For Sale, a well-prepared-for-construction 5.09 acre parcel of land with Pedernales Co-op electricity in the Cross Timbers development 6.6 miles southwest of Lampasas. $149,500
REDUCED TO $129,000
The price has been reduced to $129,000. Realtor-represented buyers welcome!
Contact information: Ron & Gina Carmichael, 512-773-5300, texarc@gmail.com.
Land prep: We have spent many days clearing the land of huge amounts of cedar, mesquite, and prickly pear cactii, obtained a $3k+ TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY, and it is really well-groomed with virtually zero prickly pear, no cedar trees, no mesquite trees, has 16 beautiful, mature and well-trimmed large oaks, LCRA has placed ONE pole on the approximate location of the two corner propertypins on the street to source electricty to the land so it is ready to build. Water is by well, and sewer is septic only.
Easy to get to from 1478 - once through the automate security gate (contact us for code by call or text - 512.773.5300) then take your first left and then your first right, go about 100 yards up on the left on Winecup Drive - #231.
Video of the drive from the entry gate on 1478, 6.6 miles from Lampasas to the property of 5.09 acres at 231 Winecup Drive in Cross Timbers, a gated development of more than 230 lots from 5 acres to 20 acres land parcels).
Check the album for photos and latest videos.
Topographical Survey (also scroll down this page)
I am adding a topo view of the fantastic view of the majestic, central Texas Hill Country environment Live Oaks, survivors that have triumphed and grown to as much as diameters of 40 inches. There is a high section of the parcel where the house should be built, overlooking about 2/3 of the property which is vast in appearance and provides a buffer of isolation.. The high-land overlook provides a promontory for a well-designed hill country-syle ranch house with porches that overlook to the south, as well as the north. Ideal for solar placement, protected from inclement weather by the massive oaks, out of any flood plain yet close to a dry creek that runs wet in rains able to be dammed up for permanent pond if desired.. The topsoil in the "lower area" is very deep..
We have removed 99.99% of all prickly pear, which were a forest, like the adjacent lots where the majority of the property is covered by this painful "weed". There are still small offshoots of prickly which might sprout from root systems for the next few years but are easily chopped out with hand-tools, or sprayed with triclophos per the Texas A&M Extension guidelines. We've used both (including a week of rock-bucket skid-steer operations) to clear all the infestation of prickly pear, mesquite, and cedar trees. This property is "ready to build:, as electricity is now available along with excellent pavement preppted..
You can invest in the entire development now and POSSIBLY realize a great enhancement of investment (or NOT). You should evaluate all aspects before venturing. Our confidence and price is firm. We are certain that in a few years, this property will be one of the most attractive in development and architectural enhanced value, particularly if our own architect, MJ Neal, is involved in whatever you might want to do with this property. He is a genius, but he also is practical and extremely well-grounded in efficient use of spaces, and out-of-the-norm features. We still live in a home he designed for us 28+ years ago that was award winning at the time, world-wide published and awarded, on the north shore of Lake Travis. Not a day goes by that we do not arise to awesome views and effects he created. To see some of what he designed, I invite you to this decades-old web page I created as an homage to his genius:
Here is a small album of images and videos of THIS property for sale I took in 2023, along with still photos along the way between the 1478 gate and the property, showing the lush and verdant nature of the property from "the high side" at the eastern corner of the property: PartDeux
It is in the County of Burnet and the school district of Lampasas.
Thanks to an "Ag Exemption" each property has, our property taxes for 2021 for the entire property were less than $10! Once a house is built conventional taxes apply to it, but the other 4 acres remain below 10 dollars/year - this is set up by the company that converted a long-time family ranch into a unique subdivision of some four-hundred 5 to 10 acre parcels. There is a set fee per year of around $900 that provides for the association, maintenance of infrastructure such as roads, gates, and fence around perimeter of the entire development. ONE acre of the 5+ acres can be fenced in, around tthe home for example, but the other 4 acres are held free-range for the exotics and small herd of less than 100 cattle that free-range graze throughout the entire development.
This is a large community in the making just a few minutes from the fine central Texas historically-rich town of Lampasas. The highland lakes of the Colorado River (Lake Buchanan) begin approximately 30 minutes south-southwest, and Austin is about an hour's drive southwards down highway 183. (Lampasas Chamber of Commerce)
We have worked hard investing both sweat and financial equity, extensively groomed the property to make it more people-friendly and just plain pleasing in appearance. We have spent many days using a skid steer with a stone bucket to remove almost 100% of what was a virtual forest of prickly pear covering most of the property.
We also removed all cedar bushes and trees, as well as all mesquite trees. These were piled up and allowed to dry. We then hired a professional fireman who specializes in safely burning huge piles of trees which he did.
We have spread more than 20 pounds of native grasses and bird/butterfly friendly flower seeds throughout the 5 acres. (Native Seed Link)
All of the oak trees have been trimmed of most dead wood, cuts sprayed and gaps filled with expanding foam and camoflage-painted. Most of these oaks have huge massive trunks and have survived lightning hits over their century+ of existence. We feel they are well-positioned to ring and compliment a large home. Some are just inside the western property line adding a degree of definition as well.
The land is a "split-level" as there is a dry creekbed drawing from west to east and about half of the acreage is some 15 feet lower than the upper-half portion. A home on the high side will be able to have a beautiful and panoramic vista of flat land below. If it rains sufficiently the creek will fill up, and installing a small dam at the downhill side of the property could allow the creation of a permanent water pond which could create a fenceless barrier to animals outside of the 1-acre fence liimit. At no point would the house be in the flood plain (unless built in the creekbed!). The far south edge of the property is still lower than the portion above the creek.
All of the land in this development (some 400+ parcels) has some restrictions by design. In order to have very low taxes, the owner is allowed to fence in and builld on only 1 acre of the 5.09 acres for protection from the red deer, white tail deer, and a herd of less than 100 cattle which free-range over the entire development, which will be essentially a huge gated community. These critters are what insure the "ag exemption".
Here is the document spelling everything out: Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Cross Timber Ranch. If you plan to buy this property you need to read through this carefully so you know what you are getting.We have many photos and videos from game trail cams installed at several points just to see "what's there", and there are album links on this page leading you to the albums.
Electricity is provided from Pedernales Co-op - which we have at our current home in Lago Vista, with a cost of around 10 cents per kilowatt hour (CHEAP!). Water will need to come from you making a water well that may need to go up to 600 feet deep, and you will also need to install/use a septic system. Fortunately this parcel is perfectly situated to do both easily and the developer had every parcel verified/certified to "perc" properly.
The streets are all laid and well-paved with asphalt. Large automated gates are installed at the two different points of entry.
Where? If you have Google Earth installed on your phone, tablet, or computer you can download and then use this link, Google Earth should give you a ride to the parcel, starting from outer space. I used an app called Locus Pro the day we bought the land, and walked the perimeter to record the property line which shows up in the Google Earth app and here: 
Please note that this satellite view uses an old satellite image that does not show all of the streets that have been put in. Winecup Drive, for example, goes along the upper boundary of the Locus track blue line shown. We also have paid for a full topographical survey. The 16 trees on it are all (only) the oak trees - no mesquite or cedars - and a number on each oak tree documents the diameter of the trunk in inches at 4 1/2 feet above the ground. Each grey line on the topo is a change of one foot in elevation and the pink lines are 5 feet changes in elevation. The closer the lines are together the steeper the terrain is at that point
Albums of photographs and videos of the property
We welcome realtor-represented buyers.