Custom homes in Ranches at Canyon Creek
Nineteen hundred gated acres near Oatmeal, in unincorporated Burnet County with a Bertram address, split into tracts of five to seventy acres. It's a real ranch community: wildlife and ag exemptions, horses and livestock allowed, hunting on your own land, and a self-managed POA that stays out of the way.
Five to seventy acres, gated, with the county as the only reviewer.
Ranches at Canyon Creek is about 40 minutes from US 183, reached through Bertram. Roughly 170 owners share more than two miles of paved private road, a gate with owner and contractor codes, street-level trash pickup and common mailboxes. The POA is elected by the owners and runs a few hundred dollars a year.
Every lot is well and septic, with electric at the street. The covenants set material standards for homes and run architectural requests through the POA, but there's no builder list. Many owners carry a wildlife exemption and pay very little in property tax.
Active listings run from five-acre tracts to twenty-plus acres. Burnet CISD serves the area.
Building in Ranches at Canyon Creek
On five to twenty acres the house is only part of the plan. We design the approach, the house, the barn or shop and the well site together, so the pieces relate to each other and to the view instead of landing wherever the first contractor parked. Our Mark plan, one level with porches along the back, was drawn for lots like these.
The well is the budget question. Yields vary across the property, and the county no longer reviews water on larger tracts, so we get a well report or a driller's estimate before we price the house.
Plans that fit a lot in Ranches at Canyon Creek.
All of our plans work on the lots here. These three are the ones we'd show first.
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 planMark
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 here with us looks like.
The same process we use everywhere, with what's specific to Ranches at Canyon Creek handled up front.
We walk the lot first.
Slope, trees, the view corridor, where the driveway can enter, where the utilities come in. We do this before drawing anything so the plan fits the land instead of getting squeezed onto it.
We run the review packet.
Elevations, materials, the site plan, septic where it applies. Where there's an architectural committee we prepare and submit it, and the final contract price waits until it's approved.
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 Ranches at Canyon Creek.
Can I use my own builder in Ranches at Canyon Creek?
Yes. There's no builder list. The covenants set material standards and the POA reviews architectural requests, which we handle.
Is it on well and septic?
Yes, every lot. We confirm the well situation before pricing and design the septic as part of the build.
Can I keep horses or hunt?
Yes. Horses, livestock and exotics are allowed, and hunting is permitted on your own tract.
How far is it to Leander?
About 40 minutes to US 183, through Bertram.
Thinking about building in Ranches at Canyon Creek?
Send us a note. We'll get back to you the same day with what it costs to build our plans on a lot in Ranches at Canyon Creek, and a time to walk one together.
Ranches at Canyon Creek
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