13700 Fm 150 W Driftwood, TX 78619

El Ranchito was designed by Mike Fischer, an award winning Santa Fe, New Mexico architect of adobe homes. The house architecture is so unique and of such quality it was used in the making of the award-winning HBO film Temple Grandin in 2010 featuring Claire Danes. It has 3 fireplaces (kivas), 5 operable sky light windows and 7 stained glass windows, multiple sets of antique doors and Latillas style ceilings harvested off of the property, with Saltillo Tile floors. The house is also built into the side of a hill, which gives the house a significant thermal mass construction for extreme energy efficiency. New Double paned insulted windows have been installed. Complete with a dependable well + 12,500 gallons rainwater cistern storage capacity, intentionally designed to diversify the water source for sustainability. The 5.78 acres are Located on the historic William B. Travis League of Land, in the epicenter of the Texas Hill Country entertainment zone. Ranchito is: across the street from Vista Brewing; immediate neighbors to the Duchman Family Winery, fine dining at Tratolisana Italian restaurant and to 4 other hill country wineries, Salt Lick Bar-B- Que, and Hays City restaurant. Country living with city convenience at your fingertips: 30 minutes to downtown Austin, 20 minutes to Dripping Springs, Kyle, Buda, Wimberley, 45 minutes to Blanco + Johnson City, and an hour from Fredricksburg. El Ranchito is managed under a Permaculture Master Plan designed by 5 certified Permaculturists. Copies of the permaculture master plan available. The back pasture has been restored to its original-hill country savannah, with both grasslands and forrest and the property has received its Hays County AG-EXEMPTION for keeping bee hives and producing honey on the property since 2012. A restored vintage 1967 monitor trailer sits at the back with restroom accommodations and a hot tub, all conveying. Meditation Trails cut throughout the property, corrals, playhouse, garden, barn and more.