Historic Swedish Villa Made for Big Ideas - Explore The Beauty Of Scandinavian Living

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This week, we’re stepping into a place where history and possibility meet in the most generous way. Once a natural gathering point for the village, this remarkable home now stands ready for a new chapter — one shaped by imagination, space, and freedom. With room to gather, create, and grow, it offers a rare sense of openness both indoors and out, wrapped in greenery and peaceful views that make privacy feel effortless.

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A House of Possibilities with a Past and a Future - $194,000

Once a village hub and now a canvas for big ideas, this character-filled mansard villa offers generous living space, flexible annex areas, and endless options for family life, creative work, or income projects. Wrapped in a lush, private garden with open meadow views, it’s a rare place where history, space, and freedom come together.

• Living area: 317 m2

• Land size: 2 858 m2

• Country: Sweden

• Bedroom: 5

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• 🏡 Original listing

Translated listing description:

"The old country store is for sale! Large charming villa with mansard roof and five bedrooms! Extended annex building with flexible floor plan to develop for your space-demanding needs! Or furnish into more homes. Large carport and very large garage! Lush and flowery garden that is protected from view and with a nice view of the meadows on the outskirts of the village! Welcome to the house of possibilities!

The floor plan is very flexible with room for the large family and here there are also good opportunities to change the floor plan and develop for other needs. Excellent opportunities to combine the accommodation with a business, premises, gallery, studio, office, B&B or to furnish with apartments. This is a unique opportunity to realize your dreams in a property that with its unique size provides a lot of freedom of choice!

Magnificent entrance on the ground floor via a welcoming porch to a very large furnishable hall with a nice staircase to the upper floor. Spacious dining room with windows in two directions and a nice and working wood stove with a bricked-in fireplace! Partially open with an arch to the large kitchen at an angle. Country style with light cabinet doors in a spacious interior, window by the workbench, sink and refrigerator. There is tile around the chimney and here the wood stove meets the modern large stove with stainless steel fan, countertop microwave and countertop oven. Entrance via a stylish old stainless steel refrigerator door to a large pantry! Dining area by the window with a view of the garden and further towards the meadows! From the kitchen there is also an exit to a very large conservatory with tiled floors and glass panels on three sides! Here there is plenty of space to cozy up completely protected from view with a very calming view of the kitchen garden! Fresh bathroom from 2021 with sink in a stylish chest of drawers, plastic mat on the floor/wall, mirror, toilet, heated towel rail, window and shower corner with glass wall. Bedroom that is used as a playroom today. Living room/family room with plenty of space for a seating area.

From the large hall there is a comfortable staircase up to a large living room in a dome on the upper floor with generous areas and space for a sitting area and TV room. Hall with dressing room and entrance to bathroom with sink in chest of drawers, mirror cabinet, toilet, heated towel rail and bathtub. Upstairs there are four spacious bedrooms with wardrobes/dressing rooms.

From the living room on the ground floor there is an entrance to the corner building that was previously a country store. Large hall that is also used as a laundry room today with washing machine, dryer and stainless steel bench. Entrance to a very large living room of 36 sqm with large windows facing the nice view and sliding doors directly out to the garden. Here it is prepared to become a balcony. From the hall/laundry room there is also an entrance to the large former sales room of 46 sqm which is currently used as a party room/living room/storage room. There is a wardrobe and cupboard interior. Adjacent is a large entrance hall with stairs to the attic and a hall with basement stairs. Attic above the former country store with several rooms that are unfurnished. Here there is good ceiling height if you want to furnish or use for storage. Basement under the former country store of approx. 75 sqm with several storage rooms and a boiler room with a newer wood boiler and accumulator tanks. In the extension there is a large garage of approx. 33 sqm with doors out.

Large welcoming courtyard at the front with paved parking space. Attached to the gable of the former country store is a very large carport with space for at least two cars. Detached in the garden there is a nice greenhouse and an older outbuilding of 40 sqm with, among other things, storage/workshop, dog run and attic. Lush and flowery garden around the house with, among other things, large beautiful trees, many fine plants, growing beds and a vegetable garden. The property borders on two sides with fields and meadows with a nice view and the garden is completely private!

Below the hill to the east is a large garage of approx. 100 square meters containing, among other things, a garage and workshop area with a gate and a food cellar with granite walls. Behind the garage is a good place for parking or more cultivation.

The villa has been inspected before the sale. There are some renovation and modernization needs.

The surroundings consist of a varied and rolling landscape with beautiful nature. Here you live in a fantastically pleasant area with proximity to several swimming lakes. Relaxing and scenic environment with close access to swimming in, among other things, Lake Barken in Källsjö, fishing, canoeing, cycling, hiking, large forests to roam in and pick mushrooms and berries. A short drive away is Ullared with a wide range of all conceivable services, restaurants, schools, preschools, Ica stores and the popular Gekås department store for optimal shopping.

Welcome to the lake landscape in Källsjö!"

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