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Open House |”the green houses” | Las Casas Verdes | 9/12/2010

admin | September 9, 2010 | 0 Comments

I am thrilled to be one of the agents that will be at the Las Casas Verdes open house this Saturday in Austin.
Where is Las Casa Verdes?
Located on Sacbe Cove just off of Longview this is a small subdivision with  20 homesites.  See map.

About Las Casas Verdes -  and me
Architect/Builder David E. Martin has [...]

Private paths / riding trails in the pines in Bastrop

admin | September 8, 2010 | 0 Comments

Here is a short video I put together of the paths/trails on the seven acres at 158 Winfield Thicket in Bastrop.  I walked this property yesterday afternoon right after it had begun to rain to  see if the wet weather creeks were running.  As you will see in the video they were just starting to [...]

127 Buckeye Trail, Smithville TX 78957

admin | September 3, 2010 | 0 Comments

127 Buckeye Trail is a 14+/- acre  farm and ranch property located just a few miles outside of Smithville Texas.  This one bedroom one and one half getaway home on beautiful wooded acreage is a metal built home and quite energy efficient  from what the Sellers have told me.
The floors are stained colored concrete which [...]

Price reduction – 158 Winfield Thicket, Bastrop TX 78602

admin | September 3, 2010 | 0 Comments

158 Winfield Thicket is a custom home in a secluded 7 acre setting in the “lost pines” area of Bastrop Texas and it has had a price reduction to 313,000.
This property is nestled among some rural residential and farm ranch properties not two miles from the Colo Vista development.  If you are wanting a rural [...]

158 Winfield Thicket | Horse friendly 7 acres in the pines in Bastrop | Questions and answers

admin | September 1, 2010 | 1 Comments

158 Winfield Thicket is a lovely rural residential property on 7 + acres in the lost pines in Bastrop Texas and here are some questions, answers and a video about the property.
Where is 158 Winfield Thicket?
It is located on a small ridge line in Alum Creek in the lost pines area of Bastrop county between [...]

Bastrop Riverwalk

admin | August 27, 2010 | 0 Comments

Bastrop has a beautiful river walk along the Colorado River between the Old Iron Bridge  ( Chestnut/150 Loop and the current Hwy 71 bridge.  It is about a  one mile walk between the Ferry Park located on Water Street  and Fishermans Park which is located at the end of Farm Street.  This riverwalk was constructed  [...]

Blood Drive at Sky Realty Austin

admin | August 26, 2010 | 0 Comments

My brokerage, Sky Realty, is having another  blood drive for the Blood Center of Central Texas this coming Saturday, September 4th at the main office in Austin  located at  4501 Spicewood Springs – between the hours of 10 and 3 pm.  We are looking for as many donors as possible.  Blood supplies dwindle as  needs [...]

McKinney Falls in Travis County

admin | August 26, 2010 | 0 Comments

If you are looking for a great day trip or a place to camp for a weekend and you don’t want to leave the Austin area consider visiting McKinney Falls State Park.  Originally a thoroughbred horse and cattle ranch for one of Austin’s “old 300″ Thomas McKinney  in the mid 1800’s it is now a [...]

Bluebonnet Electric moving towards more sustainable energy

admin | August 21, 2010 | 0 Comments

Living in Bastrop County it has felt like we ve just been a  bit behind the times living in Austin’s green and eco friendly shadow, but I recently learned that Bluebonnet Electric Coop which serves this area, has been quietly doing a lot of work and research to address energy needs in a proactive and [...]

Local feed store delivers in Bastrop

admin | August 20, 2010 | 1 Comments

Bastrop Feeds is a local feed store located on the west side of  Hwy 71 before the Colorado River in  Bastrop,  and they deliver!  They have all types of feed and supplies for  for farm and ranch and always have a great supply of quality  hay and alfalfa available. And like I mentioned before…they deliver…which [...]