2201 Bowman Ave, Austin, TX 78703

On a corner lot in Tarrytown, this 2013 home by Stuart Sampley has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, and 2,385 sq ft designed around the way you'll actually live, inside and out.

Large sliding doors wrap the living and dining areas and open straight onto the outdoor decks, so a dinner party or a lazy Sunday moves outside without anyone noticing the change and natural light fills the house all day. Gather around the fire pit on a cool evening, or head to one of several tucked-away seating areas for morning coffee or a quiet hour with a book. A screened front porch adds one more place to settle in, and the spacious corner lot gives every space room to breathe.

Inside, a large island anchors the kitchen and makes a second gathering place alongside the formal dining room. Downstairs, two bedrooms share a full bath. The primary suite takes up the entire second story, with a private balcony, a flexible reading nook, and several skylights that make it a real retreat. Solar panels on the roof cover part of the home's energy use, which rounds out a property for a buyer who notices how things are made.

A separate studio/ADU is also available for purchase - please inquire for more details.

Tarrytown is a historic Central Austin neighborhood in 78703, five minutes from downtown and bordered by Lake Austin to the west. Median home price $1.95M. Austin ISD schools - Casis Elementary, O. Henry Middle, Austin High - and walkability to Deep Eddy Pool, Lady Bird Lake, and Mayfield Park.

The housing stock spans nine decades. Original 1930s-60s colonials, Tudors, and ranch homes sit alongside new construction and gut renovations on lots ranging from 0.15 to 0.3 acres. Lakefront properties on Scenic Drive and streets near Lake Austin command $4M-$15M+. The neighborhood's character has been protected by an engaged neighborhood association and the McMansion Ordinance, which limits building scale.

Daily life here runs on the water and the schools. Morning laps at Deep Eddy Pool (68-degree spring-fed water year-round), school drop-off at Casis, coffee at Tarrytown Pharmacy or Summer Moon, dinner at Jeffrey's or Josephine House without leaving the neighborhood. The Contemporary at Laguna Gloria and Lions Municipal Golf Course are a walk or short bike ride away.

What makes Tarrytown distinct from other luxury Austin neighborhoods: genuine walkability, a 90-year-old neighborhood identity, and Central Austin access that Westlake and Barton Creek cannot match. The tradeoff is Austin ISD instead of Eanes, and smaller lots than you'd find west of MoPac.