1192 Sand Hill RD, Dale, TX 78616

Discover +/- 27 acres of serene Texas countryside, designed for those seeking a homestead lifestyle or small animal operation. Located just 20 minutes from Lockhart, 30 minutes from Bastrop, 45 minutes to ABIA, and 46 miles from downtown Austin, this property offers peaceful rural living with easy access to nearby amenities.

The fully renovated home is designed for comfort and practicality, featuring high-end kitchen appliances, a massive pantry, and zero carpet for low-maintenance living. Enjoy peaceful mornings with your coffee on the east-facing front porch, where you can watch the sunrise in tranquility. The home is topped with a durable metal roof, while the raised bed gardens are ready to cultivate your favorite plants or vegetables.

This property is a dream for animal enthusiasts, with a barn equipped with six horse stalls, a large chicken coop, and a fully fenced and cross-fenced layout using small-animal wire and sturdy pipe posts. The pond provides a vital water source for livestock, and the last hay production yielded an impressive 100 round bales. Additionally, a spacious shop with two overhead garage doors offers ample storage and workspace for your projects.

The property is thoughtfully equipped with two septic systems, RV hookups for water, electric, and septic, and even a slab near the pond ready for an ADU or office. With an Ag valuation in place, property taxes are greatly reduced, making this a practical choice for homesteading or running a small animal operation.

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The defining advantage at 1192 Sand Hill Rd is control of 27.372 acres in Caldwell County, paired with a renovated 1,500 square foot single-family residence that gives a buyer immediate use while preserving long-term flexibility. Set in Dale in Dale, this is the kind of property where the land matters as much as the house. At $1.10M, or $733 per square foot, the offering is not about interior count alone. It is about acreage, infrastructure, and the ability to operate beyond a typical residential tract. For buyers tracking school path, the property sits in Lockhart ISD, with Navarro Elementary, Lockhart Middle, and Lockhart High serving the address.

The house itself is a 1963 build with 3 bedrooms and 1 bath, but the practical upgrades are what change the equation. The home has been fully renovated with high-end kitchen appliances, a large pantry, zero carpet, and a metal roof, which shifts the conversation from cosmetic work to immediate functionality. The east-facing front porch and raised bed gardens support a daily-use rural lifestyle rather than a weekend-only concept. A 6-car garage adds uncommon storage capacity, and the larger property improvements extend well beyond that. There is a barn with six horse stalls, a large chicken coop, fencing and cross-fencing built with small-animal wire and pipe posts, a pond that serves livestock, and a spacious shop with two overhead garage doors for equipment, workspace, or storage. The last hay production reportedly yielded 100 round bales, which gives a buyer a concrete measure of agricultural utility rather than a vague promise of open land.

The location also reads well for someone balancing rural use with regional access. The property is about 20 minutes from Lockhart, 30 minutes from Bastrop, 45 minutes to ABIA, and 46 miles from downtown Austin. Two septic systems, RV hookups for water, electric, and septic, plus a slab near the pond ready for an ADU or office, add real optionality for multigenerational use, guest overflow, or work-from-property needs. With an Ag valuation already in place and days on market at 1, 1192 Sand Hill Rd stands out as a land-driven asset with enough infrastructure to support homestead use, small animal operations, and long-range hold value in a part of Central Texas where usable acreage remains finite.