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Calling all golf lovers-Welcome Home! This beautiful corner lot on Riverwalk Lane at ColoVista Country Club will be the perfect space for your dream home. Located on the #17 tee box, this lot has much to offer.

Pick your favorite builder and build your dream home. From the day you move in, you will enjoy all that ColoVista has to offer. With an award winning 18-hole golf course, tennis courts and walking trails, there are many opportunities for recreational activities. The community pool overlooks the Colorado River and provides resort style swimming and relaxing for you. With all ColoVista has to offer, you will wonder why you didn’t build here sooner.

For more information or to see additional photos of this home, visit here.

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One of Bastrop’s favorite events will take place Friday, January 4 for the first time in 2019. On the first Friday of each month, Downtown Bastrop hosts the First Friday Art Walk. featuring art, live music, dining, shopping and much more. It is the place to go and you are sure to have a fun night bumping into friends.

This month’s event will take place on Friday, January 4 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. and will include a  variety of art including glass blowing displays, street artisans, mosaics and lots more. Various locations throughout Downtown Bastrop stay open for the event so it is also a fun way to visit some your favorites in the evening for a completely new experience. Plan to walk through town then stop for dinner at your favorite downtown restaurant to

You may think of your roof as just a small part of your home but it is probably the most important part of your structure since it provides protection to all of the other parts of your home and makes it possible for everything else to work together. If taking good care of your home is important to you, start with your roof and give it the attention it deserves. Without proper maintenance, your roof may start to deteriorate causing damage to the rest of your home that can be very expensive and difficult to repair. Consider taking care of your roof like taking care of your health. Letting one thing go can cause other things to fail as well making it that much harder and costly to repair things down the road.

Like many things in life, the key to not

This is the dream home you have been waiting for. With both spectacular sunset and golf course views, you will enjoy every single day in in this beautiful multi-level home. You will love coming home to two levels of decks where you can enjoy sweeping panoramic views of the Colorado River Valley.

This home features four bedrooms, three full baths and one half bath and more than 6,000 square feet of living space. All of this space will give you room for everything you could possibly need. The living areas include a family/great room with fireplace, two offices, a game room, media room with wet bar and a bonus room for crafts, exercise or a play room. These rooms are all extra-large with room for you to fulfill all of your dreams.

Prepare all of your

The year is winding down and there are many options to celebrate so grab a friend and pick the local spot you want to celebrate in.

Bastrop Opera House will host a New Year’s Eve Gala beginning at 8:30 p.m. on the 31st that will include a band, hors d’oeuvres, wine, beer and a champagne toast.

Downtown Bastrop will host the New Year’s Eve Masquerade Pub Crawl beginning at 6:00 on the 31st. Your ticket purchase will include party favors and live music. Local bars, restaurants, wineries and distilleries will be participating.

Hyatt Regency Lost Pines is offering fun packages for you to celebrate New Year’s Eve beginning December 30. Carnival rides, hay rides, a balloon artist, face painting, smores and arts and crafts. On the 31st, you can enjoy a

When you are ready to sell your Bastrop home, you will want it to appeal to the greatest number of people possible. Currently, millennials (those born between 1980 and 2000) make up the largest segment of home buyers in most markets. You will want to ensure your home appeals to this part of the population if you want to give your home the best chance of selling. What does that mean for your home if you want it to attract a millennial buyer? Here are some of the things these buyers are more likely to be  looking for.

• Open floor plans. This segment of the population is big on gathering with friends and family and want a large space they can use for this.
• Low maintenance housing choices like hardwood floors and granite countertops are big requests

Welcome to your new home at 119 Breakwater in Bastrop. This new construction David Weekley Home is located in the newest section of Pecan Park and offers you a great opportunity to start 2019 in a brand new home. Enjoy living where no one has lived before and the comfort of not worrying about the potential problems that come with an older home.

Three bedrooms and two full baths will make up the popular Wedgeway plan that includes 2,404 square feet and sits on a 0.19 acre lot. Upgraded hardwood floors and 10’ ceilings will be found in the common areas. Enjoy the large kitchen with plenty of cabinets and stainless steel appliances that opens to the family room and dining area. The open floor plan makes this an easy place to enjoy family time and

If you haven’t been to visit Santa Claus this year, there is a little time left to make your visit so you can make your Christmas wish. The Sugar Shack is making visiting with Santa easy with Santa nights, which will take place from 6:30-8:00 p.m. each evening through December 22.

Tickets for Santa Nights are available at the door and will allow you to visit with Santa and receive a 4x6 photo from the Santa visit.  Make your visit to Santa before it is too late for this year.

When: December 18th-22nd 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Where: Sugar Shack, 114 Loops 150 W, Bastrop

For more information about Santa Nights, click here. 

The Janis Penick Team

RE/MAX Bastrop Area
Serving Bastrop, Cedar Creek and Smithville
janis@janispenick.com

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If you are thinking about buying your first Bastrop home, you may be wondering how much money you need to have saved before you will be able to buy it. There is a lot that you will need to determine before you can answer this question but the fact that you are thinking about it is a step in the right direction. Many of your decisions will be determined by the kind of mortgage you plan to get and this will be based on what you will qualify for. When you are ready to get really serious, you will definitely want to talk to a mortgage lender and probably more than one.

A lender will be able to ask you specific questions about your income, savings and other debt as well as take a look at your credit history to help you determine the best kind of mortgage

With the new year quickly approaching, make 2019 the year you build your dream home. These ColoVista Country Club lots are just waiting for the right person to start building. Located in the Meadows Section of the development, you can start building as soon as you own the lot or take a little time to finalize the plans for your new home and begin building anytime next year. The size of the lots range from 0.21-0.24 acres.

You will love living in ColoVista. A professionally managed golf course, The Mansion at ColoVista events venue for weddings and other events and the seasonal pool are just some of the things you will enjoy. With an acceptable offer, the developer will include a one year golf or pool membership so you can start enjoying all that