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A friend and associate at the Keller Williams Lake Travis office stood up at our sales meeting and held up some newspaper clippings. They had been used as packing material and were dated as having been published in 1993. What she read to us was from the
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Yes, I said hospital s . A sign went up around a year ago by the post office in Lakeway on RR 620. The sign advertised a hospital. Close to the same time, the big regional hospital near the high school was announced. The big hospital will be a really
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If you have been on a boat on Lake Travis and cruised by the town of Briarcliff, you know how challenging it can be to get to the water from a waterfront house. Some Lake Travis properties are gently sloping to the water and others are not. As you will
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This coming Thursday, November 6, will be the drawing for the Mercedes C300 and a trip to Germany. The Rotary Club of Lakeway - Lake Travis has raffled a car for the last 6 years to raise money for scholarships for high school students and we're doing
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If you read my post from the other day, you will know that I talked about building in the floodplain of Lake Travis. I talked about elevating the first floor of the house and also about mechanical systems like the air conditioner compressor. I just found
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If you are considering building on Lake Travis and probably on many other lakes, there are some things you need to know. Lake Travis is west of downtown Austin, Texas around 45 minutes. Everything in this article will be specific to Lake Travis, but it
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If you live on Lake Travis or are buying property on Lake Travis, you may be wondering about using Lake Travis water for household use and landscape irrigation. The answer is probably yes. What you need to do is contact Anissa Menefee at the LCRA at 800-776-5272,
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I had a real treat yesterday evening. I went to an open house at a stunning home on Lake Travis in a private, gated part of Lakeway. Located at 31 Waterfront, this home is different than what one would expect in a newer home on the lake. Rather than the
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Anyone looking to purchase a waterfront home on Lake Travis in a community that doesn't have a public sewer system will need to have the septic system by the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA). The LCRA, a private entity, manages the Central Texas
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When I moved to Lakeway back in October of 1988, it felt like we were out in the country. I have no idea what the population was, but it was nothing compared to today. The area from Hudson Bend to Lakeway exploded after the bridge below Mansfield Dam
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With the hot weather the lack of rain and normal water usage, Lake Travis is dropping rapidly. I just went to the LCRA website and saw that over the last week or so, Lake Travis is dropping by an average of around 3.5 inches per day. This isn't anything
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At the grand opening of the Reserve at Lake Travis yesterday, I got to take a short helicopter tour. After taking off, we went up to around 1000 feet and followed Lake Travis to the east. Banking over the uxclusive subdivision of Angel Bay, we turned
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The grand opening for the Reserve at Lake Travis lived up to it’s billing yesterday. I did not stay for the evening activities, but the day stuff was great. I went with fellow agent Claudine Thorne and we had a great time. Arriving at noon, we were
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The Reserve at Lake Travis is a high-end equestrian community west of Austin around an hour. Situated on Lake Travis, the development will have a number of waterfront lots. Sitting on 300 acres, lot sizes will be generous at one to five acres. In addition
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Over the last several years I have gotten a lot of calls from out of area buyers wanting Lake Travis waterfront homes. When I have told people about prices, they have not wanted to believe me. After all, Lake Travis is just another lake in Texas, right?
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