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The fact that no one has bought 2002 Rue de St. Tropez, Austin TX sort of bothers me. And it’s not even one of my listings! It bothers me because it is such a hot modern Austin home. I mean it is smoking hot. It was on the cover Dwell Magazine a few years back…like on the COVER.

Erik, the design-builder, built an amazing home in the Eanes ISD area of Westlake. It has wide open entertaining areas, Scandinavian inspired color palette, tons of custom steel, custom industrial glass and a ton of modern zing.  This home is steel construction too, not timber, no pine 2×4′s…steel and metal bones.  It’s close in, private, gated, in the best school district in central Texas (Eanes ISD), has a Lake Austin waterfront park, pool and boat dock, has a roof top with views, and on and on.

Erik nailed this Austin modern home…it’s currently offered for just $253/sf…in any other modern architecture loving city, this modern home would have been snapped up…so what’s up Austin modern home lovers?! Is it too modern for Austin? Please restore my faith in Austin as a hip, up-and-coming modern architectural trend-setter!!! Here is a link to 2002 Rue de St. Tropez listing (again, not listed by us.)

Eanes ISD in Austin has always been The Texas School District that had every single school as exemplary schools.  Want the best ranked schools? Easy, just live in Eanes ISD.  Well, that just changed a little bit this week.  The new 2011 Texas Education Agency (TEA) school rankings are out and Eanes ISD is missing one of its trophies.  West Ridge Middle School is now ranked a second best “Recognized” down a notch from “Exemplary”.  

But don’t get too worked up, West Ridge Middle School is a superb middle school still, it just lost some points in testing this year.  My guess is that they will be back to Exemplary very soon!

Austin neighborhoods that attend West Ridge are mostly west of 360 Capital of Texas Highway.  You can see all the Austin school rankings and Eanes school rankings for TEA 2011 test results here.

Here is a link if you are interested in Eanes ISD real estate for sale or lease.  There is also an Eanes ISD map of school locations here.

Eanes ISD Cuernavaca luxury home for sale, 1 Acre lot, Private, Architectural

This elegant 1 acre estate will knock your socks off. It’s hidden away on a deep 1 acre heavily treed lot, totally private. There is a main house and a detached garage with a garage apartment that can be finished out to be an apartment, yoga studio, office, gym, workshop…whatever. This is a custom designed and built home with attention to detail everywhere. This is an extremely green built home with energy bills averaging around $100 per month! This elegant home is unique with a perfect floor plan for family life or entertaining. This home has 2 large balconies and a large covered outdoor entertaining area. True zen living in the Eanes hill country.

There are so few quality modern homes for sale in Austin right now.  There are some (check out my list of Austin modern homes for sale) but not many….so let’s build yours and get EXACTLY what you want for less than most of the resales out there.  A lot of my clients are building and I can help you build this (pic above) in Austin, on a killer lot with views for around $800k to 900k depending on selections.  Call me 512-413-0870.

Just got a call from another agent who has a newish construction contemporary home coming on the market soon in Eanes ISD in west Austin.  Home is on a cul-de-sac, has over 6000 square feet, spa, pool, “top of the line everything”, on about an acre lot.  I’m supposed to go check it out tomorrow…if it’s hot I’ll email it out to my preferred buyers first, then update it on our Austin modern homes list…or call me if you want to discuss it.