Greatwood sits just west of Bagdad Road in Leander, TX, and it’s one of the few close-in neighborhoods that still feels like it’s out in the country. It was built out between 2015 and 2021 by a handful of custom and semi-custom builders, including Caledonia Builders, Carothers Executive Homes, Steve Klein, Giddens Homes, and Scott Felder Homes. Most lots here are a full flat acre, there are no sidewalks, and the neighborhood backs up to working farm country instead of more subdivisions.
I’m Robbie English, a broker with Uncommon Realty here in the Austin area.
Homes in Greatwood
Three-car garages are the norm here, and it’s not unusual to find four-car garages, or even the occasional seven-car garage, on the larger custom lots. That acre-plus spacing gives you real distance from your neighbors, which is something you won’t find in most newer Leander subdivisions built on quarter-acre lots. Because several builders worked in the neighborhood at different points, you’ll see a genuine mix of Texas Hill Country modern and more traditional exteriors rather than one repeated design.
Location and schools
Being west of Bagdad Road keeps Greatwood a few minutes removed from Leander’s busier corridors, while still leaving a manageable commute into Austin, Cedar Park, or the rest of Leander. Kids here attend Leander ISD schools. If a full acre and a rural feel aren’t quite what you’re after, I’m happy to compare Greatwood against Retreat at Hero Way or other nearby Leander options with smaller lots and lower price points.
Because lots here run a full acre and custom construction costs more per home, Greatwood tends to price above the smaller-lot subdivisions closer to 183, but well below what you’d pay for comparable acreage closer to Lake Travis. That middle position is a big part of why it’s stayed in demand even as more subdivisions have gone up around it.
