1400 Ruth Ave, Austin, TX 78757

Great location in the heart of the Brentwood neighborhood in Central Austin! This house is walking distance to Brentwood Elementary & Brentwood Neighborhood Park and only minutes from both the Little Deli neighborhood shopping center and the Triangle! This home is on a good sized corner lot and would be perfect to remodel or the lot could also be used to build your dream home. There are a couple of very nice well placed mature trees at the front of the property. Rare house in the area to have a full 2 car garage plus a 2 car carport, along with ample storage space in the home. The foundation company told the sellers that the foundation is in good condition. The roof needs to be replaced but the seller can have that done in a week if needed. The HVAC is working but is very old. Most of the wood floor (possibly original) is in good condition but is damaged in one room. Double-pane windows throughout. Zoned SF-3 so it has the possibility for a duplex as well.

Brentwood is one of Austin's original mid-century neighborhoods - built mostly between 1948 and 1955 when the city was expanding north of campus. The bones are good: 1,200-1,800 sqft brick and stone ranch homes on 7,500-10,000 sqft lots, mature pecan and oak trees, and a street grid that connects to everywhere without a single cul-de-sac.

The 78757 zip puts you 10 minutes from downtown via Lamar, 8 minutes from the Domain, and walking distance to Burnet Road - which has become one of Austin's best food corridors. Foreign & Domestic, Lala's Little Nugget, Top Notch Hamburgers, Tacodeli, and Soup Peddler are all within a mile. The Crown & Anchor on Burnet still serves the same burgers it did in 1980.

Original ranch homes start around $700K. Renovated and expanded properties run $1.1M-$1.6M. Tear-down and rebuild has accelerated over the past five years - new construction in the $1.8M-$2.5M range now mixes with the originals. The Brentwood Park area near Justin Lane holds value especially well.

Schools are Austin ISD: Brentwood Elementary, Lamar Middle, and McCallum High School - which feeds the Fine Arts Academy. Brentwood Park itself has tennis courts, a swimming pool, and the historic Brentwood Park Pool that families have used since the 1950s.

What makes Brentwood different from the bigger-name North Austin neighborhoods: it's still mostly its original housing stock. You can buy a real 1950s house with the post-war floor plan intact, then decide what to do with it. The neighborhood association is active, the streets are quiet, and the trees are tall enough to actually shade the sidewalks.

Best for buyers who want a true urban neighborhood with mid-century character, walkable food and coffee, and the McCallum Fine Arts Academy zoning.