Allandale Homes for Sale

Allandale sits in North Central Austin, bounded by Burnet Road on the east, MoPac on the west, West Anderson Lane on the north, and Hancock Drive on the south. Most of it falls in 78757, with a strip along the southern edge in 78756. Shoal Creek runs through the eastern side of the neighborhood, and the streets that follow it curve rather than grid.

It went up in the 1950s and 1960s and it has kept that character with unusual consistency. What makes it work is the arithmetic: lots here typically run 7,000 to 9,000 square feet, which is materially larger than most of Central Austin, and the commute to downtown is roughly fifteen minutes. Very few Austin neighborhoods offer both.

Predominantly single-storey ranch houses from the 1950s through the 1970s, with a genuine concentration of mid-century modern among them. Original brick and stone elevations, low horizontal rooflines, and carports are common enough that the streetscape reads as a period piece rather than a mix.

The lot sizes are why the neighborhood has become one of the more active renovation and rebuild markets in Central Austin. A buyer here is usually choosing between three things on the same block: an original house at entry price, a thoroughly reworked one, and new construction on a teardown lot. They price very differently and they are not the same purchase.

The mature tree canopy is a real constraint on the third option. Several Allandale lots carry oaks large enough to fall under the City of Austin's heritage tree protections, which restrict removal and shape where a footprint can expand.

Gullett Elementary at 6310 Treadwell Boulevard is the neighborhood school, opened in 1956 and serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade from inside the neighborhood itself. Having the elementary within walking distance rather than across an arterial is a large part of why families move here and then stay.

Assignment is by address and Austin ISD redraws zones periodically, so confirm the current elementary, middle, and high school path for a specific property with the district rather than relying on a listing.

Burnet Road along the eastern boundary is the neighborhood's commercial spine and it has changed considerably over the past decade, from a functional strip into one of the better casual food and drink corridors in the city. It is close enough to walk to from much of the eastern half of Allandale and a short drive from the rest.

The Shoal Creek greenbelt and trail run through the eastern side, connecting south toward downtown. MoPac on the western boundary makes the run north or south straightforward, and puts The Domain and the north Austin employers within a short drive, which is the practical reason a lot of people choose Allandale over somewhere further in.

Downtown is roughly fifteen minutes outside peak. That figure is the whole proposition of North Central Austin and it is worth testing at the hour you would actually be driving it.

Allandale suits buyers who want land and a short commute more than they want period architecture or walkability to a bar. It is quieter than Crestview or Brentwood immediately east, and the lots are bigger than anything comparable at the price south of 45th Street.

The honest constraints. The original houses are seventy years old and many are still on their original systems, so budget for what that implies. The streets nearest MoPac and Anderson Lane carry road noise that the interior streets do not, and it shows in pricing. And single-storey ranch houses on flat lots are the easiest thing in Austin to tear down, so the neighborhood is changing house by house in a way some residents welcome and others do not.

If you want the same era on a smaller lot with a shorter walk to a commercial strip, Crestview and Brentwood are the closer comparisons. If you want pre-war architecture, look south to Rosedale.