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20 Acres, hilltop beauty, lake and panoramic Hill Country views, timeless Texas style single story white stone home of casual simplicity, huge workshop, pavilion and peaceful privacy. Unrestricted acreage with unique potential for creative ideas to be developed. A second septic and electrical service are already in place to build a guest house or other building of 2500 square feet. It currently provides visitors with RV conveniences. Removed but not remote, 8 miles to the Hill Country Galleria at 620, 25 miles to Austin's downtown food, fun and music, easy access off Hwy 71W, adjacent to the upscale Travis Settlement area.
Unrestricted acreage possibilities include a place for wine tasting, a spa, an art or yoga studio, a writing retreat or music venture, a horse riding ring, a restaurant, a green building business, vintage cars, furniture making or whatever you can dream for the future. What is your unique endeavor that needs a wonderful Texas hill country setting with inspiring views near Austin?
The comfortable understated custom home was built in 1994 with attention to details for quality, tasteful choices and a low maintenance objective. Designed with the concept of aging in place, there is smooth handicap access and special air conditioned storage off the garage. Enjoy entertaining on the big deck with the big view. Based on green building, energy conscious ideas, the home includes a standing seam metal roof which reflects heat away and provides rain water collection for daily use. Imagine the pleasure of a rainwater shampoo and shower. Bring your solar ideas, they will fit right in.
The unique beauties of this countryside will captivate you and invite you to contemplate the simple pleasures of life. Wake up to a hilltop full of sunrise with a daybreak of promise and another day to smile. Enjoy wide open spaces promoting creative energy, let the breezes lift your spirits, the drifting white clouds evoke tranquility, the moonrise invite you to linger and relax, the first star of the evening bring you your wish, the big sky full of stars bring you perspective.
Follow the path to the spring in the arroyo, jog your own hilly country trails, enjoy a life of solitude or gather your friends and family in a compound. Or design a reason for customers to visit so they will discover a convenient but real Texas Hill Country experience called the Lomita de Alegria, the Little Hill of Happiness.
LUXURIES:
long lasting, white stone walls, standing seam metal roof
high ceilings, walls of windows, French Doors
2 master suites, one is an office now
library with room enough for a grand piano
huge kitchen island with 2nd sink, granite counters
stainless appliances, big pantry
stone inside accent wall entryway
plantation shutters
tile floors except bedrooms
air conditioned storage room off garage (10' x 15') with silver storage
whole house vacuum, potting sink in the garage
3 full bathrooms
many built-in cabinets and bookshelves
covered back porch with ceiling fan, tile floor
easy to convert the tiled part of the deck to a sun room
SPECIAL FEATURES:
workshop is 30' x 40' for car restoration, sculpting, metal or woodworking
pavilion is 36' x 75' with asphalt floor that once housed 11 horses
2 8500 gallon rain tanks have roof washers, filtration, ultraviolet light
additional rain collection possible from the metal roofs of workshop & pavilion
2 separate septic systems, 2 electrical systems to build another building
861.89 feet of Bob Wire Road frontage, 1.9536 % tax rate, no city codes or tax
recent Trane HVAC, propane for range & fireplace which also burns wood
handicap access, room to roll into master big closet, bidet, separate shower
ramps on the deck and garage for wheelchair or walker
tensioned slab foundation on rock, pre-treated for termites, hurricane straps
well for irrigation and backup, 345 ' deep, the water level is 190'
wrought iron fence and gate with lighted stone pillars
an old pond excavation and dam still exist
various attractive building sites are available
oak covered rolling hills down to an arroyo with a spring
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