Found 3 blog entries tagged as Lake Travis Realtor.

When Lakeway homeowners begin thinking about selling, one question comes up again and again:

What should we do to the property before we put it on the market?

Should we remodel the kitchen?

Update the primary bathroom?

Add a pool?

Replace flooring?

Paint?

Improve the landscaping?

Or leave everything alone and let the next owner make those decisions?

The answer is rarely as simple as a list of renovations with predetermined returns.

In Lakeway's luxury market, value is influenced by the entire property: location, homesite, architecture, condition, views, outdoor living, floor plan, improvements, neighborhood, competition and the alternatives available to buyers at that moment.

Some improvements can materially strengthen a…

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If you're considering a move west of Austin, there is a good chance two names will appear early in your search:

Lakeway and Bee Cave.

The two cities are neighbors in western Travis County, and residents often share many of the same surrounding restaurants, shops, services and recreational destinations.

But living in Lakeway and living in Bee Cave are not exactly the same experience.

Lakeway sits along the south shore of Lake Travis and has a strong connection to lake recreation, golf, established residential neighborhoods, parks, trails and greenbelts.

Bee Cave sits farther east near the intersection of the SH 71 and RR 620 corridors and combines Hill Country residential living with convenient access to a significant concentration of…

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“What is my Lakeway home worth?”

It sounds like a simple question.

Enter an address online and you can have an estimated value in seconds. Look at a few nearby sales and you can calculate an average price per square foot.

But for a luxury home in Lakeway—or a waterfront property on Lake Travis—the answer can require considerably more analysis.

Why?

Because the properties themselves can be considerably different.

A custom home overlooking Lake Travis may have little in common with another house of similar size a few streets away.

A waterfront residence with a private boat dock cannot necessarily be valued against an interior home simply because the square footage is similar.

A comprehensively renovated home in an established Lakeway…

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