S Shapen rd , Kerrville, TX 78028(Gillespie County)

Find me another 4+ acre Hill Country homesite in a gated community with live water flowing through the property, walking distance to a private lake with residents' pavilion, mature oak canopy, and exotic game roaming past your future driveway-I'll wait. You won't find it. Properties like this don't just sit on the market waiting for casual browsers to stumble across them. They get snapped up by buyers who've spent months-sometimes years-searching for land that doesn't force impossible compromises. The live water changes everything: This isn't a drainage ditch that trickles after a rain. This is year-round flowing water moving through your property, creating that peaceful Hill Country soundtrack you can't fake with speakers or fountains. It attracts wildlife naturally. It defines the character of the land. It's the feature that separates ordinary acreage from a homesite people remember decades later. The land itself is builder-ready: Just over 4 acres of pristine Hill Country terrain, thoughtfully positioned among mature native trees that provide instant privacy & established beauty. No waiting twenty years for saplings to grow. No staring at barren dirt while your landscaping budget spirals. Here's what matters if you're actually planning to build: there's a level, cleared build site already in place. Your architect won't fight you on excavation costs. You can focus on designing your dream home instead of engineering your way out of topography problems. Whether you envision a sprawling custom estate, a contemporary barndominium, a main house with detached casita for guests, or a compound with workshop and garage space-this property gives you the canvas & the flexibility to execute your vision without fighting the land. A short walk through your gated community brings you to a beautifully maintained dammed lake, complete with a residents-only pavilion. This is where neighbors become friends over weekend fish fries, where kids learn to cast a line, where summer evenings feel like you're at an expensive resort except you live here. No public boat ramps. No jet skis from strangers. No crowds. Just your community's private water amenity, maintained for the people who live here & appreciate quiet evenings by the lake more than chaos & noise. The wildlife show runs daily: White-tailed deer, axis, and blackbuck antelope roam these acres like you're living inside a private game ranch-because essentially, you are. This is the authentic Hill Country ranch experience without needing thousands of acres or paying annual lease fees to access it. Watch axis deer graze at sunset while you're planning your deck layout. See blackbuck move through the oaks while you're having coffee on your future porch. This isn't wildlife you have to seek out on weekends-this is wildlife that becomes part of your daily routine, the backdrop to the life you're building. Gated community means security without suffocation: You get maintained roads, controlled access, the peace of mind that comes with knowing who's coming & going. But this isn't one of those micro-managed HOAs that tells you what color your mailbox can be or how tall your grass is allowed to grow. This is Hill Country living done right: Close enough to civilization for convenience-Hill Country towns, dining, wineries, weekend entertainment, everything that makes this region desirable. Far enough out for legitimate privacy, dark night skies, and the feeling that you've actually escaped. You're ready to stop browsing and start building. You want land that inspires architecture, not land that limits it. You're looking for a homesite that your family will talk about for generations-the place where everything changed, where you finally stopped compromising and started living exactly how you wanted. The water flows. The wildlife thrives. The build site waits. The lake is ready. The only question is whether you'll be the one who recognizes this opportunity before someone else does.

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