12506 Painted Bunting Dr, Austin, TX 78726

A rare opportunity to own 4 private acres in North Austin, just minutes from Hwy 620 and the Apple campus. Surrounded by mature oaks and natural beauty, this property offers a level of privacy, usable land, and flexibility that is increasingly hard to find this close to the city. The 1964 home blends timeless architectural character with thoughtful modern updates, including a remodeled kitchen, renovated primary suite with a new bath and oversized walk-in closet, updated secondary bathrooms, and fresh interior paint. The centerpiece of the home is a striking living room with mid-century influence, dramatic wood-beamed ceilings, natural stone accents, and a wall of windows that brings the Texas landscape into full view. Whether you're looking for a private residence to enjoy now or a future dream-home site while keeping the existing home as a guest house, the property offers a unique combination of character, functionality, and long-term potential. Just minutes from major employers, dining, shopping, entertainment, and everyday conveniences, the setting feels quiet, secluded, and far removed from the pace of the city. Fully usable 4-acre homesites rarely come available in this market area. Properties like this are hard to replace and even harder to forget once you’ve seen them.

Twelve acres of raw potential doesn't come up often in North Austin, but 12506 Painted Bunting Drive in the Austin subdivision delivers something rarer: 3.999 acres of genuinely usable land wrapped around a 1964 home with soul. The property sits level and studded with native oaks and mature trees, creating instant privacy that only gets harder to find closer to Austin proper.

The home itself refuses to apologize for its age. A living room anchored by mid-century wood-beam ceilings and natural stone accents commands the interior, with a wall of windows that frames the surrounding landscape rather than fighting it. The bones are honest wood siding and stone construction, the kind of structure that actually improves with intentional upgrades rather than disappearing behind them. Recent work updated the kitchen with quartz counters and a breakfast bar, renovated the primary suite with a new bath and oversized walk-in closet, and refreshed secondary baths and interior paint. Stone flooring runs through the space, grounding the design in texture and materiality.

Three bedrooms and three full baths provide flexibility whether you're settling in as a primary residence or imagining the secondary structures and guest accommodations this acreage allows. A patio and porch extend living outward. The garden and mature vegetation create the kind of outdoor room that takes years to establish, which means you're inheriting the work already done.

Location matters here, and Austin's position near Highway 620 cuts commute friction. Apple's campus sits minutes away. Dell Technologies, Oracle, and Domain offices remain accessible. Austin-Bergstrom International Airport runs roughly 30 minutes south. Downtown Austin is 25-30 minutes depending on time of day. Grandview Hills Elementary, Four Points Middle, and Vandegrift High School serve the property through Leander ISD, bringing strong school-district credentials to the location.

What distinguishes this property isn't the 2,275 square feet or even the 1964 build date. It's the permission this land grants. Whether you're a buyer seeking a privacy-forward primary residence or an investor holding land while a guest house operates, the economics work. Properties with this combination of acreage, functionality, and location don't cycle through the market often. This one is priced at $1.10M, or $484 per square foot, making it accessible relative to the land equity involved.