Life at Lakehaven
In the sellers’ words
The family who built their life here shared what they will miss most. Their notes are the best tour of this property you can get without standing on the back porch.
The biggest backyard in Georgetown
Nobody can ever build behind the house - the Corps of Engineers land surrounding the lake makes the privacy permanent. The kids grew up playing up and down the spring-fed creek, exploring the property, and walking straight onto Corps land and down to the lake. The sellers call it "effectively the biggest backyard in Georgetown."
Mornings and evenings on the porch
Set this far back from the road with the porch facing the lake, there is no road noise at all. Coffee on the covered back porch comes with a breeze blowing up the draw from the lake, and the porch is oriented so direct sunlight never reaches it. Evenings are for a glass of wine at sunset - the sellers say the pool-deck sunsets are worth scheduling a second showing around. Cold nights end around the fire pit.
Daisy, Lexi, and three palm trees named Pedro, Pablo, and Pancho
The wildlife is part of the household: the family’s "pet" deer - especially Daisy, and her standoffs with Lexi, the family dog. Three palm trees the sellers protected and groomed for years answer to Pedro, Pablo, and Pancho. Behind the house and pool, Spanish Oaks line the elevation change and turn red, orange, and yellow at the first frost - the backdrop for family photos every Thanksgiving.
The house where everyone wanted to be
The pool, hot tub, and sport court made this the house where all the kids’ friends gathered. Thanksgiving hosting runs through the Wolf range and double ovens in a kitchen that opens straight to the back porch. Easter meant epic egg hunts across eight acres; birthdays meant scavenger hunts. Even the water is a draw - the well feeds a natural Ozonator treatment system and RO filtration, and the kids’ friends literally come to fill their Yeti cups.
The details each of them will miss
Luke calls it a very "homey" home - always warm and comfortable - and claims the laundry chute and the wildlife as his favorites. Ryann’s are the back-porch view and the Juliet balcony. Mandy will miss her clawfoot bathtub and her customized closet with its jewelry armoire. The live-edge mantle over the living room fireplace is a solid piece of Elm, handmade by a family friend, and the gas fireplaces mean a warm fire any month of the year with the flip of a switch.
A tankless water heater means the primary suite never runs out of hot water, and through the hardest Texas freezes the house never lost power - the sellers note it shares a grid segment with a nearby Georgetown fire station. Their parting claim: "Our pool has the best view of any pool in Georgetown."
