Austin Texas

[bindian]

Before my daughter bought a house just east of Austin in Manor, I was looking at retirement property northwest of Austin. Until I started checking tax rates. My parents had 78 acres, years ago, near Lexington and I loved that place. So that area or the Paige area is where I will buy retirement property. Lower taxes and close to my daughter. I love the hill country..........and if it wasn't so far from my daughter............I'd vote to move to the Leakey-Camp Wood area. About an hour and a half to two hour drive from Austin.
hugs, Brandi

 

[sseelhoff]

Oh right, no vegan restaurants. Bummer, but a good Cardiac Rehab 30 minutes away in LaGrange.

LaGrange is also a pretty area.

 

[crackerjack222]

I just checked on a "for sale" in Wilson county just west of Nixon. It is 187 acres with a "firm" asking of $4500/acre, has water well, some minerals with sale (but out of Eagle Ford hot area).

 

[txdon]

LaGrange is also a pretty area.

True but land prices are also higher there, but you are closer to a hospital. If it's a major emergency you will be transferred to Austin, they have a helicopter.

I had money down on an beautiful old victorian house in LaGrange after I retired. But after a close inspection we decided to build new on our land. I call Lee county the "Sweet Spot" really too far to commute to work to Houston or Austin therefore land prices are the best - population has been stable for 20 years - I checked with the 2 1/2 school districts - their number of students remains constant. Not too many places in Texas can say that. Just a few things to consider. . . .

OIL - There was a boom in the county in a few areas (not mine) last year but when prices dropped everything stopped. Land can be acquired with some minerals. The North West part of the county is hillier.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Before my daughter bought a house just east of Austin in Manor, I was looking at retirement property northwest of Austin. Until I started checking tax rates. My parents had 78 acres, years ago, near Lexington and I loved that place. So that area or the Paige area is where I will buy retirement property. Lower taxes and close to my daughter. I love the hill country..........and if it wasn't so far from my daughter............I'd vote to move to the Leakey-Camp Wood area. About an hour and a half to two hour drive from Austin.
hugs, Brandi

Bastrop county (Paige) has Houston Toad environmental concerns. Williiamson county has taken on the big government and taxes as Austin in Travis county. In Lee county, you pretty much do what you want, just like the Indians did, with a very few exceptions.

 

[SirReal63]

Burnet County is the same way, very conservative and they leave people alone for the most part. The permit for our guest house and main house was $25 and they assured us they would never come inspect anything. We have a wildlife exemption, and had to fill out the paperwork and the lady at the county walked us through it line by line. I have lived in Austin and many other places in this and other states, Burnet County is about as laid back and easy as it comes. The only inspection we had to have was for septic, the well was just a certificate based in the drillers report.

Life doesn't get any easier than rural Burnet County.

 

[bindian]

Bastrop county (Paige) has Houston Toad environmental concerns. Williiamson county has taken on the big government and taxes as Austin in Travis county. In Lee county, you pretty much do what you want, just like the Indians did, with a very few exceptions.

Thanks Kyle. I didn't realize the H Toad range was that far north including Paige. Where I am now, I am leary of getting the hammer dropped on me because of woodpeckers and flickers.
hugs, Brandi

 

[RobertN]

I want to go to Austin. Just to see Stevie Ray Vaughn's statue. He was awesome!

 

[ultrarunner]

Prices posted in the links are amazing from my perspective... I can see why the area is so popular with those moving away from California.

 

[kenacp]

Thanks for all the replies! Looks like it can be done within an hour and a half or so of Austin.

 

[tamu94]

Thanks for the replies. I have some land in Miss. that has some pastures , woods, a catfish pond and garden/orchard. Lots of wildlife too for hunting.Trails for riding the 4-wheeler and golfcart. Was looking for something close to that. Thinking now," I may be looking for a needle in a haystack". Budget about $400k for land only.

Land in the hill country is about $3000/acre if you are at least an hour outside the city. Look into Lampasas county. Quick and easy access down highway 183.

 

[EddieWalker]

Lampasas is probably the area where I was actually nervous driving at night a few years ago. There where deer everywhere on the sides of the roads, crossing the roads, or just standing there in the middle of the roads!!!! Never in my life have I seen so many deer all at once, and all over the road

Eddie

 

[tamu94]

Lampasas is probably the area where I was actually nervous driving at night a few years ago. There where deer everywhere on the sides of the roads, crossing the roads, or just standing there in the middle of the roads!!!! Never in my life have I seen so many deer all at once, and all over the road

Eddie

Tell me about it! There is a reason most of the trucks in the hill country have a massive "cow catcher" brush guard on the front. Highest concentration of deer in the state.

 

[mikim]

Toad range doesn't go east of FM2104. I'm in the range, but just on the out skirts. I have toad limitations....but they aren't great. I paid an extra $1500 to build the house - for the toad-- but then again I get wildlife exemption because of the toad that saves me more than that each year in taxes. I haven't run into anything yet that I can't do because of toad habitat. I just have to abide by good land practices so as to not hinder it's making a home here. Stuff that I would do anyway.

 

[MacLawn]

Boys, them deer need killin' and eatin'. As for TEXAS, I like that Burnet County idea. Sounds like real freedom. I've only been to TEXAS a couple of times in my life, but you gotta love TEXAS. I just do like my water. So, a good well, or county water would be very important! I'm thinking more of them Kalifornians will be moving to TEXAS as their water dries up.

 

[ultrarunner]

Hard to say... maybe farmers leaving if not enough to farm or raise livestock... make no mistake... some small areas have been hit hard... the State as a whole is not out of water...

We have been asked to limit to 35 gpd per person... which seems to work for the urban centers...

 

[mikim]

Texas is running out of water too. Too many people moving here - not enough water to support 'em all. We're in a fight now to keep water speculators from drilling big wells in the country and selling it to the urban areas. Afraid they'll dry up the local family wells. I've started collecting rain as a backup because big money always wins out in the end. Wish they'd simply require rain collection on all new construction.

 

[MacLawn]

That rain collection idea sounds good. I read somebody was fined though for collecting rain from their roof somewhere!

 

[EddieWalker]

Hard to say... maybe farmers leaving if not enough to farm or raise livestock... make no mistake... some small areas have been hit hard... the State as a whole is not out of water...

We have been asked to limit to 35 gpd per person... which seems to work for the urban centers...

Seems to me that I heard they haven't built any new lakes to hold water for the growth of people who live there and they are actually tearing down three dams so the fish can swim upstream in a natural habitat instead of using the man made paths created for them to get around the dams.

Hard to understand how a state that goes through drought on such a regular basis could be so surprised every time it happens.

Eddie

 

[ultrarunner]

Exactly true...

The latest is farmers with senior water rights going back to the founding of California have been told to stop drawing water from the San Joaquin river... 100% cut off.