Harwood Estate

DESCRIPTION: The Harwood Estate is a nicely improved, multi-purpose 137-acre property that is conveniently located near several quaint Texas towns and less than an hour away from Austin, TX. The ranch has a mix of cleared pasture and wooded areas, and features a pond, a wet-weather creek, and many thoughtful improvements. The ranch includes a remodeled 3600 +/- sf ranch-style home featuring five bedrooms, four full bathrooms, two half bathrooms and many upgrades. Other improvements include a storage and feed barn, an automatic gated entry, several blinds, a high fenced deer pen facility, surface water, and excellent fencing. The Harwood Estate would be ideal for a private residence or weekend retreat with the capability of entertaining large groups and would also be suitable for cattle, hunting, deer farming and more. This ranch offers the perfect balance of seclusion and convenience, with easy access to IH-10 and is centrally located near several towns and cities. LOCATION: The Harwood Estate is conveniently located near several quaint Texas towns including Luling, Lockhart, Gonzales, Seguin, and Bastrop. All of these towns are approximately 30 minutes from the ranch, providing easy access to grocery stores, doctors, and other small town resources. Each of these small towns have their own charm and amenities to offer. Austin is the main metroplex located near the ranch, less than an hour away offering close proximity to big city opportunities. TERRAIN: The Harwood Estate has gently rolling topography with the highest elevations of 450 ft, where the home is located. The ranch has a mix of cleared pasture and wooded areas, it features one nice-sized pond, an intermediate wet weather creek located on the southeastern portion of the property, and sandy soils. Nice post oaks, live oaks and other mature trees provide great diversity, intensifying the wildlife habitat on the ranch. IMPROVEMENTS: The Harwood Estate includes well thought-out improvements, which include a 3600 sf ranch style home that was originally built in 1996 and remodeled between 2013-2017. It features 5 bedrooms, 4 full bathrooms, 2 half bathrooms, with a great floor plan and lots of upgrades. A few of the upgrades include an Ultra Aire whole home humidifier, custom built cabinets, granite countertops throughout the entire house, hardwood floors, double-paned windows, outdoor tankless hot water heaters, porcelain tiles in the bathrooms and laundry room, top of the line appliances in kitchen, wine fridge, remote controlled ventilation for kitchen stove, under cabinet lighting, gorgeous fireplace, and more. The bedrooms were designed to include a private bathroom for all five bedrooms. Full bathrooms include custom showers, integrated towel warmers, and individual controls for each of the rain shower heads, creating a spa-like experience. The house was built for luxury, comfort and entertaining, with custom features found all throughout the home. Other improvements on the ranch include a storage and feed barn built in 2010 that features two 12x10 remote doors, two temperature controlled storage units, indoor and outdoor security lighting, and a temperature-controlled processing room; a bonus storage facility built in 2024; an automatic front gate; 500-gallon diesel tank with electric pump; concrete culverts for better driving access; two monster blinds; a nicely designed deer pen facility; and perimeter fencing and cross-fencing. The areas surrounding the home, barn and landscaping around the front of the house and garden are all serviced by drip irrigation that can be controlled from a smartphone. WATER: Water to the property is provided by Gonzales County Water Supply Corporation (a municipal water provider) A pump house with a 1,000-gallon water tank and corresponding pressure tank is located to the west of the house, and was built and installed around 2010 to improve water pressure to the house. There is one pond and an intermediate wet weather creek located to the South of the property, both providing great water sources for the wildlife. This area of Gonzales County is known to have great underground water with the Carrizo-Wilcox. Neighbors in the area have wells producing anywhere from 20 gpm -100 gpm, with their wells ranging anywhere from 250 ft to 700 ft deep. WILDLIFE: A partitioned high pen facility is located on the ranch and features ten pens, two holding areas in the middle of the facility, a 14’ wide driving alley around three sides of the pen facility, 14’ wide gates throughout for ease of transferring animals from pen to pen within the facility. Each pen has a 10x20’ steel square-beam framed shelter, with galvalume sides and top, and one or more water lines plumbed thereto. On the ranch you will also find the typical Texas native wildlife including whitetail deer, turkey, and dove. MINERALS: None will convey.