Need help finding a Lake Travis Neighborhood! (Austin, Portland: fit in, house)

[rsladeasu]

Originally Posted by hound 109

Why Austin?

Austin, bc it is very similar to Chicago in the food/music/festival scene. We like that, but we have also experienced that here, in that we live downtown here in a skyscraper. We were considering a move to the suburbs here on the north shore of Lake Michigan in Wilmette until the weather here showed us how awful it can be. Wilmette, like Lake Travis is 30-40 mins away from downtown in non-rush hour. So in essence, we are looking for our "Wilmette", someplace that has better weather.

[rsladeasu]

Should I be too worried about the water level in Lake Travis? Will it go back up or simply dry up?

[rsladeasu]

Originally Posted by Uberguber

Try Lago Vista. You can get empty lots for around $5,000 near the shores of Lake Travis and build whatever you want.

Would that be a good place to raise a family?

[Trainwreck20]

If Travis dries up, you will be out of drinking water ANYWHERE in Austin, essentially.....

[FalconheadWest]

Originally Posted by centralaustinite

What are you talking about?! Eanes on one side and AISD on the other, most to McCallum HS which is a great school, I know many families who live directly on the water on Lake Austin who send their kids to McCallum!

Did you see his price point? Where is he getting near Lake Austin in Eanes? That's not even in consideration. Have you looked at test scores lately in McCallum and rankings? Not much to brag about... yes, it's getting "better" as more people are moving into this area and less are sending their kids to private school, but still doesn't stand up to the LT schools. And that's not on Lake Austin, that's Central.

[scm53]

For what you want, you want to be on the S side of the lake, not Lago Vista, which is N. Better schools S, and 30 to downtown v. 45.

There is a reason it is cheaper.

[rsladeasu]

Originally Posted by FalconheadWest

When looking in this area, you also need to decide if sidewalks are important to you if you're going to have kids. Much of Lakeway does not have sidewalks. That helped me make my decision down into Bee Cave, Falconhead West. There are many sidewalk communities in your price point, Falconhead, Falconhead West, Lake Pointe, and Sweetwater.

Is there anywhere that shows the different "sidewalk" communities?

I really like the look of the Hills and falconhead btw.

[rsladeasu]

Originally Posted by Trainwreck20

If Travis dries up, you will be out of drinking water ANYWHERE in Austin, essentially.....

I take it LT is the drinking water source for Austin

[Uberguber]

Originally Posted by FalconheadWest

Schools near Lake Austin aren't much to brag about, but the Lake Travis schools, as an exemplary district, is something to brag about.

When looking in this area, you also need to decide if sidewalks are important to you if you're going to have kids. Much of Lakeway does not have sidewalks. That helped me make my decision down into Bee Cave, Falconhead West. There are many sidewalk communities in your price point, Falconhead, Falconhead West, Lake Pointe, and Sweetwater.

Why do houses in Lakepointe sit for so long?

Right now there are 14 for sale, and only 2 under contract - or about 15% of the listings. This tells me that prices need to fall.

If you look at neighborhoods near SPM in SW Austin, they are close to 80-90% under contract.

Go look on the MLS and see for yourself - definately some softening in the BeeCaves/LT area

heck, there is a house for 280K available in Lakepoint right now, the same price as what's selling in the Southpark Meadows area.

[A-Tex]

Originally Posted by rsladeasu

Is there anywhere that shows the different "sidewalk" communities?

I really like the look of the Hills and falconhead btw.

Originally Posted by rsladeasu

Austin, bc it is very similar to Chicago in the food/music/festival scene. We like that, but we have also experienced that here, in that we live downtown here in a skyscraper. We were considering a move to the suburbs here on the north shore of Lake Michigan in Wilmette until the weather here showed us how awful it can be. Wilmette, like Lake Travis is 30-40 mins away from downtown in non-rush hour. So in essence, we are looking for our "Wilmette", someplace that has better weather.

Have you even been to Austin?