542 Acres in Purmela, TX - $6,950,000

The Lazy Acres Ranch is one of the most beautiful and well-kept ranches in all of the Texas Hill Country. Located between Gatesville and Evant, the ranch is 1.5 hours from NW Austin, Leander, Cedar Park, 2 hours to Fort Worth, and 2.5 hours to Dallas. This high fenced 542 +/- acres has over 100 feet of elevation change and offers big views from numerous locations. There is a good mix of tree cover and open areas for food plots or improved grasses. It has 4 working wells and two lakes stocked with bass, catfish, and perch. There are an additional 7 ponds, with 5 holding water in this drought. These ponds are stocked with bass and/or perch. In addition to the wells there are 3 multi-County water taps. The perimeter is high-fenced and a stone footer along the base of the fence is a unique hog and coyote deterrent. There are good interior roads including one half mile of a crepe myrtle lined concrete drive to the main home. A bird sanctuary was created, and various birds can be seen including the Blue Indigo and Painted Bunting.

The centerpiece of the ranch is a magnificent 8,052+/- sq ft home. The furnished home is ideal for a main residence, guest home, a lodge for hunters, or a grand events center. The home has 4 bedrooms, 4 full baths, 2 half baths, fireplace, study, game room, bedroom/office, a chef's kitchen with Wolfe appliances, and an elevator. The wrap around porches is great for enjoying spectacular sunsets or starry nights. The outdoor entertaining area has a great outdoor kitchen/bar with a fireplace and a fire pit. The garage is heated and cooled and there is an adjoining game processing room with walk-in cooler and bathroom. Next to the garage are 2 RV hookups. A new 80kw generator has been installed at the main house.

Other improvements include a recently remodeled 3 bedrooms, two bath guest house/lodge, a neat one bedroom, one bath apartment above a 7-stall horse barn, and a two-bedroom, one bath foreman's house.

There are twelve 800-pound Lamco timed protein feeders, six double (5x7) hunting blinds, and one observation blind. There are six pens, with automatic water and heaters. Shelters were built in four of the pens and there is a fourteen-foot-wide alley between the pens.

Native wildlife includes improved whitetail, dove, and turkey. The exotic animals are negotiable and include red deer, eland, gemsbok, impala, zebra and lechwe. Most of the furniture and furnishings in the houses and apartment convey.

If you are looking for a turnkey ranch that is ready to go, then the Lazy Acres is worth a look. Possible owner financing.

Note: some water photos are prior to the drought.

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