8800 Edwardson Ln, Austin, TX 78749

This South Austin beauty epitomizes style and grace with its generous floor plan and meticulously chosen, designer detailing. An inviting sense of light and space flows throughout the thoughtfully designed, open concept floor plan with high ceilings and walls of windows. The spacious living, kitchen, and dining were designed to accommodate the practicalities of daily living. The generous living space offers a fun accent wall providing contrast in color and texture. Modern practicality reigns in the sunlit kitchen that includes includes contemporary cabinetry with pot drawers and flat stock crown molding, 36" gas cooktop and vent hood, built-in oven and microwave, and L1 silestone countertops. The open-plan design allows the cook to chop, stir and socialize all at once. A clever fusion of sleek and soothing can be found in the private owner's suite, wrapped in windows and dreamy natural light. The modern, ensuite bath offers a host of luxury fittings and fixtures that incorporates a generous vanity area with a large mirror for getting ready and pampering and an open shower that gives the bathroom a roomier feel and includes floor to ceiling tile, a bench seat, and a fabulous shower head. A flex room with full bath at the front of the home can be used for whatever you want! Upstairs encourages relaxation, with 3 guest bedrooms, a secondary living space and 2 full-sized bathrooms. The picturesque backyard will be your favorite space to spend time with a beautifully landscaped yard, raised garden beds, mature trees, and a xeriscaped and paver, open air patio. The location of this home couldn't be much better; minutes to two HEBs, 290 and Mopac, Alamo Drafthouse, Torchy's, Summer Moon, Slaughter Creek park, fields, and trails, and zoned for highly acclaimed schools. This special property could be your forever home; see it before it's too late!

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.