1135 Barton Hills Dr Unit #261, Austin, TX 78704

Seize this opportunity to live in a downtown treehouse setting with 3 spacious private balconies! The Interior features include gorgeous custom walnut wood floors, a cozy fireplace, woodblock kitchen counters, and a full stainless appliances package! The spacious living room opens to a covered balcony among the trees. Large windows, as well as the skylight and sliding glass doors, offer an abundance of natural light! Both upstairs bedrooms have their own private balconies with private storage closets. You are guaranteed to appreciate all the large shade trees this property has to offer in the hot Texas summers! Top-Rated schools and just a short walk to Zilker Parker, Barton Springs Pool, World-class dining and all that downtown Austin has to offer! This unit includes 2 reserved parking spaces and the HOA covers trash, water & sewer! Come and see for yourself what central Austin living at its finest is all about!

Barton Hills is South Austin's Greenbelt neighborhood in 78704, where the Gus Fruh trailhead sits on a residential street and Barton Springs Pool is a five-minute bike ride. Median home price $1.49M. Austin ISD schools, 10 minutes to downtown, direct access to the Barton Creek Greenbelt and Zilker Park.

The housing stock is mostly 1950s-70s ranch homes on generous lots (8,000-12,000 sq ft) with mature live oak and pecan canopy. The terrain is hilly and the streets wind without sidewalks — everyone walks in the road and waves. Some original homes have been updated; others are teardown candidates for new builds. Active listings typically number 5-10 at any given time.

South Lamar corridor runs along the eastern edge — Uchi, Odd Duck, Loro, Matt's El Rancho, and the Alamo Drafthouse at Lamar Union are all within a mile. Zilker Park (351 acres) is the front yard. The Barton Hills Neighborhood Association actively protects the environmental features that make this location work — the springs, the Greenbelt, and the creek.

What defines Barton Hills: trail access from your front door, spring-fed swimming, James Beard Award-winning food a mile away, and a 10-minute downtown commute. The tradeoff is hilly terrain, no HOA-maintained common areas, and older housing stock that may need significant updating.