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Beautiful house overlooking the Norwegian fjords and mountains
House • Hustadvika Norway
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Listed August 2024
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General overview
Our home is situated on top of a hill overlooking the famous Norwegian fjords and mountains, close to well-known tourist attractions in the area. The view is the most amazing thing, especially the sunrises, which we face. We also see the aurora borealis very often throughout the winter!
As we just had another baby a few weeks ago, we don't have a very tidy house at the moment! We will upload more pictures of the house bit by bit.
We are also in the middle of renovating, we do one room at the time. It goes slowly, because of our two little ones - born in 2023 and 2024. Our garden is a mess at the moment, and our patio needs a layer of new paint. Our house is certainly not perfect, and it is showing signs of being lived in. But we love it here nonetheless, and hope you will too!
The space
The house is 160 square meters, with two (three) living rooms, a kitchen, three bedrooms, laundry room and two bathrooms - as well as a walk-in-closet connected to the hallway. One of the bedrooms has a workstation.
The house is kid-friendly, with a big play area in the downstairs living room. We have many Montessori-themed toys, and some kids books in English. Also quite a few English books for adults. A half-separate TV-area is also downstairs, with a good sound system The TV is 65", and has Netflix, HBO and Youtube Premium. If you like to DJ, we also have Rekordbox DJ-decks. We have an Xbox one, Xbox series S, PS2, PS3 and a PS4 - with loads of games.
One of the bedrooms has a big family floor bed, it sleeps four. If you don't want this, we can make it a normal double bed instead. Just let us know. We also have a bedside crib for infants, and a rocking bed/crib for babies. We also have a travel bed for kids if you want to take trips somewhere, as well as two baby car seats, and a toddler car seat you can use. We have two prams/strollers, high chairs and many potties and toilet seat reducers.
I'm a huge foodie and hobby chef, so our kitchen is fully equipped. You will be able to cook mostly anything. We have a dining table with room for 6 in the kitchen, but if necessary we can move another table up from the garage and place it in the adjoining living room.
In the garage we have SUP-boards/paddleboards, skis, ice skates, sledges, fishing- and camping equipment. If you know how to ride motorcycles, we may be able to give you access to a Kawasaki Ninja. We have two leather suits for riding, as well as helmets. There is also a hot tub outside on the patio.
As a big bonus, we also have a cabin on the mountain, in a place called Raudsand. It's one and a half hour away from our house. It sleeps up to 8 people, and is really secluded. You can drive up almost all the way to it, then walk for five minutes to reach it. There are multiple fishing lakes close by, and you can also pick blueberries when they are in season. The cabin is nothing fancy, but it's a remote and free place to stay for a couple of days. Check out our separate listing for more pictures.
The garden is around 800 square meters, and we have a large patio with three sunbeds, outdoors seating areas, and a dining table. We have a heater for colder nights as well, and a BBQ gas oven.
Guest access
We have two floors, with a staircase connecting them. Not wheelchair friendly.
Notes
Also - you will be sharing the space with our 5 year old cat, Puss. He's very affectionate, and amazing with kids. He walks in and out through a cat door, and doesn't need anything other than food and water. In the warmer half of the year he is mostly outside, and will often spend days or weeks away from home.
Features
Washer
Dishwasher
Clothes dryer
Oven
Microwave
Coffee machine
Fridge
Heating
Air conditioning
TV
WiFi
High Speed Internet
Bathtub
First aid kit
Smoke alarms
Fire extinguisher
Bed sheets
Towels
Workspace
Fireplace
Toys
BBQ
Hot tub
Balcony
Garden / yard
Deck / patio / courtyard / terrace
Covered porch / verandah
Camping gear
Standup paddleboard
Travel Styles
Long term
Adventure
Family
Sport and leisure
Relaxing
Village
Mountains
Water
Remote
Skiing
Hiking
Last minute
Cross-country skiing
House rules
Suitable for infants under 2
Suitable for children ages 2-12
Pets welcome
No smoking
Allergens
Dog free
Smoke free
Fragrance free
Low allergen
Dates of Availability
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Neighbourhood
We live in a purely residential neighborhood. There are different walking trails in the woods two minutes from our house, which go all the way up to a mountain called Jendemsfjellet. You can also ski there in winter. There is a playground and football field 15 minutes away by foot, and a beach pretty close by.
We live in the middle of Møre og Romsdal county, and we are close to the Atlantic Road, Trollstigen, Ålesund, Midsundtrappene, Trollkirka, Geiranger, Gudbrandsjuvet, Valldal and Eikesdal. People come from all over the world to see the beautiful nature here, to fish, to hike the mountains, to ski, white water raft and skydive. If you are looking for outdoors-adventures, this is the place to be. The closest alpine ski centre is only 15 minutes away (Tusten), and there are two others one hour away in different directions. A much larger one is 2.5 hours away, at Bjorli. There are multiple museums and art galleries in the surrounding cities, an amazing aquarium, as well as Norways fourth biggest mall (if you like shopping!).
Getting to my home
You can come in at different airports, the best connections are of course to Oslo and Trondheim, which are bigger cities. From there you can take the train or bus to Molde, which is the closest city. From Molde it's a 20 minute car ride, we would recommend taking a taxi all the way up to the house. The bus stop is pretty far, and all the way down by sea level.
Nearest airport
Molde Airport - 20 minutes
Kristiansund Airport - 1 hour
Vigra Airport, Ålesund - 2,5 hours
Værnes Airport, Trondheim - 4 hours
Gardermoen Airport, Oslo - 6 hours
Getting around
We have a car available for our guests to use. We don't recommend coming here without a drivers lisence. The closest shop is 7 minutes away by car, and the nearest city with all kinds of shops and amenities is 20 minutes away.
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