Custom homes in Burnet
The county seat, the Bluebonnet Capital of Texas, and the town closest to Lake Buchanan and Inks Lake. Burnet is about 45 minutes from Leander on Highway 29, and the gated ranch subdivisions around it offer five to thirty-five acre tracts with no builder list.
Lakes, hills, and ten-acre tracts behind a gate.
Burnet sits at US 281 and TX 29, about 54 miles northwest of Austin and 30 from Leander and Cedar Park. It's a town of about 6,500 with a historic square, Fort Croghan, a municipal airport, and Lake Buchanan, Inks Lake and Lake LBJ within ten to twenty minutes. Inks Lake and Longhorn Cavern state parks are close, and the wineries have followed.
Inside the city limits and at Delaware Springs you're on city water and sewer. The acreage subdivisions are on private wells in the Trinity and Ellenburger aquifers, with septic and Pedernales Electric. Burnet County issues the development and septic permits; there's no county building inspection like a city's.
Burnet CISD serves the area. Lake Buchanan communities like Council Creek South and the Peninsula add lake access to the mix.
Building in Burnet
The ranch subdivisions north and east of Burnet are where we do most of our work here: Burnet Oaks Estates, 7 Creeks Ranch, Feild Ranch and the Ranches at Rifle Ridge, all gated, all five to thirty-five acre tracts, all bring your own builder. We walk the tract for the well site and the view, plan the barn or shop with the house, and run the county permits.
On ten-acre tracts the county no longer reviews road and water standards, so we confirm the well yield and the road before you close, not after.
Two Burnet communities we don't build in: Creekfall, which is Meritage and D.R. Horton, and the new D.R. Horton phase at Delaware Springs. The original half-acre section of Delaware Springs is custom, and we'll look at a lot there.
Where we build in Burnet.
Communities where you choose your own builder and no production builder has ever built. Each one has its own page.
Plans that fit acreage here.
All of our plans are drawn for half-acre lots and up. These are the three we'd show first on open land.
Romans
3,974 sq ft · 4 bd · 3.5 ba · 2 story
U-shaped around a courtyard pool. The primary suite has its own wing and an outdoor shower.
Fits from 0.5 acreView plan
Mark
4,503 sq ft · 4 bd · 4.5 ba · 1 story
Theater, gym, game room and guest suite on one level, with covered porches along the whole back.
Fits from 0.75 acreView plan
Luke
4,358 sq ft · 4 bd · 3.5 ba · 2 story
Primary suite, study and guest suite downstairs. Summer kitchen and pool bath off the back porches.
Fits from 0.5 acreView planWhat building on acreage here looks like.
The same process we use everywhere, with the land questions answered first.
We walk the parcel first.
Water, septic and soil, power, access, floodplain, easements and the driveway. We settle those before anything is drawn, because they decide the budget.
We handle the county and the ETJ.
Rural land can sit in a city's extraterritorial jurisdiction without being in the city. We sort out which rules apply and run the permits.
One person to call.
A milestone schedule you can follow and a single point of contact for the whole build. See the eight steps.
Questions about Burnet.
Do you build in Burnet?
Yes. Burnet is about 45 minutes from our office, and the gated ranch communities around it are bring-your-own-builder.
Is there city water on the acreage?
No. The ranch subdivisions use private wells and septic. Inside the city and at Delaware Springs there's municipal water and sewer.
Which Burnet communities allow an outside builder?
Burnet Oaks Estates, 7 Creeks Ranch, Feild Ranch and Ranches at Rifle Ridge, plus the Lake Buchanan subdivisions. Each page has the details.
What about lake lots?
Council Creek South on Lake Buchanan has lots from under half an acre to an acre and a half, on well and septic, with a boat ramp and fishing pier. We'll look at any lake lot you're considering.
Have land in Burnet, or looking for some?
Send us a note with the address or the listing. We'll walk it with you and tell you what it will support before you spend anything on plans.
Burnet
Tell us a little about what you're looking for and Demitri will follow up himself.