Building a Custom Home on Lake LBJ: What the Lake, the Counties and the Cities Mean for Your Plans
Building a custom home on Lake LBJ means two counties, several cities and LCRA. Here is how the lake, docks, flood maps and permits shape your plans.
Austin & Hill Country
The lifestyle, communities, and cultural fabric of the Texas Hill Country — Austin, Dripping Springs, Spicewood, Wimberley, Marble Falls, Fredericksburg, Horseshoe Bay, the Highland Lakes. Jenkins Design Build is of this region, not selling into it, and our writing here reflects that: place-rooted, specific to the geology and the seasons, attentive to the quiet etiquette of luxury living among neighbors who have been here for generations. Read for the Austin lifestyle as Jenkins clients actually live it.
Building in Dripping Springs: Who Permits Your Acreage Home, and What the Land Decides Before Design
Building in Dripping Springs starts with one question: city, ETJ or Hays County? See who permits what, plus the well, septic and Dark Sky rules that shape it.
Building in West Lake Hills: How the City’s Own Rules Shape Your Lot, Your Design and Your Timeline
Building in West Lake Hills means the city's own code, not Austin's: 25% impervious cover, a 14-inch tree rule, and a permit ladder to plan around.
Safe Rooms in Austin Custom Homes: Designing Protection That Disappears
A custom safe room protects against storms and intrusion without announcing itself. How Austin luxury homes design one in from day one, and what drives cost.
Waterfront Lot or View Lot in Lakeway? A Builder’s Honest Comparison
Lakeway waterfront lot or hillside view lot? An Austin custom builder compares water access, elevation, site costs, and how each parcel lives day to day.
Amarra or Core Barton Creek? Where to Build Your Custom Estate
Amarra Drive or core Barton Creek? A luxury Austin builder compares bring-your-builder homesites, estate land, and where your own builder can build.
Buying a Lot in The Reserve at Lake Travis: A Builder’s Guide
Buying a lot in The Reserve at Lake Travis? A custom builder compares lakefront, lake-adjacent, and hilltop homesites, and what to evaluate before you sign.
Rainwater Collection System for Hill Country Custom Homes
Rainwater collection system for Hill Country custom homes, sizing, tanks, first-flush diverters, filtration, and the well/water-filtration pairing.
Whole House Generator Cost for a Luxury Austin Estate
Whole house generator cost in Austin Hill Country luxury homes, what drives price, ATS coordination, fuel choice, well/lake pump backup.
Pier-and-Beam vs Slab Foundation in Austin
Pier and beam vs slab foundation in Austin: 6 critical truths about how Hill Country soil, slope, trees, and water decide which one belongs.