Many years ago my daughter lost her Charlie Brown fishing pole in Rough Hollow Cove on Lake Travis. This was a great place to anchor and fish, swim or just be lazy. Now it is a fabulous community in Lakeway, a city just west of Austin on Lake Travis.
Rough Hollow is currently one of the largest developments on Lake Travis. It started out a few years ago and really kicked things off with the 2008 Parade of Homes. Rough Hollow consists of almost 1800 acres of hills, valleys and lake frontage. Of the almost 1800 acres, 400 has been developed and homes are on the ground. Rough Hollow homes will generally range from the low $300,000s into the low millions.
The amenities at Rough Hollow are very nice. The Rough Hollow Yacht Club has a large marina, ships store and valet service and almost all slips are leased. There is an excellent restaurant called The Grille. There is a fitness center with windows looking out over Lake Travis. As Rough Hollow continues to build out, there will be 22 miles of hike and bike trails in the community. The start of the trails will be a club called the Trailhead. The Trailhead will have two pools and a lazy river, fitness center and tennis courts. A day care facility is also in the plans.
Rough Hollow builders include Coventry, Monterrey and Grand Haven Homes and many custom builders. Grand Haven has 3 specs going up in the area called the Overlook. They are also building in a new section of Rough Hollow off Rough Hollow Blvd. When Rough Hollow Blvd. is opened, it will connect Lakeway with Bee Creek Road to the west.
For all of you folks with kids, the schools that serve Rough Hollow are excellent. They are in the highly rated Lake Travis Independent School District. Elementary and middle schools are great at preparing kids for high high school. Lake Travis High School excells academically, in music, debate, theater and many sports. The football team recently won its third state championship in a row. The schools have many great clubs and service organizations as well. For those of you without kids, having access to great schools is excellent for resale value down the road.
The 2010 Parade of Homes will be in Rough Hollow In October. Custom builders for the Parade include Masters Touch Custom Homes, Zbranek Custom Homes, Jenkins Custom Homes, Copperleaf Property Group, Triton Custom Homes, Foursquare Builders and Vil Custom Homes. So far at least 3 homes have been pre-sold and the goal is to have all pre-sold by October. Several of these builders built in the 2008 Parade in Rough Hollow.
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