TLDR (Too Long; Didn’t Read): Living in East Austin, TX East Austin sits just across I-35 from downtown, and several pockets are an easy walk or bike ride to the urban core. Housing stock is a mix of original 1930s-1950s bungalows, renovated homes, duplexes, and new construction, often on the same block. The area includes […]

I get asked about The Domain more than almost any other part of Austin. People hear about the shopping, the restaurants, and the office towers, and they want to know what it actually looks like to live nearby. So I put together this guide based on what I see working with buyers and sellers in […]

I get calls fairly often from people who found one Westlake listing online, fell for the trees and the hilltop view, and now want to know what the area is actually like day to day. West Lake Hills gets lumped in with “Westlake” as a general term, but it’s worth understanding what it really is […]

I get asked about Cuernavaca more often than you’d expect for a neighborhood that doesn’t show up on most people’s mental map of Austin. It’s not a name that gets thrown around the way Zilker or Tarrytown does, but once buyers see it, they tend to remember it. If you’re considering a move here or […]

I get asked about Great Hills often enough that I wanted to put together a real guide to it, not a rehash of listing descriptions. I’m Robbie English, REALTOR and broker at Uncommon Realty, and I’ve shown and sold homes across this part of Austin for years. Great Hills is one of those neighborhoods people […]

I get asked about Eanes ISD more than almost any other topic when buyers start looking west of Austin. It comes up in nearly every conversation about West Lake Hills, Rollingwood, or the Bee Caves corridor, and for good reason. School attendance zones are one of the most misunderstood parts of buying a home in […]

People ask me about “the lake” in Austin more than almost anything else, and I always have to ask which one they mean. Lake Austin and Lake Travis get lumped together constantly, but they’re two very different bodies of water with two very different ways of life attached to them. I’ve walked clients through waterfront […]

Austin Lake Estates doesn’t get talked about as often as some of its West Austin neighbors, but it’s one of the more distinctive pockets of the Westlake area. I work with buyers and sellers across Austin, and I always tell people this neighborhood rewards a closer look. The terrain, the tree cover, the lake proximity, […]