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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 real estate section.  Take a look. Austin homes starting in the ...

Yes, I said hospitals.  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 big deal for everyone from Spicewood and Briarcliff to Hudson Bend and ...

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 see below, pictures really do tell the story. As you can see, people get ...

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 it again.  With ticket sales low because of people feeling pinched economically, ...

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 the house below today.  Note the small platform just under the left side of ...

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 may provide some things to think about for anyone building on any lake. The first ...

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, ext. 3231.  What you should be able to do is contract with the LCRA ...

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 usual Tuscan design, this one offered the casual elegance of a Texas ranch ...

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 Highland Lakes.  Lake Travis is one of these lakes.  Even homes within a ...

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 was built.  I think that was back in early 1994, but I can't remember for ...