Affordable lakeside villa in Grötingen, Sweden

About this house

This affordable lakeside villa in Grötingen, Bräcke, Jämtland, Sweden is for sale at SEK 1,295,000, about €116,600. It is a detached red timber house from 1917, set a stone's throw from lake Grötingen, with views of the water from the rooms and from the wooden terrace.

The house has 239 m² of living space over two and a half floors, plus 12 m² of additional space, and nine rooms, of which three are bedrooms. High ceilings, wooden floors, double doors and original details give it a generous character. There are seven fireplaces, among them several tiled stoves (kakelugnar). On the ground floor a kitchen opens onto the terrace, and there is a dining room with an open fireplace, a living room with a tiled stove and a bathroom renewed in 2024. Upstairs there is a second kitchen, three bedrooms and an attic room used as a further bedroom.

The sale includes two cadastral plots, Bodsjölandet 1:42 and 1:43. The main plot is 3,575 m². The adjoining plot is 3,631 m² and has a garage and three smaller cottages. On the main yard there is a courtyard house with a garage, a workshop and a one-room summer cottage.

Heating is a lake-source heat pump from 2002, with wood fires. The energy label is B. The house has fibre broadband, a private year-round well and a private septic system from 2013. The kitchen was renovated in 2021. Sound-insulated windows were fitted in 2001 on the side that faces the railway.

Grötingen is known for fishing in the lake and along the river Gimån. A public beach with a jetty is a short walk away. Bräcke is about 14 km away, around 15 minutes by car. Östersund is about 85 km, and Åre Östersund Airport about 94 km.

The broker lists running costs of SEK 91,050 per year for four people, about €8,200. Foreigners can buy a house in Sweden without special permission. The buyer pays stamp duty (lagfart) of 1.5% plus SEK 825, roughly €1,820 at the asking price. Sales go through open bidding, so the asking price is a starting point. A bid of SEK 1,400,000, about €126,000, was registered on 2 November 2026; the listing is still for sale.

Source: listing by Länsförsäkringar Fastighetsförmedling Östersund (Emelie Nilsson). Details, photos and figures come from the broker's listing; contact the broker for the sales documents and to book a viewing.

• Red 1917 villa a stone's throw from the lake
• 239 m² over 2.5 floors, 9 rooms
• Seven fireplaces, including tiled stoves
• Lake-source heat and energy label B
• Kitchen renovated in 2021, bathroom in 2024
• Wooden terrace with a view towards the lake
• Courtyard house with a one-room summer cottage
• Two plots: 3,575 m² and 3,631 m²
• Fibre broadband and a private well
• About 15 minutes by car to Bräcke