In recent years, the number of islands in Nordland has seen a real upswing. In 2022, at least ten islands were put up for sale, only on Helgeland in Nordland. Now you can once again hijack a property loved by tourists: Rambergstranda in Flakstad is high on the list of popular beaches in Lofoten. The asking price is NOK 9.5 million. Then you get 4,690 square meters of beach with the purchase. It is almost as big as a football pitch. – The phone hasn’t been idle The pitch in the Finn ad is simple: “Large plot with fantastic location”. That is precisely the reason why the property is worth NOK 9.5 million, according to property broker Kimmy Kristoffersen. The property was put up for sale two days ago. Rambergstranda in Lofoten Rambergstranda in Lofoten is a popular tourist attraction. Rambergstranda in Lofoten Rambergstranda in Lofoten Rambergstranda in Lofoten – I have been on the phone and answered SMS since I woke up early today. After a somewhat slow first day, the inquiries have not kept up. – I got a lot yesterday, but today the phone hasn’t stopped, says Kristoffersen. According to him, some plots of land in Flakstad have been sold in the past. But never of such a nature. – If there are larger properties that come up for sale, there is often a house or a farm on it. Kimmy Kristoffersen, property broker at Proaktiv Eigedomsmekling Nord. Photo: Proaktiv Eiendomsmegling Nord / Studio Hjelm Both private and public stakeholders have made contact. Some of them locally in Lofoten, but most from outside, says Kristoffersen. It was Lofotposten that first mentioned the case. 32,000 square meters The plot is almost 32,000 square meters and the purchase includes your own sandy beach of 3,850 square meters. The property extends on both sides of the E10. The entire beach part is around 10 acres, where 40 percent of the area can be developed, while the mountain part is around 22 acres. The beach part is regulated for residential purposes, which means that you can build in the usual way after application. – You cannot build anything on the beach or close off a free area. There are of course limits to what you can do with the beach itself, says Kristoffersen. Allemannsretten means that everyone has the right to travel on foot in rural areas. The same applies to the beach zone along the sea. In 1965, a ban was introduced against building in the beach zone. According to the Planning and Building Act, all measures in the beach zone are basically prohibited. The municipalities are allowed to decide whether a dispensation from the ban is to be granted, or whether they are to make exceptions to this decision in the municipal and zoning plan. Part of the property is nevertheless set aside for residential development, according to Kristoffersen. – It is a large property, much of which has been earmarked for residential development. Now a framework application has been approved for a residential building on the upper side of the property. The property is today owned by artist Galina Manikova, who had plans to build an art center on the site. Now he feels compelled to enter the years. Sell the property after refusal – I have understood that this is the end of the line. I don’t get to establish what I have worked for for eight years. I have no choice but to end the project, says Manikova. Galina Manikova graduated from Art Academy Bezalel in 1979. Photo: Private In the eight years she has owned the property, she has tried to create a center for alternative photography, which is what she does for a living. She received positive signals from the municipality, before Flakstad municipality gradually rejected the plans. – The municipal board made a decision in 2021 where they wanted to welcome the mini house field and the art center and asked us to submit a proposal. It has cost a lot of money and it has taken almost two years to get an answer to this, and the answer was now negative, says Manikova. Bought for NOK 900,000 The apartment is now for sale, with an asking price of NOK 9.5 million. When she bought the plot in 2015, it was for NOK 900,000. But Manikova does not believe the company will come out of it well. – Those who suggest that I have big gains in the case are thoroughly mistaken. – We have spent a lot of money. So I doubt that the company will benefit from it. But we’ll see with time. She believes that the potential to develop the property is there. – But for me it is non-existent.
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Beach at Ramberg in Lofoten has been put out for sale – news Nordland
