66 Comal St, Austin, TX 78702

High-end, Modern, Luxury two-story 4BD/3.5BA/2396 Sq Ft home in the PRIME HIGHLY DESIRED Holly District of 78702. Just blocks from the Lady Bird Hike & Bike Trail, and walking distance to Downtown Austin, Rainy Street, and all things Eastside. Fully fenced yard with power gate. Real Gas lantern on the front of the home. This Entertainer’s Dream Home offers an amazing backyard oasis with a Mod Pool on the Trex back deck. Spectacular detached casita/ studio. Covered bar area with bar seating & an outdoor kitchen with built-in 4 burner Kokomo Gas Grill. The high-end, innovative modern interior offers Odyssey White Oak Distressed Engineered Hardwood, recessed lighting, tall ceilings, custom designer fixtures & hardware, and custom Anderson windows. The gourmet island kitchen boasts Black Forest- Leather Finish granite countertops, custom cabinetry, Viking Refrigerator, 6-burner Thermador gas range, subway tile backsplash, custom vent hood, under cabinet lighting, and West Elm pendant lighting. Main floor Owner’s Suite with spectacular walk-in closet. Luxury ensuite bath with custom dual vanity, quartz countertop, decadent stand-alone soaking tub, and separate shower with rain shower fixture. Second living area upstairs. 2nd Floor Guest Suite with private bath. Two secondary bedrooms with a shared jack-n-jill bath. All bedroom closets feature custom solid wood built-in shelving. The 5 doors to the exterior of the home are all custom steel and glass. Ring Doorbell & Google Security Cameras. All rooms are wired for ethernet. The property is lined with stunning mature shade trees. Professional landscaping offers a beautiful combination of xeriscaping, gardens, and lush green lawn. Nearby shopping district on east 5th with Whole Foods, Target, multiple restaurants, retail, and the Cap Metro Rail stop. Just 6 miles to the airport, 2 miles to Oracle, and a few block walk to the Cesar Chavez restaurant and bar district. Gati Ice Cream & Coffee is just a 1/2 block walk.

East Austin is the only neighborhood in the city where you can walk from a James Beard Award-winning restaurant to a converted warehouse gallery to a live music venue to a craft cocktail bar without ever getting in your car. That walkability, combined with a building boom that has reshaped the housing stock over the past decade, makes East Austin the most dynamic real estate market in Central Texas.

East Austin stretches from I-35 on the west to Highway 183 on the east, with Lady Bird Lake forming the southern boundary and roughly MLK Boulevard marking the northern edge of the 78702 core. The 78722 zip extends the identity further north and east. Downtown is immediately across I-35 - five minutes by car, 15 by bicycle. East Cesar Chavez, East 6th, and East 7th serve as commercial corridors, each with its own personality. East Cesar Chavez leans toward taquerias and family shops, East 6th trends cocktail bars and restaurants, East 7th mixes galleries with newer retail.

Modern townhomes and duplexes make up about 35% of sales activity, concentrated on infill lots. Original shotgun bungalows and Craftsman homes account for 25%, mostly on quieter streets east of Chicon - typically 800 to 1,200 square feet on generous lots with ADU potential. Contemporary custom homes represent 15%, with architects like Bercy Chen and Alterstudio producing some of the most interesting residential design in Texas. Unrenovated bungalows start in the mid-$400s. Renovated historic homes with ADUs land between $700,000 and $1 million. New townhomes cluster around $600,000 to $900,000. Custom builds cross $1.5 million.

East Austin falls within Austin ISD. Zavala Elementary and Blackshear Elementary handle early grades. Martin and Kealing Middle Schools are the primary options, with Kealing's magnet program drawing students districtwide. Eastside Memorial High School serves the area, though many families opt for LASA, private schools, or open-enrollment options. The school landscape is more complex than in neighborhoods with a single feeder pattern, and specific addresses matter.

The lifestyle is what people picture when they think of modern Austin. Morning starts at Cenote or Fleet Coffee. Franklin Barbecue's line forms early, but locals order ahead. The dining concentration is remarkable. Suerte does modern Mexican with in-house nixtamal. Nixta Taqueria won a James Beard Award. Launderette turns a converted laundromat into one of Austin's best brunch spots. Canje brings Caribbean cooking to Holly Street. Kemuri Tatsu-Ya fuses izakaya with smokehouse. Via 313 has been making Detroit-style pizza since before the current boom. The Butler Trail, Boggy Creek Greenbelt, Roy Guerrero Park, and Mueller Lake Park provide outdoor options.

East Austin offers urban density and walkability unmatched outside downtown, at prices that undercut the west side significantly. Compared to South Congress, it provides more housing variety and better value per square foot. Compared to Mueller, it trades master-planned orderliness for more character. The main concerns are the pace of change and the east-west infrastructure divide, which has narrowed but still shows in some areas.

East Austin is for buyers who want to live in Austin's cultural energy rather than commute to it. It fits people who eat out frequently, bike to work, and value diversity of experience. It works for investors who see ADU potential in the generous lots. If you need a large lot, a quiet cul-de-sac, or a top suburban school, look elsewhere. But if you want to walk out your front door and feel the pulse of what makes Austin different from every other Texas city, there is no better address.