9505 Argyle Dr, Austin, TX 78749

Beautiful curb appeal on one of the most desirable streets in the coveted Vintage Place community of Circle C Ranch. Inside, the open floorplan showcases a dining room, a living space that can serve as a home office or additional living room and a cozy larger living room that features a fireplace and has direct access to the kitchen, laundry room, and garage. The kitchen offers granite countertops, a center island, large pantry, and open to the breakfast room. The main floor also has the owner's suite with windows overlooking the backyard. The ensuite bathroom has a garden tub, walk-in shower, dual sinks, a water closet and a large walk-in primary closet. Upstairs, enjoy an additional spacious living area that can be utilized as a media or play room, another study and three secondary bedrooms. There are two full bathrooms, one with a jack-and-jill layout. Lots of storage with so many closets! Walk-in closets in all bedrooms and nearly every other room! The private backyard offers privacy fencing and a screened-in porch. There are 6 separate playscapes located within Circle C as well as a Community Center and pool. Area attractions include: Circle C Metropolitan Park, Slaughter Creek Trail, a paved trail for bikes at the Veloway, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Circle C tennis club and Grey Rock Golf Club. Minutes to HEB, restaurants, great schools; 10 minutes to downtown Austin. Roof replaced in 2022 and both HVAC's replaced in 2024.

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.