__typename": "Photo", "id": "00bac97a-36ec-4f07-93f5-f49409d8dacc", "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/homestra-images/property-image-00bac97a-36ec-4f07-93f5-f49409d8dacc-1784458767.jpg", "featured": true, "title": "Welcome to Imingfjellvegen 590! (Photo: Terje Bjørnsen)" }, "description": "Step out the door on a September morning and you're already in it — the cold, clean air hitting your face, frost still clinging to the grass, and the Imingfjell plateau rolling away in every direction with nobody else in sight. That's the reality of owning this traditional Norwegian cabin at Imingfjellvegen 590, and for the right buyer, that moment alone is worth every krone.\n\nPriced at €57,500, this 75-square-metre mountain cabin in Uvdal sits on a leased plot in one of Numedal's most rewarding highland landscapes. It's an honest property — two bedrooms, one bathroom, no electricity, no running water, solid pine floors, panelled walls, and a wood-burning stove that becomes the centrepiece of every evening spent here. This is not a glossy weekend retreat. It's a cabin in the original Norwegian sense: functional, raw-edged, and deeply connected to its surroundings.\n\nThe interior has that particular quality you find in older Norwegian mountain buildings — warm amber pine panelling that's absorbed decades of wood smoke and candlelight, plank floors that creak in the right places, and small windows framing views that change every hour as the light moves across the plateau. The kitchen runs on a freestanding gas burner and has upper and lower cabinets around a full sink. It's workable. You cook simple food, you eat well, you go outside. The layout includes an entrance hall, a combined living room and kitchen, a utility room with washbasin, a toilet room, a hallway, and an external storage room. The toilet is a traditional bench-style outdoor arrangement — a detail that will either suit you perfectly or tell you immediately that this cabin is not your match.\n\nThe property is sold as-is, furnishings included, no pre-sale clean. What you inherit is a ready-to-use base camp for mountain life. Some maintenance and upgrades are needed — this is acknowledged openly — but the bones are solid, the stove and chimney are in place, and the structure gives you something genuine to work with rather than a blank-slate new-build.\n\nOutside, a balcony terrace faces the mountain panorama. On clear evenings in July, the sky stays light past ten o'clock and the plateau takes on a copper glow that would feel theatrical if it weren't so ordinary up here. In February, the same view is monochrome and vast — snowfields running to the horizon, the kind of silence that makes city sounds feel like a different language.\n\nUvdal and the surrounding Numedal valley give this cabin its real value. The Hardangervidda National Park, Europe's largest mountain plateau, begins effectively at your doorstep. Hardangervidda covers over 3,400 square kilometres of reindeer country, ancient hiking routes, and high-altitude lakes. From the cabin, marked trails lead directly west toward Mårbu and Rauhelleren — classic Hardangervidda waypoints that serious hikers will recognise. Summer brings weeks of long-distance walking, and the fishing in Sønstevann and the Uvdalsåe river for brown trout is the kind of quiet, unhurried sport that people come back to year after year.\n\nWinter changes everything and changes nothing. The trails become ski tracks. Uvdal Ski Center, roughly fifteen minutes by car down the valley, runs alpine slopes that suit families and intermediate skiers well. But most people up on Imingfjell are cross-country skiers, and the groomed networks around here are excellent — hundreds of kilometres of prepared track connecting cabins, lakes, and mountain huts across the plateau. You ski out from the cabin directly. That detail matters enormously.\n\nAccess to the cabin is by foot along a path from the parking area on Imingfjellvegen, the public road that threads through this highland community. The nearest larger town is Nore, and Kongsberg — with a proper train station connecting to Oslo's Numedal line — is around 90 kilometres south. Oslo itself is roughly two and a half to three hours by car, making this a genuine weekend destination for Scandinavian buyers and an accessible European getaway for international owners flying into Oslo Gardermoen.\n\nThe plot is leased rather than owned freehold, with an annual ground rent. This is standard practice for Norwegian mountain cabins and keeps the entry cost low, though international buyers should take advice on Norwegian hytte ownership rules and any applicable tax or inheritance considerations before proceeding. A local Norwegian lawyer familiar with fritidseiendom transactions is always worth the fee.\n\nFor buyers thinking about rental income: the off-grid nature of this cabin limits its appeal as a managed rental property. It's better understood as a personal retreat — something you come back to every season and slowly make your own. A new wood-panel bathroom, a solar panel setup for basic lighting, a proper kitchen upgrade — none of these are large investments in the context of Norwegian cabin renovation, and each one would meaningfully improve both the experience and the long-term value.\n\nKey features at a glance:\n\n- 2-bedroom traditional Norwegian mountain cabin, 75 sqm\n- Located on Imingfjell, direct trail access to Hardangervidda National Park\n- Off-grid property: no electricity or running water installed\n- Wood-burning stove and chimney for year-round heating\n- Solid pine floors and panelled walls throughout\n- Gas burner kitchen with upper and lower cabinetry\n- Balcony terrace with open mountain views\n- Sold furnished and as-is, ready for immediate use or renovation\n- Leased plot with annual ground rent\n- Parking on Imingfjellvegen, short footpath to cabin entrance\n- 15 minutes to Uvdal Ski Center for alpine skiing\n- Direct access to groomed cross-country ski trails in winter\n- Fishing in Sønstevann and Uvdalsåe rivers nearby\n- Approximately 2.5–3 hours drive from Oslo\n- Priced at €57,500 — strong value for Hardangervidda-adjacent cabin land\n\nThe Norwegian hytte culture is one of the most deeply held in Europe. Around 450,000 Norwegians own a cabin, and mountain properties near national parks have held their value through economic cycles in ways that urban real estate rarely does. What this particular cabin offers isn't square footage or mod-cons — it's a foothold on one of the most extraordinary landscapes on the continent, at a price that makes it genuinely accessible.\n\nIf you've been thinking about a second home in Norway — somewhere to disconnect properly, to ski out the front door, to watch the reindeer move across the plateau in autumn — this is a rare entry-level opportunity to make that happen. Contact Homestra today to request the full property documentation, arrange a viewing trip, or speak with our Nordic property specialists about making this cabin yours.", "location": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 60.240187, 8.590817 ] }, "country_code": "no", "price": 57500, "type": "chalet", "city": "Uvdal", "status": "for_sale", "listing_date": "2026-07-20T22:24:23.297Z" }, { "__typename": "Property", "id": "ba6af100-443b-4896-be37-95fcfd819622", "slug": "3-bed-riverfront-cabin-on-2578m-plot-in-notodden-renovation-vacation-home", "address": "Årlifossvegen 1089, 3680 Notodden", "title": "3-Bed Riverfront Cabin on 2,578m² Plot in Notodden – Renovation Vacation Home", "featured_photo": { "__typename": "Photo", "id": "5b67ccec-7120-42a1-873b-29096b4fa3ef", "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/homestra-images/property-image-5b67ccec-7120-42a1-873b-29096b4fa3ef-1784455874.jpg", "featured": true, "title": "Lokalmegleren & Partners by Berit Seltveit presents Årlifossvegen 1089" }, "description": "Step outside on a September morning and the river is already doing something. The current catches the early light, a faint mist lifts off the water, and the only sound is the pull of the Årlielva moving steadily past your private shoreline. This is what 97 square meters of raw Norwegian potential looks like at Årlifossvegen 1089 — a 1900-built cabin sitting on a sweeping 2,578 square meter freehold plot in Årlifoss, just outside Notodden, with direct access to the river and the kind of quiet that cities charge a fortune to simulate.\n\nLet's be honest about what this place is. It needs work. Significant work. The floor structure between levels has documented rot damage, and the interior will require a full renovation before you're spending winters here in comfort. But for a buyer who knows what they're doing — or who simply has the vision to see past bare bones — this is the kind of find that simply doesn't come up anymore. A genuine riverfront hytte, freehold land, a long private shoreline, three bedrooms, six rooms total, and a plot large enough to add outbuildings, a dock, a sauna, a garden, or all four. The price reflects the project. The potential is the point.\n\nThe cabin's bones tell you something about its staying power. Built over a century ago and still standing on its riverside plot, the structure has the proportions of a proper Norwegian mountain retreat rather than a weekend box. The living room has an open fireplace — the kind that earns its keep from October through April — and the kitchen carries custom-built cabinetry with painted smooth fronts, functional and ready to be built around once the structural work is done. Three bedrooms means room for the whole family, or a couple of rooms to let when you're not using the place yourself. The entrance staircase leads to the upper floor, and once that floor structure is properly sorted, the layout reads well for a relaxed, practical holiday home.\n\nOutside is where this property really separates itself. The shoreline runs long, and it's yours. Launch a kayak directly from the bank, drop a fishing line in without driving anywhere, or simply pull a chair to the water's edge and watch the river move. The Årlielva connects directly to Tinnsjøen, one of the most respected freshwater lakes in Telemark county — deep, clear, historically significant, and excellent for boat trips, pike fishing, and summer swimming. Pack a picnic and follow the river by canoe; it's the kind of afternoon that makes people stop checking their phones.\n\nThe plot itself is almost absurdly generous by Norwegian cabin standards. Two-and-a-half thousand square meters of freehold land means you are not hemmed in by neighbours. There is room to breathe, room to build, room to let the wildflowers take over the back half while you put a terrace on the river side. Birch and pine frame the perimeter, and the forest trails begin practically at the gate — summer walking routes that shift in character come November, when cross-country ski tracks open through the same woods.\n\nNotodden is not the Telemark that ends up on postcards, but it is the Telemark that people who actually live here care about. The town holds UNESCO World Heritage status for its remarkable industrial history — the Notodden hydro-electric power plants and the Rjukan-Notodden industrial complex are inscribed on the World Heritage list, which brings a steady stream of culturally motivated visitors and keeps the area on the international radar. The famous Notodden Blues Festival draws serious music fans every August, turning this otherwise calm town into something genuinely lively for a few days. Worth experiencing at least once.\n\nFor outdoor range beyond the river, Follsjø lake is a short drive and delivers reliable summer swimming at beaches the locals have been using for generations. Blefjell, the mountain plateau that defines the skyline to the southwest, is accessible in every season — summer hiking on marked trails up to the high ridges, autumn berry-picking in the heather, winter cross-country skiing across a landscape that goes properly quiet and white. Gaustadtoppen, one of Norway's most climbed peaks at 1,883 metres, is under an hour away and rewards the effort with views across a fifth of the country on a clear day.\n\nDay-to-day practicalities are sorted. A grocery store is seven minutes away by car, a shopping centre seventeen minutes. A bus stop is nineteen minutes on foot — reasonable for a rural riverside plot. The road to the cabin is passable year-round, which matters if you intend to use the place beyond July and August. Oslo is roughly two hours by car via the E134, making this viable for weekend use from the capital, and Notodden has a small airport with connections that have historically served the area, though most buyers will find driving the more convenient option.\n\nFor international buyers considering Norwegian property: purchasing a hytte as a foreign national is generally straightforward, as Norway does not restrict EU or EEA citizens from owning leisure property, and the process is transparent and well-regulated. Non-EEA buyers should confirm current regulations with a Norwegian solicitor, but the framework is clear and the costs predictable. Property taxes on leisure homes in Norway are modest, and this particular classification as a freehold leisure home means you hold full rights to the land and shoreline — no ground rent, no leasehold complications.\n\nThe rental market for renovated cabins with riverfront access in Telemark is active. Once brought up to standard, properties like this — private shoreline, generous plot, three bedrooms, proximity to both Tinnsjøen and Blefjell — regularly attract short-term rental guests through Norwegian platforms and international booking sites. A well-executed renovation here could deliver both a personal retreat and a meaningful rental income during the weeks you're not using it yourself. That's a return that compounds over time.\n\nKey features at a glance:\n\n- 97 sqm cabin built in 1900, three bedrooms, six rooms total\n- Freehold plot of 2,578 square metres with long private riverfront\n- Direct river access to the Årlielva, connecting to Tinnsjøen lake\n- Open fireplace in the living room\n- Custom-built kitchen cabinetry with painted smooth fronts\n- Renovation project with documented floor structure issues between levels\n- Year-round road access to the property\n- Grocery store 7 minutes by car, shopping centre 17 minutes\n- Follsjø lake for summer swimming, short drive from the property\n- Blefjell mountain range for hiking, skiing, and snowshoeing\n- Notodden Blues Festival every August, UNESCO World Heritage site nearby\n- Gaustadtoppen peak under one hour away\n- Approximately 2 hours from Oslo by car\n- Freehold ownership includes all associated land and shoreline rights\n- Strong renovation and rental potential in an active Telemark hytte market\n\nThis is not a polished weekend package. It is a rare piece of Norwegian riverfront land with a century-old structure ready for someone to take it seriously. The vision required here is proportional to the reward on the other side. If you have been watching Norwegian cabin prices climb for the past decade and wondering where the genuine opportunity went — this is it.\n\nReach out through Homestra to arrange a viewing or to request the full technical documentation and floor plans. Properties with this combination of freehold shoreline, plot size, and location access do not sit on the market for long, even as renovation projects.", "location": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 59.671923, 9.168025 ] }, "country_code": "no", "price": 70000, "type": "chalet", "city": "Notodden", "status": "for_sale", "listing_date": "2026-07-20T19:29:54.334Z" }, { "__typename": "Property", "id": "249d73d8-e5ba-49ca-b0e7-ebc18b44aad2", "slug": "2-bed-mountain-chalet-on-hamlagrovatnet-boat-access-only-boat-included", "address": "Kyrkjeviki 78, 5612 Steinstø", "title": "2-Bed Mountain Chalet on Hamlagrøvatnet — Boat-Access Only, Boat Included", "featured_photo": { "__typename": "Photo", "id": "6f4ac619-1d56-428e-ac1b-222db3837785", "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/homestra-images/property-image-6f4ac619-1d56-428e-ac1b-222db3837785-1784458772.jpg", "featured": true, "title": "Kyrkjeviki 78 presented by Aktiv Voss v/Heine Ystanes Osmo" }, "description": "You cut the engine and the world goes quiet. Not city-quiet, not suburb-quiet — genuinely, completely silent, except for the slap of water against the hull and the far-off cry of a bird somewhere up in the birch trees. The chalet at Kyrkjeviki 78 comes into view across Hamlagrøvatnet, its sod roof already half-green by late May, and you think: nobody can reach me here unless I let them.\n\nThat's the whole point.\n\nGetting here takes fifteen to twenty minutes by boat from the dock at Steinstø — the same dock where your parking space waits every time you arrive. The boat is included in the sale, so from day one, you have the keys to one of the most genuinely secluded holiday properties available in Vestland. This isn't marketed seclusion, the kind that means a five-minute drive down a gravel track. This is lake-between-you-and-the-world seclusion. In spring and summer, when the water is glassy and the mountains double themselves in the reflection, the crossing itself becomes a ritual you'll start to look forward to.\n\nThe chalet was built in 2000 and sits in good condition, 42 square metres of considered simplicity under a traditional turf roof. Inside, the open-plan living room and kitchen runs to 21.5 square metres and does what the best small spaces do — it makes you wonder why you ever needed more room. The kitchen runs on a gas stove, which is practical off-grid and also means you're cooking over a proper flame, the way food is supposed to be made. After a morning fishing on the lake and an afternoon hike up through the heather, you'll come back, clean your catch, and have it in the pan within the hour. The windows are large — disproportionately large for a cabin this size — and they frame the water below like a painting that changes every hour with the light.\n\nFrom the living room, step straight out onto the south-facing terrace. It runs 21.5 square metres, and there's a further 13-square-metre west-facing entrance terrace, giving you 35 square metres of outdoor space altogether. In July, when Norwegian summer is in full swing and daylight stretches past 11pm, these terraces become the real living room. Coffee at eight in the morning with the mountains turning gold. Dinner at nine in the evening with the lake below still catching the last of the sun. The south exposure means warmth lingers here longer than you'd expect at this altitude.\n\nInside, two bedrooms — 4.3 and 5.8 square metres respectively — are fitted with family bunk beds, keeping things sensible for the way a cabin like this actually gets used. Four people sleep here easily. The bathroom, compact at 2 square metres, covers the essentials: washbasin and shower. There's also a practical entrance hall (6.1 sqm) and a loft space accessible from the hallway that works well as extra storage or, if you have kids, as the kind of tucked-away sleeping nook that becomes the most coveted spot in the house.\n\nThe land sits on a leased plot with an annual ground rent of 8,050 NOK — a standard and manageable arrangement in this part of Norway, and one that keeps the entry price for this property genuinely accessible for international buyers.\n\nHamlagrøvatnet sits within Kvam municipality, a stretch of Western Norway that serious hikers know well. The Hardangerfjord is roughly an hour's drive south, with Norheimsund and Øystese both worth a stop for their waterfront cafes and local grocery stores — you'll want to provision up before the boat crossing anyway. Bergen, Norway's second city and a UNESCO-listed gem of wooden Hanseatic warehouses and fresh fish markets on Torget, is around 90 minutes away by car. Flesland Airport connects Bergen to Oslo multiple times daily and to a growing list of European cities direct, which matters if you're planning to use this as a proper second home rather than a once-a-year pilgrimage.\n\nThe area around Kyrkjeviki is serious hiking country. Trails fan out from the lake's edge into the surrounding ridgelines, some of them well-marked day routes, others more demanding routes into the high plateau above. The lake itself is stocked with trout, and locals who know the northern shore fish it from June through September. Wild swimming is genuinely on the table here — the water temperature climbs to something bearable by mid-July and stays there through August. Berry picking along the treeline in late summer — blueberries, cloudberries if you know where to look — is less a quaint activity and more a way of life up here.\n\nWinters bring snow and a different kind of quiet. Access shifts to snowmobile or skis across the frozen lake, and the cabin becomes a proper cross-country skiing base. The Kvam area has marked winter trails, and the solitude deepens considerably. If you want the cabin year-round, that seasonal shift in access is worth factoring into your plans — and for many owners, the winter version of this place becomes their favourite.\n\nFor international buyers, Norwegian property ownership is generally open to EU/EEA citizens, and non-EEA buyers face few additional hurdles for cabin purchases. The leasehold arrangement on the plot is clearly documented and well-established. Rental income potential exists — this type of boat-access cabin commands strong demand on Norwegian holiday rental platforms like Finn.no and Airbnb, particularly during the peak June-August season — though many owners find they want to keep it entirely to themselves once they've spent one summer here.\n\nKey features at a glance:\n\n- 2-bedroom mountain chalet, built 2000, in good condition\n- 42 sqm interior with open-plan kitchen and living area\n- Traditional sod roof, characteristic of Norwegian cabin architecture\n- Accessible by boat in spring and summer; boat included in sale\n- 15-20 minute crossing across Hamlagrøvatnet from Steinstø dock\n- 35 sqm of outdoor terrace — south-facing and west-facing aspects\n- Loft space for additional storage or sleeping\n- Gas stove kitchen, functional bathroom with shower\n- Annual leasehold ground rent of 8,050 NOK\n- Dedicated parking at the boat dock on the mainland\n- Directly on the lake with fishing, swimming, and hiking on the doorstep\n- Bergen approximately 90 minutes away, Bergen Airport (Flesland) accessible for international connections\n- Strong holiday rental potential during Norwegian summer season\n- Child-friendly layout and surroundings\n\nProperties like this one don't come around often — a genuine off-grid retreat in one of Norway's most scenically dramatic regions, with the logistics already sorted and the boat already waiting. If you've been looking for a second home in Scandinavia that actually delivers on the promise of getting away from it all, Kyrkjeviki 78 is worth a serious look. Reach out through Homestra to arrange a viewing — ideally on a clear day, so you can make the crossing and see it properly.", "location": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 60.508813, 6.134229 ] }, "country_code": "no", "price": 154870, "type": "chalet", "city": "Steinstø", "status": "for_sale", "listing_date": "2026-07-20T19:07:48.673Z" }, { "__typename": "Property", "id": "745c33d4-bf3c-4c2f-b263-a7fda5546ae7", "slug": "3-bed-mountain-chalet-in-sjusjoen-with-ski-in-access-and-sun-terrace-norway-holiday-home", "address": "Hammarseterhøgda 117, 2387 Brumunddal", "title": "3-Bed Mountain Chalet in Sjusjøen with Ski-In Access & Sun Terrace – Norway Holiday Home", "featured_photo": { "__typename": "Photo", "id": "cb789f8d-d782-483b-b90b-8bdd701af539", "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/homestra-images/property-image-cb789f8d-d782-483b-b90b-8bdd701af539-1784455918.jpg", "featured": true, "title": "Welcome to Ringsakerfjellet and Hammarseterhøgda 117! Photo: Reidar Valberg." }, "description": "Step outside on a January morning and the ski trail is right there — groomed overnight, quiet, running straight into the forest before the rest of the world wakes up. That's the reality of owning at Hammarseterhøgda 117 in Sjusjøen, one of the Innlandet region's most genuinely loved year-round mountain destinations. No lift queues. No hour-long drives in ski boots. Just coffee, layers, and off you go.\n\nThe chalet sits on a 1,000 m² leased plot on Ringsakerfjellet, the long ridge that locals have been escaping to for generations. Built in 1996 and extended since, it had a full new roof fitted in 2025 — not a patch job, a proper replacement — which matters enormously in a climate that throws serious snowfall and freeze-thaw cycles at a building for five months a year. At 84 m², the single-level floor plan is compact enough to heat quickly but generous enough for three bedrooms and seven sleeping spots, which means you can fill it with family or invite a group of friends without anyone drawing the short straw on accommodation.\n\nThe living room is where this chalet earns its keep. A soapstone fireplace anchors the space — soapstone holds heat far longer than cast iron, radiating warmth for hours after the fire has died down, so you're not feeding it logs all evening. Wooden floors and wall paneling in the traditional Norwegian hytte style give the room that particular warmth that no amount of Scandi-minimalist interior design can quite replicate. Big windows face the surrounding forested hills, and when the light is good — especially on those crystalline February afternoons when the snow reflects everything upward — the room feels twice as bright as it has any right to.\n\nSliding straight from the living room onto the 50 m² south-facing terrace is one of those features you use far more than you expect. Twenty square metres of it is covered, so a light rain doesn't end the evening. There's an outdoor kitchen and grill setup at one end, which in practice means long summer dinners that drift past ten o'clock because the sky barely darkens in July. On Ringsakerfjellet in mid-summer, sunset is more of a slow dimming than an event, and you'll find yourself eating outdoors far later than you would back home.\n\nThe kitchen runs on solid wood profiled cabinet fronts with a laminate worktop — honest, practical, easy to maintain at a holiday property. It's partially open to the living space, so whoever's cooking isn't exiled from the conversation. The bathroom has been fitted with a modern vanity, bowl sink, and shower cabin. The Cinderella incineration toilet runs on gas, and water is supplied from a tank and supplemented by a communal water post 70 metres from the front door. This is a Norwegian mountain cabin in the traditional sense: off-grid comfortable, not off-grid rough. The solar panel array mounted on the gable wall, paired with an internal battery system, keeps the lights on and devices charged without any drama.\n\nStorage is well sorted — two indoor rooms plus a 16 m² external shed that also houses an outdoor toilet, useful when the terrace is full of guests. The gravel driveway leads to an on-plot parking area and garage, which anyone who has tried to dig a car out of a mountain carpark in March will immediately appreciate.\n\nSjusjøen itself is about 40 kilometres from Hamar, which has a railway station with direct trains to Oslo taking around an hour and twenty minutes. The mountain plateau sits at roughly 800 metres elevation, which means reliable snow cover from November through April most years — the cross-country trail network here is maintained by Lillehammer's trail system, and Sjusjøen is connected to one of the largest groomed networks in Norway, with hundreds of kilometres of marked løyper. In summer the same tracks become hiking routes through birch and pine, past lakes where you can fish for trout, through terrain where cloudberries and blueberries grow so thick in late August that you'll spend an hour picking before you've gone half a kilometre.\n\nThe area's social calendar is quieter than a ski resort town, which is exactly the point. This is not Hemsedal or Geilo with their après-ski bars and lift-side restaurants. Ringsakerfjellet is for people who actually want the mountain, not the performance of being at the mountain. That said, Brumunddal — the nearest town, about 20 km downhill — has supermarkets, hardware stores, and a decent selection of places to eat, including the waterside options along the Mjøsa lakeshore that are genuinely worth the drive in summer.\n\nFor international buyers, Norwegian freehold cabin purchases are generally straightforward, and leasehold plots like this one — ground rent paid to the landowner — are entirely standard practice in Norwegian mountain leisure areas and carry no particular complications. The property is move-in ready. There's nothing that needs doing before you use it; the 2025 roof means the most expensive envelope maintenance is behind you for many years.\n\nKey features at a glance:\n\n- 3-bedroom mountain chalet, 84 m², single-level layout accessible for all ages\n- New roof installed 2025; original structure from 1996 with thoughtful extensions\n- Soapstone fireplace providing efficient, long-lasting radiant heat\n- 50 m² south-facing terrace, 20 m² covered, with outdoor kitchen and grill area\n- Solar panel system with internal battery — off-grid electricity supply\n- Cinderella incineration gas toilet; communal water post 70 m from property\n- 7 sleeping places across 3 bedrooms\n- 16 m² external storage shed with outdoor toilet\n- On-plot garage and gravel driveway parking\n- 1,000 m² leased plot with lawn, trees, and natural terrain\n- Direct ski trail access; connected to Sjusjøen's extensive groomed network\n- 40 km from Hamar; approx. 90-minute train connection to Oslo\n- Summer use: hiking, fishing, berry picking, hunting in surrounding terrain\n- Priced at NOK 145,600 — strong value for a ready-to-use Norwegian holiday property\n\nIf you've been thinking about a second home in Norway — somewhere that genuinely delivers four seasons of outdoor life without requiring a renovation project the moment you take the keys — this is the kind of property worth moving quickly on. Cabins at this price point in established Sjusjøen locations don't sit on the market long, particularly with infrastructure work like the 2025 roof already completed by the current owner.\n\nGet in touch through Homestra today to arrange a viewing. Seeing the terrace in person, with the tree line in front of you and the trail disappearing into the forest to the right, makes the decision considerably easier.", "location": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 61.101569, 10.961826 ] }, "country_code": "no", "price": 145600, "type": "chalet", "city": "Sjusjøen", "status": "for_sale", "listing_date": "2026-07-20T17:41:52.177Z" }, { "__typename": "Property", "id": "b80108ef-861e-4d8c-bfab-403c8fb150f7", "slug": "2-bed-norwegian-chalet-on-eikebergasen-west-facing-veranda-forest-trails-and-swimming-holiday-home", "address": "Eikebergåsen 20, 1866 Båstad, Norway", "title": "2-Bed Norwegian Chalet on Eikebergåsen – West-Facing Veranda, Forest Trails & Swimming Holiday Home", "featured_photo": { "__typename": "Photo", "id": "a290e03d-bbfb-4d76-964e-7aca9a49033c", "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/homestra-images/property-image-a290e03d-bbfb-4d76-964e-7aca9a49033c-1784455838.jpg", "featured": true, "title": "Eikebergåsen 20!" }, "description": "Around seven in the evening in late June, the sun is still well above the treeline to the west. You're sitting on a 25-square-meter veranda at 201 meters above sea level, the smell of pine resin hanging in the warm air, a cup of coffee going cold in your hand because you forgot about it. That's the kind of place this is.\n\nEikebergåsen 20 sits on a generous 1,068-square-meter plot in Båstad, a quiet community in Viken county roughly 80 kilometers south of Oslo. The address puts you deep enough into the forest to feel genuinely away from things, but close enough to the real world that you're never actually stranded. The center of Båstad — a grocery store, a restaurant, a petrol station — is about 3.5 kilometers down the road. You can drive it in five minutes or cycle it through the trees in under twenty.\n\nThe chalet itself was built in 1964 and covers 58 square meters across a single story. Original cabins of this era have a particular quality: low ceilings, thick walls, small windows in the bedrooms that frame rectangles of green forest like paintings. This one has been freshly updated without losing any of that character. New carpet underfoot, freshly painted panel walls in the living room, a newly fitted kitchen, and a brand-new 30-liter water heater installed in 2026. It's move-in ready in the most straightforward sense — unload the car, light the stove, open a bottle.\n\nThat wood-burning stove is worth mentioning twice. Norwegian autumn arrives quietly but decisively, and by September the evenings carry a real chill. The stove anchors the living room, casting that particular amber light that makes everyone around it feel like they've earned their weekend. Large windows face the surrounding forest, so you get the full drama of the seasons: snow-laden branches in February, the almost aggressive green of a Norwegian May, the rust and gold of October birch trees.\n\nThe layout flows practically: entrance hall, bathroom, # Actor input Schema ## `urls` (type: `array`): Add the URLs of the Specific property urls you want to scrape. You can paste URLs one by one, or use the Bulk edit section to add a prepared list. ## `ignore_url_failures` (type: `boolean`): If true, the scraper will continue running even if some URLs fail to be scraped. ## Actor input object example ```json { "urls": [ "https://homestra.com/property/3-bed-norwegian-mountain-chalet-at-930m-open-views-summer-road-access-rogne-holiday-home/", "https://homestra.com/property/1-bed-off-grid-cabin-on-korsvikfjorden-or-private-jetty-and-shoreline-vacation-home/", "https://homestra.com/property/3-bed-norwegian-chalet-in-eltdalen-with-riverside-plot-trysil-holiday-home/", "https://homestra.com/property/2020-built-ski-inski-out-chalet-in-al-norway-2-bed-mountain-views-78m/", "https://homestra.com/property/2-bed-timber-chalet-with-hot-tub-and-guest-annex-or-forest-holiday-home-in-vestmarka-norway/" ], "ignore_url_failures": true } ```` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "urls": [ "https://homestra.com/property/3-bed-norwegian-mountain-chalet-at-930m-open-views-summer-road-access-rogne-holiday-home/", "https://homestra.com/property/1-bed-off-grid-cabin-on-korsvikfjorden-or-private-jetty-and-shoreline-vacation-home/", "https://homestra.com/property/3-bed-norwegian-chalet-in-eltdalen-with-riverside-plot-trysil-holiday-home/", "https://homestra.com/property/2020-built-ski-inski-out-chalet-in-al-norway-2-bed-mountain-views-78m/", "https://homestra.com/property/2-bed-timber-chalet-with-hot-tub-and-guest-annex-or-forest-holiday-home-in-vestmarka-norway/" ], "ignore_url_failures": true }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("alexist/homestra-property-details-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "urls": [ "https://homestra.com/property/3-bed-norwegian-mountain-chalet-at-930m-open-views-summer-road-access-rogne-holiday-home/", "https://homestra.com/property/1-bed-off-grid-cabin-on-korsvikfjorden-or-private-jetty-and-shoreline-vacation-home/", "https://homestra.com/property/3-bed-norwegian-chalet-in-eltdalen-with-riverside-plot-trysil-holiday-home/", "https://homestra.com/property/2020-built-ski-inski-out-chalet-in-al-norway-2-bed-mountain-views-78m/", "https://homestra.com/property/2-bed-timber-chalet-with-hot-tub-and-guest-annex-or-forest-holiday-home-in-vestmarka-norway/", ], "ignore_url_failures": True, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("alexist/homestra-property-details-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}") for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "urls": [ "https://homestra.com/property/3-bed-norwegian-mountain-chalet-at-930m-open-views-summer-road-access-rogne-holiday-home/", "https://homestra.com/property/1-bed-off-grid-cabin-on-korsvikfjorden-or-private-jetty-and-shoreline-vacation-home/", "https://homestra.com/property/3-bed-norwegian-chalet-in-eltdalen-with-riverside-plot-trysil-holiday-home/", "https://homestra.com/property/2020-built-ski-inski-out-chalet-in-al-norway-2-bed-mountain-views-78m/", "https://homestra.com/property/2-bed-timber-chalet-with-hot-tub-and-guest-annex-or-forest-holiday-home-in-vestmarka-norway/" ], "ignore_url_failures": true }' | apify call alexist/homestra-property-details-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,alexist/homestra-property-details-scraper" } } } ``` The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations). ## OpenAPI specification Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/xLgPUxKlJbzvmP09g/builds/ecbC1OEkDz98iXMIv/openapi.json