Unique private cabin in Lofoten

A whole cabin to yourself at the water's edge, with three bedrooms, a fireplace and a terrace looking out to sea, roughly 5 km in a straight line from Ballstad and 10 km from Leknes Airport by the listing's own figure.

A family or two couples who want to cook, do laundry and come and go without a reception desk. The approach is a long gravel track, so it suits people happy to drive one. With no cot and no extra bed available, it is not set up for a baby or for adding a fifth person.

The approach is a long gravel road, which the property has confirmed in answer to a guest; a hire car will manage it but it is not a surfaced drive. Check-in runs only from 16:00 to 21:00 and you have to say in advance when you will arrive. A NOK 3,000 card deposit is taken on arrival. Booking.com publishes a maximum of four guests for the cabin. No cot and no extra bed can be added, pets are not accepted, and quiet hours are kept from 23:00 to 07:00.

One unit of 75 m² listed as a Three-Bedroom House. Two bedrooms hold a single bed each and the third a double; there is one bathroom with a bath or shower, a toilet, towels and linen. The cabin is detached, non-smoking and entered by its own door. Booking.com records three beds in the unit and publishes a maximum of four guests.

WiFi is free, as is the private parking space. Heating, a flat-screen TV, plus a sitting area with a sofa, a fireplace, a dining table, a terrace with outdoor furniture and an outdoor dining area. The kitchen has an oven, a hob, a dishwasher, a fridge, a coffee machine, a kettle and kitchenware, and there is a washing machine. Towels, linen and toilet paper are provided. The property has said it keeps a drying rack for wet clothes.

Self-catering only: the kitchen is fitted with an oven, hob, dishwasher and coffee machine, and there is a dining table indoors and another outside on the terrace. No breakfast, restaurant or bar is listed, and Booking.com gives no distance to a shop.

The cabin's postal address is Kvalvika under the Leknes postcode, on the south coast of Vestvågøy in Vestvågøy municipality. Kartverket's nearest registered settlement name is Sandsund, about 1.8 km off, so the cabin stands away from any village. Ballstad, the destination this guide covers, is 4.8 km away in a straight line. Booking.com records the setting as rural and puts Skomakerstranda Beach 2.9 km away.

Booking.com gives Leknes Airport as 10 km from the cabin, Vestvågøy Rådhus as 8.8 km, Borga Radarstasjon as 33 km and Nusfjord as 36 km. The property has said the access road is a long gravel one.