The Santa Barbara-style home sits on an acre in Austin’s exclusive Spanish Oaks neighborhood.
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Austin, TX
Haylie Duff Is Seeking $3.2 Million for Her Santa Barbara-Style Home in Texas
A little over three years ago, during the pandemic, Haylie Duff ditched the bright lights of Hollywood and acquired a new residence in her home state of Texas. The actress and singer recently told People that she and her longtime partner Matt Rosenberg and their two daughters had wanted to “take a chance and do something really different.”
But that was then! Now Duff has changed her mind and is hoisting her Santa Barbara-style home about 20 minutes northwest of downtown Austin back on the market, asking $3.2 million—or almost $2 million more than the place was originally listed for back in October 2020. But she still maintains a foothold in the area, having purchased and renovated a lakeside vacation house less than a mile away.
Custom built by Eppright Homes and completed in 2013, the creamy stucco and terracotta-roof structure up for sale is tucked securely behind a gated driveway, on a 1-acre parcel in the exclusive Spanish Oaks neighborhood pocket. Inside, four bedrooms and matching number of baths are spread across a little more than 4,200 square feet of two-level living space boasting hardwood floors, coffered ceilings, arched doorways, crown molding and designer light fixtures throughout.
Main-level highlights include a double-height foyer displaying a formal living room on one side and a curving staircase that leads up to a secluded office space with a built-in desk on the other. From there, a family room has bi-folding glass doors spilling out to a terrace, and a sleekly designed gourmet kitchen is outfitted with quartz countertops, dual islands, high-end stainless appliances, a butler’s pantry and an accompanying dining area flanked by a study nook.
A snazzy office space can be found up a flight of stairs off the entry foyer.
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In addition to a lounge space, another study nook and a large covered balcony upstairs, a spacious primary bedroom sports a sitting area nestled alongside a bay window, double-sided walk-in closet, and luxe bath equipped with dual vanities, a soaking tub and glass-encased shower; and outdoors, the grounds are spotlighted by a pool and spa, grilling station and far-reaching greenbelt views. There’s also an attached three-car garage and additional parking for up to four more vehicles, plus a $440-per-month HOA fee that allows the new owner access to the community’s resort-style pool and golf club.
The 38-year-old film and TV actress first gained mainstream attention in 2004 as Summer Wheatley in Napoleon Dynamite, earning a Teen Choice Award for “Choice Movie Breakout Performance.” The older sister of fellow actress Hilary Duff, she’s also known for her roles in 7th Heaven and Material Girls, as well as The Real Girl’s Kitchen cooking show she hosted back in 2014.
The listing is held by Scott Michaels of Compass.
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Elon Musk’s electric car manufacturing company Tesla recently leased a 682,000-square-foot speculative industrial building in the Austin Hills Commerce Center.
The industrial building, which sits at 11801 Decker Lake Road, is set to be completed by January 2027. The project is helmed by Sansone Group and Principal Asset Management, and Musk’s Tesla is set to occupy the second phase of the development, according to reporting from the Austin Business Journal. The total size of the Austin Hills Commerce Center will be 1.4 million square feet when complete. It’s currently unclear what Tesla will utilize the space for.
The development highlights the increased demand for massive industrial buildings in the Austin area. According to the outlet, there are at least a dozen speculative buildings that span upwards of 400,000 square feet in various stages of development, from finished to the early planning phases.
Throughout the Austin Metro and across Texas, large swaths of real estate are rapidly becoming Musk’s playground. The world’s richest man has 2.2 million square feet of space around Austin on lease, and more than 10 million square feet that he owns and built.
The Musk company portfolio includes a reported 112,000-square-foot sublease at the Seaholm Power Plant in downtown for xAI and the airport-adjacent Gigafactory, which spans over 10 million square feet. A $20 billion Terafab campus, that would feature 2 million square feet for research and development, is in the planning stages.
Bastrop County is home to several Musk-owned business’ buildings, most of which are placed along country road FM 1209. Musk is also building an Optimus humanoid robot production facility near the Gigafactory. Musk’s companies have spanned the Austin area’s entire suburban space, from as far north as Taylor to as far south as Kyle.
Areas outside of Central Texas within the Musk companies include Cameron County, which is the home of Musk’s Starbase that functions as a manufacturing hub as well as the headquarters of SpaceX. The Starbase facility also includes the company’s primary launch site, which was recently relieved of local legal pressure centering around the company’s ability to shut down public Boca Chica Beach for launches.
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AUSTIN, Texas — THC products in Texas will once again be up for discussion during a hearing from state lawmakers today. The hearing will look at the health and public safety impacts of THC. This is the first step in deciding on potential changes to hemp laws when state lawmakers return to the Capitol in January. Currently, the state’s hemp industry remains in legal limbo. Retailers can legally sell many hemp-derived products, but the rules surrounding smokeable hemp like Delta-8 THC remain tied up in court.
Should Texas pass stricter or looser laws on THC products? ANSWER BELOW and see the results LIVE on CBS Austin This Morning from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — With the summer solstice in the rearview mirror, we are now losing about 20 – 30 seconds of daylight every day in Central Texas, adding up to around 20 – 30 minutes of daylight loss at the end of the month.
Sunrise in Central Texas on Monday [July 6] was at 6:35 a.m. and sunset is at 8:36 p.m. On July 31st, sunrise will be at 6:49 a.m. and sunset will be at 8:31 p.m.
We’ll continue to slowly lose daylight through the summer months, but accelerates in meteorological fall before the winter solstice on December 21st. So the gradual decline in daylight daily won’t do much to combat the extreme heat in the coming weeks.
At the end of August [31st], sunrise in Central Texas will be at 7:06 a.m. and sunset will be at 8:17 p.m. Cooler days are ahead, but not for a while.
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