The house in Móskógar

Sæmundur Árni started building the cabin for his family on the 2nd of June 1991 after carefully going over where he wanted the cabin to be. He had his ideas on what the cabin should look like and he commissioned his son-in-law Guðmundur Ragnarsson to draw blueprints to the house in accordance with his ideas. Sæmundur wanted a big house where the family could be together and his children and grandchildren could enjoy being together as well. On the 29th of December the same year, Sæmundur and Ása decided to give each of their children a share in the land and the grounds for a cabin that was ready to be built. The ownership was divided into eight parts, one for Sæmundur and Ása and one for each child. New owners started right away taking responsibility for the ownership and decided to establish a company that was run by them to oversee construction and operation. That day the first board was formed and owners have ever since taken turns sitting on the board. The company holds an annual general meeting each year where they go over invoices and tasks ahead.

The cabin is a two story building, with ground floor being around 123m2 and in total 140-150m2 counting the second floor. The ground floor is made out of two bedrooms, one bathroom, an entrance hall, a living room and a kitchen. On the first floor you can then find three bedrooms, a tv room and a storage. It took a few years to build the house and the siblings did a lot of the ground work, but in the end the company decided on hiring carpenters to finish the work. Since the house was built, efforts have been made to improve facilities around it. For example making a lawn surrounding the house, building a gate and parking spaces as well as planting trees and other plants. A shed for storage was built and by popular demand they bought a hot tub.

Owners and their descendants very much enjoy going to the countryside for vacation and there is a lot that you can do there as well. There are boardgames, books, old computer games and tv material that can be used for relaxation. The best thing in everybody’s opinion though, is to go there and grill a lamb, which is a big part of the culture in the fjord, and drink wine that almost always ends up in a good family sing-along with the guitar.