7805 Deer Ridge Cir, Austin, TX 78731

This spacious 5-bedroom Northwest Hills home Is on a culdesac in desirable Green Trails Estates. It has a well-designed floor plan with the main living areas in the middle of the house and bedrooms on both sides. The living room is expansive with a vaulted wood adorned ceiling, floor to ceiling window overlooking the backyard, herringbone flooring and a wood burning fireplace. Adjacent the living room is a separate TV/family room. The kitchen was previously enlarged and remodeled, and has direct access to the formal dining room at the front of the house and a wonderful sunroom/breakfast area in the back. The bedroom wing on the right is carpeted and consists of the primary ensuite bedroom plus two secondary bedrooms adjoined by a Jack and Jill bathroom. One of these bedrooms is currently set up as a home office with built in desks. On the left side of the house are the fourth bedroom, another bathroom and a spacious versatile 500SF ensuite bedroom above the garage. The enormous primary bedroom with vaulted ceiling has loads of windows overlooking the backyard and direct access to the pool. A wall of custom-built shelving accentuates the height in this room and provides beautiful space for displaying treasures. The ensuite bathroom has a double vanity, walk-in shower, separate water closet and two clothes closets. The laundry room is a good size and located on the left side of the house near the garage which is ample for two cars and has a separate storage room. The home on a third-acre lot with garage access from a side street, and has a private fenced backyard with a partially covered deck, and pool with an incorporated hot tub. The backyard is shaded with mature oak trees and quite private with only one neighboring house behind. Offers, if any, reviewed Monday, June 14 at noon.

Northwest Hills is a family neighborhood in 78731, built in the 1960s-80s on wooded half-acre lots between MoPac and Loop 360. Median home price $1.19M. Austin ISD schools — Doss Elementary and Murchison Middle rank among the district's best. 12 minutes to UT campus, 15 to downtown.

The housing stock is predominantly single-story ranch and split-level homes on lots averaging 0.3-0.5 acres with mature live oak and cedar canopy. Most original homes are 1,800-3,000 sq ft. A renovation wave has been updating kitchens and adding square footage without tearing down — the lot sizes accommodate additions well. Active listings typically number 15-25 at any given time.

Daily life revolves around the schools and the outdoors. Bull Creek for weekend wading, Mount Bonnell for sunset hikes (8 minutes from the neighborhood), Northwest District Park for soccer and the playground. Far West corridor handles weeknight dining — Saffron, 5280 Burger, Yamas. The Arboretum and Domain are 10 minutes north for shopping. HEB on Far West is the neighborhood grocery hub.

What makes Northwest Hills the family value play in Central Austin: Doss/Murchison school quality at roughly half the Eanes ISD price point, lot sizes that rival Westlake, and a 15-minute commute that beats the suburbs. The tradeoff is Austin ISD (good but not Eanes) and 1960s-80s housing stock that often needs updating.