Rare Secluded 1940s Estate-Cool Blue Pool-Central location, by downtown, ACL, UT

Chill vibe…Very Spacious, unique Old Austin and Texas charm. Built in 1941 by Dr. Willis Pratt UT English professor is a comfortable meeting place for families, reunions, getaways and those needing a space to relax or work from home. Let us take you away to another place with our COOL BLUE PRIVATE POOL, an oasis in the heart of the city. 10 minutes from ACL, SXSW, the University of Texas, Downtown and UT campus, just up the street from Mount Bonnell. Laguna Gloria, Mayfield and the ever popular Flo’s Wine & Bottle Bar, All Day Pizza and Lone Man Coffee. Zed’s ice cream, Casis Village and a quick drive or Uber just minutes away from Downtown ~ our old Austin Mexican ranch style 1 story limestone home is a place where the unexplored meets the avant garde in a time where artists, poets and scholars, wit, humor and long conversations, cocktail parties and eccentrics converged at the top of the long tall driveway. Imagine golden luminarios decorating the path up to this romantic era home in the 1940s in Austin. We hope to take you to away for a while.
Our family home is a beautiful, charming classical one story Old Mexican Ranch house style home that sits on top of a hill on 3/4 acre with surrounding nature, privacy and charm in the heart of the city. We have a private swimming and a lovely view overlooking the soothing blue hills and amber and golden hues of lovely West Austin sunsets. The beautiful spacious living room with a baby grand piano is a great place to play music, read a book, relax, lounge, quiet down, have intimate conversations and gatherings, and be still for a moment, and gaze across the soft pastels to the radiant red lovely Austin sunsets. The stone sun porch opens to a path leading to the pool below with sparkling Christmas lights for a dazzling ambiance. We are 10 minutes from Downtown, across the street from Camp Mabry, 1/2 block up the street from the ever popular Flo’s Wine and bottle shop with All Day pizza and Lone Man coffee in the morning, just minutes away from Mount Bonnell, Austin's famous landmark overlooking the city and beautiful sunset, Laguna Gloria Art Museum and Mayfield Peacock Park with peacocks and Nature trails. Great for entertaining, the home captures an era of Old Austin. It is a 5 BR / 3 BA, has a pool with a deck that is completely private, a beautiful spacious living room, a stone sun porch and a library which is also a bedroom and has a queen size sleigh bed fold out futon which is very comfortable, great for lounging, reading, maybe watch a classic movie and relax. It has an array of 5 bedrooms, streaming TV, fast speed internet, cable, washer/dryer, kitchen, sun porch, a private pool and deck and is a rare treasure to find in the heart of Austin—a vacation within itself.

Many people come to go explore and stay and relax and enjoy the red cardinals, the blue birds, the purple night skies above the pool and starlight nights and sparkling waves splashing around the pool. Family festivities, reunions, celebrations and elegant parties continue to be the heart of our home. We welcome you and hope to host you and your guests and take you to another place and time.

We have our home professionally cleaned by professional housekeepers.

Please let me know what I can do for you to fully enjoy your stay here before, during and throughout your vacation time and have a wonderful chill on the hill Rare Secluded 1940s Estate Experience.

**((As for early and late check in/out, I'm sorry, but we generally aren’t able to with scheduled services and our safety and enhanced cleaning practices in place)) I apologize, but it is so hard on our team to give early check ins and late checkouts unless we know in advance, especially with the extra cleaning precautions that are in place. We will do our best if possible if we can make any exceptions.
**We will try to return any items left behind and please let us know ASAP so that we can look around before new guests arrive. We donate them to charity if we don’t hear from you for 2-4 days. Im good to return them in the best way possible if possible, provided that we find the item. Please check safely before you check out.

Please remember that it is an older classic and rustic home with ambiance and rough terrain and nature that surrounds our home with a character that seem to charm our guests. The rustic nature of our property will still be deeply and freshly cleaned and is treated by ABC professional exterminator services. We have just had the AC/Heat ducts cleaned for your good health, the chimney swept for you relaxation and comfort. We do our best to keep wild nature out so you can enjoy it outside and not from the inside. We have an under door draft block that we ask you put up in the sun porch before you go in for the night. We do hope you enjoy your stay here and we welcome you!!

Most of all, please relax, read a book, have a splash in the pool with family and friends, make good memories, wedding parties, family reunions, girls’ & guys’ weekend getaways. Good fun to Chill on the Hill and maybe even Grill - most of all ENJOY your stay!!! We send our big Texas open arm welcome to you all. Relax, enjoy and remember that good times together make life worth celebrating!!!

Once you arrive at the top of the narrow path up the long, tall hill into the gravel sound on car wheels driveway, there are a few perks for parking which is limited to 3 cars. It is a sensitive driveway situation and must be carefully arranged. It is a long tall driveway so please understand that it is steep which allows for the privacy and we have been going up and down the driveway for 60 years and it is fine and solid and strong. Once you have made a reservation and before your, I can send you a photo for our guest parking spaces which will help hopefully ease your arrival. Most people don't think twice about it, but I like to be forthright and give you the heads up that we have a long tall steep driveway. That’s what gives us the privacy!
Please leave space to make sure cars can get in and out of the driveway and leave the circle drive clear and do not park along the bamboo privacy fence or the small space next to the little casita which is behind the privacy fence where I live. When you come up the driveway, it is easier to come and go if you turn your car around and are facing out.

Thank you for your parking consideration.

Also, we have an energy usage issue, especially in the summer so please keep the AC between 75-80 degrees from May to October in the hot times that Texas gets and generally we leave the house at 75 in the winter time. We appreciate your respect and help with our high bills and the energy usage. Please be mindful of our generosity and hospitality as we are respectful for your comfort. Thank you in advance for your consideration. Unfortunately, and I apologize in advance that the 1941 architecture was not designed with handicapped features. **While we have had individuals who seemed to not have an issue as it is a one-story, the bathrooms are smaller and it is structurally very difficult to alter the accessibility for wheelchairs. I wish we could alter the architecture from the 1940s and our gravel driveway and rugged terrain and an old gravel and steep driveway that we do our best to accommodate everyone we can. The structure is a one story and was designed in 1941 for a family and please inquire if you have special needs. For any wheel chair or walkers, please park close the 2nd porch with only a 3” step to enter our home. **Please let us know as soon as possible if there are any issues with the house and we will tend to them as soon as possible. Please tell us when you notice or won’t be able to fix them or compensate if we don’t know about them** We are across the street from Camp Mabry Army base and the Texas Military Forces Museum which is really fascinating. We are just up the street from Mayfield Park, a beautiful park with peacocks, ponds and nature trails, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, an old Victorian home made into a lovely museum with rolling grounds up to the lagoon, as well as up the road to Mount Bonnell, a great tourist attraction that overlooks Austin’s skyline and a beautiful place to watch the sun set.

Now that you have parked, take a breath, relax, enjoy! Thank you. The Pratt Family