If you work at the Domain or in North Burnet and want to actually live close to the office, your options run from walkable condos to single-family neighborhoods a few minutes out. Here is the real tradeoff between proximity, space, and price.
Great Hills and Spicewood Estates both sit in Northwest Austin's 78750/78759 core, but one has a split school district and view lots while the other is uniformly Round Rock ISD. Here is how to tell which one fits your search.
Wooten is one of the last central-Austin pockets where a mid-century home near Burnet Road, the Domain, and MetroRail still trades below the far northwest. Here is what buyers should check on schools, lots, and condition first.
Balcones Hills is a tiny three-street enclave in 78759 Northwest Austin, served by Austin ISD. An honest buyer guide to its older homes, thin market data, schools to verify, and how to buy well before you make an offer.