So where can I build...

Discussion in 'Around Austin' started by killerfrog17, Jul 6, 2008.

  1. killerfrog17

    killerfrog17 250+ Posts

    So where can I build a 10,000sf house in central Austin?
     
  2. MilkmanDan

    MilkmanDan 1,000+ Posts

    Do you mind going vertical?
     
  3. killerfrog17

    killerfrog17 250+ Posts

    This is, of course, a hypothetical. If I won a huge lottery jackpot, I'd of course want to live in Austin, and be close to things. I'd probably start off in a highrise condo (downtown) and get another degree from UT! [​IMG] But then, I'd want the space of a house - but a bad-*** house. Have a music room, indoor pool, huge game room, etc. Not a McMansion, an actual mansion. I'd just prefer to live in the city, not the outskirts. (Not that any of this will happen anyway).
     
  4. halsteadfrost

    halsteadfrost 1,000+ Posts

    There's a neighborhood just south of 24th st and west of Lamar, that has fairly big lots. I'm sure you could find a place there, or, if you wanted, tear down whatever is on the lot and build your new mansion.

    Ideally, you would want to buy the Pease Mansion, and use it's property since it's basically on an entire block, but I think it's a historical landmark and thus you'd be unable to tear it down.

    edit: It's on 3.8 acres, and the current house is just over 10,000 sqft. Again though you'd have trouble adding the music room and whatnot I'm guessing...

    The Link
     
  5. Stuck_At_Work

    Stuck_At_Work 1,000+ Posts

    Move back to California, Houston, or Dallas. New 10,000 sq ft homes do not belong in Central Austin.
     
  6. Steel Shank

    Steel Shank 1,000+ Posts

    This place is centrally located:

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  7. mishatx

    mishatx 1,000+ Posts


     
  8. killerfrog17

    killerfrog17 250+ Posts


     
  9. Stuck_At_Work

    Stuck_At_Work 1,000+ Posts


     
  10. jimmyjazz

    jimmyjazz 2,500+ Posts

    10,000 sf is 0.4X of 25,000 sf, which is 0.57 of an acre.

    In the past, there have been several acre-plus lots hit the market on Balcones just north of 35th Street. I don't know if any remain. You could be neighbors with Mack Brown.
     
  11. Stuck_At_Work

    Stuck_At_Work 1,000+ Posts


     
  12. Benson32

    Benson32 1,000+ Posts

    i think mack moved out to the mount bonnell area, but his previous house is in a great neighborhood. several of those homes appear to be 7k-10k sq ft.
     
  13. Cap33

    Cap33 100+ Posts

    The freak around the corner from me is slowly buying up his entire block and annexing the existing homes into one big structure. So it's doable in central Austin. You just have to tear down one house at a time so your neighbors don't catch one to what you're doing until it's too late.
     
  14. l00p

    l00p 10,000+ Posts

    Well, you also have to hope that the Count from Sesame Street does not live on your street. That guy would be counting your purchased homes everyday and you can bet he would notice if one were missing or torn down immediately. He is an obsessive freak that way.
     
  15. Stuck_At_Work

    Stuck_At_Work 1,000+ Posts


     
  16. jimmyjazz

    jimmyjazz 2,500+ Posts


     
  17. ThrowittoRoy

    ThrowittoRoy 100+ Posts

    There are plenty of big *** mansion type homes up there behind Rollingwood. I was shocked in disbelief the first time i went driving in there with a Rollingwoodian. (I forget what that area is called)
    There are also giant homes just off SW Pkwy next to Travis Country (Regents).

    Not sure if that's close enough for you, but I'd consider both of those areas close enough. I mean, do you really want to have the riff raff driving by and taking pictures all day long?

    When's the housewarming party?
     
  18. Cap33

    Cap33 100+ Posts


     
  19. TexasEd

    TexasEd 1,000+ Posts

    Is it the big blue thing I can see from google map street view?

    google map
     
  20. killerfrog17

    killerfrog17 250+ Posts

    Ah, no problem. I was thinking 3 acres easy. Gotta' have yard! Beautifully landscaped yard. With a carp pond.
     
  21. Cap33

    Cap33 100+ Posts

    I think you're looking at the elementary school.

    It's not the right address, but look at 3264 Churchill Dr. on Google Maps street view: Link

    The big blue structure on the left was a cute house he refurbished with metal and attached to his original house, supposedly to house his motorcycle collection and for a playroom upstairs for the kids. To the right is now a large red metal garage-looking thing, also attached to his original house. He also has an industrial size electric meter in his front yard.
     
  22. kmac30

    kmac30 500+ Posts

    there's a house on Matthews, Scenic Dr is behind it. 4 stories, walkway across Scenic to a boat house w/ helipad. Boathouse has got to be about 2k sq ft. House has to be close to your 10k requested.
     

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