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Organic Farm for Sale - Toftehøj 3, Herlufmagle

From Dream to Reality

Now you can live your dream of self-sufficiency with an organic farm at Toftehøj 3, 4160 Herlufmagle in Næstved on Zealand.

The property opens many possibilities. Do you dream of your own atelier and gallery? A second-hand shop is very trendy. On 2 of the property's 5 hectares, trees could perhaps be planted if you wish to do something for the climate.

If you are interested in horses, 3 of the neighbors have horses. There will in all likelihood also be the possibility of building a loose-housing stable connected to the shed where the tractor is kept. Alternatively, boarding with the neighbors at no. 4.

There is room for a large family with 4 bedrooms, a large open-plan room, 2 kitchens, and a lovely living room with a wood-burning stove. Seize the opportunity and call Vivi on +4529416294 for a viewing.

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Located in South Zealand near the town of Herlufmagle and Glumsø, the property is only an hour from Copenhagen and actually right between Ringsted and Næstved.

The impressively large beech tree standing in the middle of the garden must be around 200 years old. If you measure the circumference of the trunk it is 4 meters, which suggests somewhere between 150-250 years of age. You can see the tree, still large, in old photos from the 1950s. We are certain that when the garden was planted and the trees surrounding it were chosen, real thought was given to diversity for the benefit of animals and insects. Today, with the trees more than 30 years old, tall and full, we are grateful for this very fine approach to nature, because now we have cosy nooks, hiding places and flowers from early spring to late autumn – and you can decide for yourself whether the garden should be kept neatly trimmed or whether you want to let it run deliberately wild.

We have chosen to run the farm itself organically because it makes sense to preserve the entire food chain from insects to mammals. Much of the land is in grass and clover. There will be the possibility of cultivating more of the land than we do today.

Facts

AddressToftehøj 3, 4160 Herlufmagle
Municipality: Næstved on Zealand
Vivi Hjorth Hansen
Tel +4529416294
Main House
Energy Rating Main HouseA 2010
Living Area199 m2
Main House Ground Area149 m2
Garage36 m2
Covered Terrace36 m2
Number of FloorsFirst Floor
Number of Rooms5
Year Built1966 (renovation 1983)
InternetFiber
Farm Shop
Energy Rating Farm ShopD
Farm Shop Ground Area126 m2
Farm Shop Area108 m2 + 20 m2
Number of FloorsFirst Floor
Year Built1956 (renovation 2019)
General
Exterior Wall MaterialBrick
Roof MaterialFiber cement including asbestos
Heating SystemGround source - 800 m pipes (2020)
Water SupplyPrivate water supply system
DrainageWillow plant system (2021)
Other Buildings
Carport for car (Building 6)36 m2 + 19 m2 shed (2025)
Carport for tractor (Building 4)36 m2 (1984)
Chicken House (Building 3)72 m2 (2023)
Cadastral Numbers51,672 m2 (5 ha)
Herluflille Village, Herlufmagle 4b22,065 m2
Torpe Village, Herlufmagle 6a18,326 m2
Torpe Village, Herlufmagle 9a11,281 m2

Description

Now your dream of country life can become a reality, as we are looking for the right people who can carry on the creativity that the property offers. For example: organic farming, animal husbandry, running a business, a farm shop, an artist's atelier, exploring nature – or whatever you dream of.

We are looking for a buyer – a family – for our organic farm, located in Herlufmagle at the northern end of Næstved in South Zealand.

The property contains a well-maintained farmhouse with 4 bedrooms, a living room, a large open-plan kitchen, an extra production kitchen, 2 toilets and a bathroom. A farm shop with loft space and a room currently used as an atelier. Between the farmhouse and the farm shop is a large garage. A double chicken house with an aviary and a large shed for the tractor and equipment. A carport with a tool shed. The ground source heating, installed in 2020, provides heat to both the farmhouse and farm shop. The wood-burning stove also adds warmth and cosines to the living room. The private shared road is home to playing children, horses and wild animals such as deer and hares.

The organic farm is self-sufficient in terms of equipment and is ready to supply Næstved and the surrounding area with organic eggs, fruit, berries and vegetables.

There are two enclosures of approximately 6,000 m2 – one containing fruit trees and the other providing space for growing vegetables and fruit bushes.

The approximately 5,000 m2 surrounding the house, with tall old trees, provides shelter and a very private garden with many pleasant seating areas where the sun can be enjoyed at different times of the day.

The garden invites a 'wild by design' approach where perennials and shrubs make it easy to simply mow the grass. The many varied trees and shrubs bring life for all kinds of birds, amphibians and insects. The garden flowers from early spring to late autumn. In the old part of the garden there are 4 different apple varieties, plum, Mirabelle plum, redcurrant, blackcurrant, gooseberry, strawberry, blackberry, rhubarb, a fig tree and a 5 m2 greenhouse with 2 grapevines.

The old garden provides living and breeding habitats for many types of birds, and it is wonderful to see and experience the birds up close. There are plenty of hiding places for hedgehogs, which both live and breed in the old garden. With a brash hedge and wood chipper, we use all garden waste to mulch the fruit trees and for soil renewal. Branch clippings go to the brash hedge, grass clippings go to the chickens, and dead trees go in the wood-burning stove.

Organics
We converted most of the land in 2020 and were fully organic by 2023. This means you can immediately sell all the fruit, berries and vegetables grown organically right away. This gives a great marketing advantage but also a wonderful feeling as you can really see how nature works together. We have pests but also their natural predators, and we believe this is the right way forward. Birds, mammals and insects thrive here with us.

On our website we have a section about how we run the farm organically..
+ Main house indoors
In the entrance hall there is access to a toilet, the first floor, the living room and the open-plan kitchen. The living room is spacious and has a lovely view of the garden and the enormous beech tree that marks the seasons. The wood-burning stove provides just the extra warmth and cosines needed in winter. With free wood from the property's own trees, it is no trouble to light a fire. In the open-plan kitchen, which has double doors to the outside, we can easily seat 20 people while cooking in the kitchen. The kitchen was upgraded in 2020 with a new induction hob, worktop and handles. The extractor hood is from 2025. The utility room, with space for a washing machine, tumble dryer and heating system, also contains an extra shower room, which is very convenient when we have many people in the house.

Up on the landing the chimney is exposed and provides extra warmth to the room when the wood-burning stove is lit. From here there is access to 2 attic rooms that can be used for storage. The room itself is perfect as a sewing room, creative workshop or playroom.

The first floor, which is bright and welcoming, has a further 4 rooms, an open room as well as a toilet and bathroom. The toilet and bathroom are in 2 separate rooms, which is practical when there are many people in the house. The bathroom consists of a glass shower cubicle and a washbasin. The toilet room contains a toilet and washbasin. Both rooms were upgraded in 2020.

Professional Kitchen
The extra kitchen was renovated in 2020 and approved by the Danish Food and Veterinary Administration for producing food that can be sold in the farm shop. Tiles run from floor to ceiling and the 3 light fittings provide excellent working light. The cooker is the only item not from 2020. There is also an exit to the outside from the extra kitchen.

Farm Shop
The farm shop is an old stable, renovated in 2019 and 2020. It is divided into a shop, storeroom, larder, atelier and loft space.

Today the farm shop is the setting for sales of eggs, delicacies, second-hand goods and art. The building is approved by the authorities and the Danish Food and Veterinary Administration with a smiley scheme. The first floor is used as an atelier because there is good natural light from 3 skylights. Behind the atelier and above the farm shop is an ordinary unheated loft room for storing e.g. building materials.

Carport
The Carport is a double carport with high ceiling height and good space for 2 cars. The tool shed extending from the carport is unheated but insulated with 100mm insulation and clad with OSB boards. The floor is concrete and the shed is fitted with a table, cupboard and shelves. There is room to do carpentry and construction work, with electricity and lighting installed. The outdoor light on the carport and shed switches on automatically when you arrive.

Chicken house
The chicken house got a new concrete floor in 2020, and in 2023 we expanded to an extra flock and laid a new roof. The old section was previously used as a sheep stable, and in principle several types of animals can live in the stalls. Extending from the chicken house are aviaries with access to separate enclosures in the field. We use this separation at present because the laying hens' eggs are sold in the farm shop and the two flocks need to be kept separate. During bird flu outbreaks, the laying hens go inside the woodland area so they can still express their natural behaviour.
The property is located in the northern part of Næstved, 4 km from Herlufmagle, 6 km from Glumsø and Tybjerg, and 13 km from Ringsted and Næstved.

There are train stations towards Copenhagen from Glumsø Station and Ringsted Station. Both stations have free parking. The journey time from the property to Copenhagen Central Station can be done in under an hour.

There are childcare facilities and childminders in Herlufmagle and the surrounding area, a primary school from year 0–6 in Herlufmagle and secondary schooling in Glumsø, as well as a private school in Tybjerg.

There are good shopping options such as Netto in Gelsted, Super Brugsen and +365 in Glumsø. In Herlufmagle there is a car garage, hairdresser, pizzeria and bakery. Glumsø is a slightly larger town with, among other things, a butcher, café, cinema, library, car garage, pizzeria and large furniture shop.

Herlufmagle is a town with a strong local community, where there is an active association life, including football, gymnastics, scouts, badminton, a fitness center and karate. In the community center Susåhuset, a range of activities take place that residents organise themselves, such as lectures, communal dinners and home brewing. Susåhuset also holds several events throughout the year, such as Leaf Fall Day, Halloween and New Year's reception. A summer festival is held in Herlufmagle and Glumsø.

In addition to the nature experiences the property offers, there are also a number of other nature experiences in the surrounding area: a tramping trail in Herlufmagle, several forests and lakes with the opportunity to go for a walk or run.

The property is located on a small private shared road with a total of 3 properties. We get on well with the 2 neighbors, one of whom is a couple who have just retired and the other a young family with 2 children.

Although the property is not a horse property, it is possible to have horses stabled with the neighbor.

Tractor, wood chipper, scraper, disc harrow, hay tedder, green harvester Taarup, roller, harrow plow, seed drill, edge trimmer, nibbi with finger mower, chainsaw, grain cleaner, grain roller, log splitter

Remember

  • As the property stands now, with agricultural obligation and commercial property, taxes and duties are very low.
  • There is no water discharge fee to pay, as we only discharge wastewater to our own willow filter bed.
  • The ground source heating provides heat at a relatively low cost.
  • The local waterworks, which supplies water to the property, is healthy and situated on land that has been farmed organically for many years.
  • You are free from any conversion period and can grow organic fruit and vegetables straight away.
  • Enclosures with fruit orchard and berry bushes as well as an area for growing vegetables. The fencing keeps deer and hares out.
  • Many tools, the tractor and the Nibbi can be included.
  • Very private garden with several pleasant seating areas and rich wildlife.
  • The house is surrounded by large tall trees, so we very rarely notice when it really storms.
  • The best neighbors.
  • The private shared road is maintained primarily by us because we have the tractor, but the neighbors help out from time to time.
  • Trees need to be felled every year. In return, this provides free firewood and heating for the house.
  • If farming is not continued to maintain the agricultural obligation, the property will be reassessed and subject to more property tax. We recommend consulting an accountant before purchasing the property.
  • Possibility of agricultural subsidies.