6817 Auckland Dr, Austin, TX 78749

Welcome to this beautiful house located in Southwest Austin’s highly desired Circle C Ranch. This one-story home is truly amazing, you only have to walk into the large foyer to appreciate the unique design of this house. The high ceilings, wooden floors and designer tile throughout this house make it feel even larger than the listed 2,415 square feet. The fireplace is located in the grand living room. The beautiful master bedroom deigned with bay windows, a custom master bath with tile floors and custom closets. The home has both a formal dining room and a breakfast area with a bay window adjacent to the kitchen. The large kitchen has plenty of cabinets counter area and a large center island. The kitchen opens to the grand living room and the formal dining room and is perfect for hosting a party for family and friends. The washer and dryer are located in the utility room. The great fireplace is located in the grand living room. The other two bedrooms are nice sized with ceiling fans and large closets. Second bathroom has dual vanities and marble flooring. This beautifully kept house with fresh interior and exterior paint and other upgrades has great landscaping in both front and back yards making this house truly move in ready! The location is great with easy access to Mopac, SH45 and 290. The house is walking distance to the soccer fields, playscape and walking trails. The house is also close to the great Frisbee golf course and a short bike ride over to the Velloway, Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Park and the Circle C swimming pool. The house is also close to many Austin favorites: HEB, Torchies Tacos, Waterloo Ice House, and the Alamo Drafthouse and more shops and restaurants!

Circle C Ranch has something almost no other Austin neighborhood can claim - a dedicated bicycle-and-inline-skating-only trail called the Veloway, a 3.1-mile paved loop where no cars, dogs, or pedestrians are allowed. On any weekend morning you will find families with kids on training wheels circling alongside serious road cyclists doing intervals.

Circle C sits in southwest Austin, bounded by Slaughter Lane to the north, MoPac to the east, Highway 45 to the south, and Escarpment Boulevard to the west. MoPac gives you a direct shot downtown in about 20 minutes outside of rush hour, though the Slaughter Lane on-ramp backs up during peak times. The commercial strip along Slaughter and Brodie handles grocery runs with H-E-B, Target, and local restaurants within five minutes. The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center anchors the southern edge and serves as both botanical garden and de facto community park.

Traditional Texas suburban homes make up about 40% of inventory - two-story, four-bedroom plans with brick and stone, built between the mid-1990s and mid-2000s by David Weekley, Centex, and Standard Pacific. Hill Country Contemporary designs account for 25%, concentrated in newer sections along the greenbelt. Production builder homes fill 20%, with the rest in townhomes and patio homes. Lot sizes run between 7,000 and 12,000 square feet in production sections, with custom lots reaching a quarter acre along creek corridors. Pricing ranges from the mid-$400s for older patio homes up to $1.2 million for updated homes on premium lots.

Circle C is served by Austin ISD. Kiker Elementary and Clayton Elementary draw strong ratings. Small Middle School handles the transition years, and Bowie High School serves the high schoolers. Bowie has a strong reputation for music programs, competitive athletics, and college prep academics. School campuses are close enough that many families walk or bike to elementary school, adding to the family-oriented character.

The rhythm of daily life revolves around outdoor activity and school calendars. Mornings start on the Veloway or Slaughter Creek Trail. The Wildflower Center hosts seasonal events. By afternoon, community pools fill up and sports fields along Escarpment see baseball and soccer practice. For food, Keepers Coastal Kitchen on Brodie has become the upscale casual spot for well-executed seafood. District Kitchen handles the gastropub niche. Oasthouse is a reliable weeknight option. Jack Allen's Kitchen down Slaughter does its farm-to-table thing. And Loro - the Asian smokehouse from the Uchi and Franklin BBQ teams - sits just up MoPac.

Circle C is less expensive than Barton Creek to the north with its $1.5 million entry point. It has better community infrastructure than Shady Hollow and Bauerle Ranch, which lack Circle C's trail system and pools. And it offers stronger Austin ISD schools than most Hays CISD options further south. The main tradeoff is density - lots are smaller than Dripping Springs or Bee Cave.

Circle C works for families who want strong Austin ISD schools and community amenities in southwest Austin without stretching past a million dollars. It fits active households that will use the Veloway, trails, and pools. If you want acreage and privacy, keep driving west. But if you want to bike the Veloway at sunrise, drop the kids at a good school by 8, and be at the pool by 4 PM, Circle C delivers that routine consistently.