Life – a user's manual Part II - Boksidan

Buying a holiday home
Holliday cottages are generally less expensive than villas and similar (see table 18), but on the other hand
they usually have lower standard and they are often inferior built. The latter include, for example, that the
insulation is thinner, the floors are failing more and so on. In addition, the roads may not be shoveled in the
winters and they are generally not connected to municipal water and sewer. This means that they have a
composting or are connected to a tank or an infiltrating device in the garden. You can find cottages for sale
on www.bovision.se and www.hemnet.se. According to the Dagens Nyheter, the average price of holiday
cottages around Stockholm is about 1.2 million SEK.
Table 18 a. Example of a cheap holiday cottages in the vicinity of Stockholm
(starting bid in the ad). Often, the final price is far above the prices quoted in the ads.
Area (municipality) Start price No. of Size house Size land
(SEK) rooms (m 2 ) (m 2 )
Lännersta Nacka) 695 000 1 20 1 755
Älgeby (Vallentuna) 500 000 3 45 2 270
Västanberg (Österåker) 575 000 2 50 1 750
Table 18 b. Examples of holiday cottages in the vicinity of Stockholm, whose market value is estimated by
professional appraisers.
Area (municipality) Market value No. of Size house Size land
(SEK) rooms (m 2 ) (m 2 )
Huddinge 750 000 2 45 1 795
Älgö (Nacka) 1 200 000 2 38 1 603
Värmdö 1 000 000 2 34 1 398
Buying a villa or similar
There are ordinary houses (villas, terrace houses, semi-detached houses et cetera) whose plot is owned by
the owner of the house. But there are also houses whose land is owned by someone else, like the
municipality (leasehold) or a housing association, these latter houses are condominium ones. It is usually
so that condominium houses are cheaper than normal houses, but there is a fee that often is greater than the
regular cost of a similar villa in addition to energy costs (ie, property taxes, property insurance, water and
garbage collection). Leasehold means that someone else (usually the municipality) owns the land, but the
owner of the leasehold has the right to indefinitely occupy it for an annual fee. Leasehold charge (ground
rent) can vary quite a lot, partly depending on when the contract was written. The agreements are usually
quite long, but sooner or later they go out and then there is a high risk of significantly increased costs. You
can find homes for sale on www.bovision.se and www.hemnet.se. According to the Dagens Nyheter, the
average price of homes in the suburbs of Stockholm at around 24 000 SEK/m 2 . In outlying areas, the
average price is about 17 000 SEK/m 2 .
Table 19 a. Example of a cheap villas in the vicinity of Stockholm (starting bid in the ad). Often, the final price
higher than the prices quoted in the ads. In addition, there are costs for registering the house on the
buyer.
Area (municipality) Start price No. of Size living Storage Size land Others
(SEK) rooms area (m 2 ) (m 2 ) ((m 2 )
Alby (Botkyrka) 1 290 000 4 131 28 339 Pair house
Tungelsta (Haninge) 975 000 2 45 28 1 972
Norrby (Haninge) 1 345 000 3 83 50 2 000
Snättringe (Huddinge) 1 350 000 3 70 70 1 780
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