Help with Northwest Hills (Spring, Jollyville: real estate, apartment, mortgage)

[chicagomomk]

I am curious if the public schools in the northwest hills section of austin are recommended? how about through highschool?

Also, how would you recommend driving through northwest hills to get a good feel for the area?

Thanks in advance!

[centralaustinite]

Yes, they are! Anderson HS is an excellent HS. Some parts of Highland Hills feed into McCallum -- smaller, more diverse, (so raw test scores are not as good) but also an excellent HS and home to the Fine Arts Academy.

Don't have time to map a drive for you, sorry. Get a good realtor Moderator cut: Per TOS, no specific real estate company, broker or agent or mortgage bank/company name or website recommendations can be posted in forum - send info by DM only

[ericsami]

Anderson is a pretty good higschool and at last their football team is getting better too. they beat westwood sometime ago.

[mlt50]

My daughter goes to Anderson, it is a very good school plus they have an IB program. True, their football team isn't all that great. The principle is wonderful and really all the teachers and coaches have been very good, going above and beyond. We moved from out of state and we only have high school experience here.
Mesa is one of the main roads in the area and goes by the high school. It's a neat neighborhood with nice houses and lots of pretty oak trees and windy roads. We live in Great Hills, which is across 360 from northwest hills.

[Danbo1957]

Trip:

Mopac, take Far West exit, go west to Mesa. Along the way, medical center, shopping centers, post office, HEB, library, student dominated apartment housing, Murchison M.S., Doss Elementary.

Turn right at Mesa. At Spicewood Springs: shopping centers, churches. Turn left here to go to 360. If you go straight, at next light you get Steck, Anderson H.S. (Hill Elementary nearby.)

Continue to Hyridge, go right (east) back to Mopac.

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Mesa going north runs into Jollyville Road which parallels 183. Go left, drive to 360. Drive all over that area where 360 meets 183, tons of shopping and offices.

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Everything north of Mesa is houses. Going south on Mesa takes you out of Northwest Hills into "Cat Mountain". Mesa ends going west at 2222. Take a left at the light; turn left again to Balcones; lots of shopping, banking, and restaurants.

Go north on Balcones to North Hills, go west.

Repeat.

[10scoachrick]

mom, when we were looking 5 years ago, the area you speak of was interesting to us. Unfortunately, the +-$400K we were planning to spend gets a much smaller, generally much older home around there than the ones you'll find in the other areas you mentioned(Twin Creeks, Ranch @ Brushy Creek).

We didn't 'need' to be closer to the city, actually more north worked out better; so Avery Ranch it was(is)! If that closer location is better for you, I think you'll find it attractive. However, it is quite different from the master planned communities you mentioned in your other thread....not to mention 1.5-2x the cost per sq ft.(and higher taxes that accompany the higher cost)

[paul6835]

We spent 6 months trying to find a home in nw hills. Homes in doss elem on non busy streets under 500k on usually have multiple offers the day they go on the market. A big part of the popularity is the schools combined with proximity to downtown.

The schools are
Doss or hill for elem
Murcheson for middle
Anderson for high

All are good, Doss is considered to be better than Hill.