9308 Edwardson Ln, Austin, TX 78749

REACTIVATED 6/25 with improvements: Now has 3rd living or dining room at entry, fresh paint, new carpet! Fabulous 4 bedroom, one story opportunity in desirable Circle C neighborhood! This prize of a 4/2 is four sides brick and situated on a generous .23 acre lot with great shade trees in the back with plenty of room to add a pool! Extensive, rich wood floors at entry, and in the formal living/or/dining or "flex" room near the entry, with study or 4th bedroom across the hall. The wood floors continue into down the hallway and into the family room. Open concept home with tiled kitchen adjoins the family room and breakfast area. Popular Mother-in-law plan. Kitchen has granite counters and breakfast bar, 42" cabinets, black/stainless appliances. Family room has a continuation of the rich hardwood floors, large windows at the rear allowing lots of natural light and a view to the extended patio and spacious treed backyard, as well as a gas log fireplace with tile surround. Half wall gives a bit of separation between the family room and the tiled dining area with a wall of built-ins. French doors from the dining area open to the huge (approx. 16x22) tiled 2nd living/game room with vaulted ceiling, two ceiling fans, lots of windows, and atrium door to the expanded patio - Great additional living area! Backyard has numerous large shade trees, curved landscape beds with river rock along the fence line, designated vegetable garden space, and lots of room to add a pool. Roof shingles 2015, HVAC 2016. Rare opportunity in this market, fantastic home!

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.