Mueller Austin Homes

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How is life at Mueller Austin? It’s a hard question to answer for anyone considering relocating here, and the National Association of Realtors will always say that an agent can’t answer demographic questions subjectively. Suffice it to say that there are all walks of life here – multi-generational families, young upwardly mobile types, retirees and everyone in between.

Rather than diving into my opinions about the Mueller community, here’s an unprompted opinion that I can share. I was copied on an email about Mueller Austin this morning, and I asked the neighbor who sent it if I could reproduce it, and she said yes. I removed a few identifying remarks, and here it is:

I’m sending you Garreth Wilcock’s real estate site www.homesatmueller.com .  Garreth is a real estate agent who lives at Mueller and specializes in homes here.  You and your wife might find Mueller a congenial neighborhood close in to downtown and UT and convenient by surface streets to much of Austin, including your [...] office.

 We have a highly-involved community with a great mix of professions, occupations, income levels and lifestyles.  There are miles of walking and biking trails, and about 75 acres of the eventual 150 acres of parkland.  We have cycle clubs, book clubs, dinner clubs, cocktail party clubs, knitting clubs, garden clubs, prairie-restoration clubs, and many community-wide and block-wide social gatherings.  It’s great for someone new in Austin who is looking to meet new friends.
We have lived here since Mueller opened (as has Garreth) and are delighted with our choice.  There are a lot of new homes to be built in the coming year, from single family homes to 4 and 6-unit condos.  Resales tend to go quickly here, unless you are looking over $600,000, so when you see something you like you have to act quickly. Leases are sometimes available and are a good way to find out if Mueller is compatible. 
Garreth is a Brit by birth and Austinite by choice, so he has an interesting point of view on Mueller.
Good luck in your hunt for a community!
So to recap, living at Mueller is different for different folk. I invite you to come over, and I can show you around to see if it’s a fit for you. 512 215 4785

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Mueller Housing Market Update 2012

January 18, 2012

Looking back at the homes that sold in Mueller in 2011, many people are surprised about the ferocity of the market. Low inventory, modest new home inventory and high demand left sellers for the most part very well off. I think many residents are going to be surprised again when their TCAD valuations rise, and [...]

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Meritage 1903 Floor Plan At Mueller

January 7, 2012

There are four incarnations of the Meritage 1903 at the old airport development – The Royal, The Pena, The Benson and the Maggio, each with slightly different size and elevations. There are several different options for each plan. The different elevations have different porch configurations, and as you enter the front door the stairs are [...]

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Should I Use The Internet To Sell My Home At Mueller?

January 3, 2012

Should you market your home on the internet, or work with a more traditional signs and fliers agent who knows a lot of people? After showing a home at Mueller for sale this morning, I went over to meet a potential seller in the neighborhood at lunchtime. We toured her home and discussed some of [...]

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Twelve New Condos For Sale

December 22, 2011

Standard Pacific has 12 new condos in two Mueller House Condominium Buildings on sale now. Half the units are market rate, half are in the affordable program. The two new buildings (Frio and Trinity) are at the end of the current condo construction – the big space at the end of Simond Avenue as it [...]

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Meritage Building New Home At Mueller

December 22, 2011

OK, so it might pale into insignificance next to the 221 other new homes coming to Mueller, but Meritage have stolen a march on the other builders. They have one vacant lot next to their former model, and they are starting construction on a home there in early 2012, hoping to be complete in April [...]

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How Do 221 Impending New Homes Affect My Home Value?

December 17, 2011

There are a couple of rules of thumb when it comes to new developments in Austin, and the news that there will be 221 new homes coming to Mueller in 2012/13 has probably got some potential home sellers here a little nervous. The first rule of thumb is that buying new construction is like buying [...]

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Are Homes At Mueller a Bad Investment?

December 17, 2011

I met a couple this week who were looking to relocate to Austin. They have a buyers’ agent who was not keen on them buying a home at Mueller, and they wanted to sit down with a cup of tea and see why I was so bullish about the neighborhood. Their agent had said to [...]

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Are We Living in a Mueller Home Prices Bubble?

December 12, 2011

I’ve had two calls from appraisers in the past week asking me for more information about Mueller home prices for property valuations that they were undertaking. I’m not suggesting that this means that appraisers are getting more nervous about values in the neighborhood, but it isn’t typical and it reminded me of an article I [...]

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More Waiting Lists For New Homes At Mueller

December 3, 2011

Is it too late to register to buy one of the new homes in the next phase of development? Not at all. Certainly some home styles are going to over subscribed, and if you want to get the pick of a limited number of homes, it pays not to delay in signing up. For homes [...]

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