The waiting time for a desired summerhouse has been reduced: Now the opposite has happened
DR-Inland in Denmark
Tuesday, July 01, 2025 • 2:32 PM UTC - in Denmark
Waiting time for a sought-after beach house decreases: Contrary to expectations, it increases
A distance requirement was supposed to reduce the waiting list for beach houses. However, this is not quite what happened.
The waiting list for a white beach house on Blokhus Strand has added 200 new names in just three weeks. (Photo: © Christine Nørgaard/DR) 49 minutes ago
Many stand in vain on the waiting list for a lifetime in the hunt for one of the 47 very popular beach houses on Blokhus Strand.
Among other things, the politicians in Jammerbugt Municipality decided three weeks ago that from now on, one should live within a radius of 50 kilometers from Blokhus to be considered.
The houses should be owned by people who live nearby, and several names should be removed from the waiting list so that others can come faster.
- 50 kilometers gives meaning, so that one does not have to wait 260 years on a waiting list, said Christian Hem (V), chairman of the technical and environmental committee, when DR spoke with him three weeks ago. ( https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/inges-droem-om-et-badehus-gik-i-opfyldelse-efter-20-aar-andre-maa-vente-forgaeves )
Much could suggest that the distance requirement and the talk about beach houses have had the completely opposite effect. At the time, 260 people were in line for a house. Today, the number is 460.
On average, only one house ownership change occurs per year.
Christian Hem now says that it is not necessarily a problem that the waiting list has exploded.
- The goal was also to create some life at the beach houses. I think that goal will be achieved, because those who have signed up for the list live nearby.
The committee chairman has his own theory as to why the list has become so much longer. The municipality has indeed discussed the possibility of having more beach houses on the beach.
However, it is still uncertain whether it can actually be done, or when it could potentially happen. It requires a change in the law, which can open up for more projects along the coast, says Christian Hem.
- The government has itself delayed with the possibility that something could be on the way on that front, so of course we will obviously keep them informed.
Inge Pedersen has changed her stance and is now an advocate for a long waiting list. (Photo: © Christine Nørgaard/DR)
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Thank you for a very long waiting list
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Inge Pedersen is the second-in-command in the association for Beach Houses on Blokhus Strand, and she is one of the lucky ones who made it through the waiting list and got a beach house.
Earlier, the association spoke out for Jammerbugt Municipality to close the waiting list. It was not fair that some had to wait for a house their entire life without ever being close to being considered, they thought.
Now, she admits that she has changed her stance, after the new numbers were presented to her.
- If we think politically and strategically in terms of getting more beach houses on the beach, then it is actually good that the waiting list is so long. It shows that the interest is very high, says Inge Pedersen.
The waiting list can in this way be the best argument for the need for more houses, she thinks. On Løkken Strand a little further up on the north Jutland west coast, there are 486 beach houses. Inge Pedersen would not have 486 in Blokhus.
- But there could easily be double the number that there is now, she says.
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