850 Forest View Dr, West Lake Hills, TX 78746

This lot is a prime location for your custom home. Forest View is a quiet hilltop street, no pedestrian traffic, just around the corner from Redbud Park, and five minutes from downtown.

A 0.3502-acre homesite in West Lake Hills is the core advantage here, and 850 Forest View Dr puts that opportunity in Westlake Hills within Eanes ISD. Offered at $1.09M, this is a land listing with a clear purpose for a buyer who values location, school path, and control over the final product more than an existing floor plan. The district alignment matters in this market, and this property is assigned to Eanes, Hill Country, and Westlake High School, which gives the site immediate relevance for buyers who screen West Lake Hills first and sort details second.

The street setting adds real value to the lot. Forest View is described as a quiet hilltop street with no pedestrian traffic, which changes how a future home can sit, approach, and feel from the moment you arrive. That kind of street character is not a cosmetic detail. It affects privacy, daily livability, and the long view on resale. Redbud Park is also close by, giving this address usable outdoor access without moving away from the West Lake Hills position that buyers seek. The other location fact that matters is downtown being about five minutes away. For many buyers, that combination is the point: a residential setting with short access back into the city.

Because this is offered as Land - See Remarks, the analysis should stay focused on the assets that cannot be recreated elsewhere. Buyers evaluating land at this level are not paying for someone else’s finishes or room count. They are paying for address, acreage, school assignment, and the quality of the immediate setting. 850 Forest View Dr delivers those fundamentals in Travis County with a 78746 address, a Westlake Hills location, and enough site area to justify a true custom build strategy rather than a compromise plan.

The 276 days on market suggest this is not impulse inventory. It is a specific opportunity for a buyer who understands what West Lake Hills land represents and is willing to act for the right reasons. If the goal is to build from the ground up in Eanes ISD, near Redbud Park, and close to downtown, this lot is positioned for a home whose value will come from the one thing the market does not create more of, which is well-located land in West Lake Hills.

Westlake Hills is an incorporated city in Austin's 78746 ZIP code, five minutes west of downtown via Bee Caves Road. Eanes ISD - ranked #1 in Texas by Niche 2026 - draws most buyers. Median home price $2.4M, with estates from $1.2M updates to $10M+ hilltop compounds.

Roughly 1,000 total homes sit on wooded lots averaging half an acre to two acres, spread across the hills south of the Colorado River. Lost Creek, Davenport Ranch, The Oaks, and Bee Caves Woods each have a different character - from 1970s ranches on established lots to new-build Hill Country Contemporary estates with 20-foot ceilings and limestone facades.

The housing stock is in a generational transition. Original 1970s-80s ranch homes sell as teardowns at $1-2M for land alone, replaced by $3-8M contemporary builds. At any given time, 25-30 homes are actively listed. Inventory is tight, and a meaningful share of deals happen off-market through agent networks.

What defines daily life here: morning coffee at Swedish Hill, school drop-off at Eanes Elementary or Bridge Point, a trail run at Wild Basin Preserve, and dinner at Sway or Las Palomas without crossing MoPac. This is a quiet neighborhood built around schools and outdoor access, not nightlife or walkable retail. The people who live here chose it for exactly that trade-off.