Lance Armstrong's Texas Ranch, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Jan 11th 2009 at 1:02PM

Bicycle champ and serial dater of celebrity blond beauties, Lance Armstrong is putting his Texas vacation home on the market. Armstrong, who also has a fancy home in Austin, owns a 447.8 acre ranch in Dripping Springs, Texas. The ranch includes ownership in Deadman's Hole, a beautiful swimming hole that has a giant waterfall. According to the Real Estalker, the 17 neighboring landowners all have deeded rights to the swimming hole. In 2005, Armstrong ran afoul of his neighbors when he started building a dam on a creek on his property that feeds into the swimming hole. The neighbors said that the dam construction ended up muddying the clear waters of Deadman's Hole. Armstrong paid around $850,000 to solve the whole mess including clean-up costs and legal fees.

The ranch includes a four-bedroom main house built in 2003 as well as a one bedroom guest house. The main house has great views of the surrounding countryside. Built for entertaining, the home has an open floor plan with a kitchen, dining room and living room in one central area. The second floor features a cozy media room for watching television. The outdoor space includes a grill, patios and dining and lounging options. The guest cottage matches the main house in its rustic charm. There is also a pool and a spa and the acreage includes seven miles of bike trails. This home is listed at $12 million.

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Eric of AZ Jan 11th 2009 1:56PM

Deidre: no pics of the medium room OR the small room, lol.

Steve Pollack Jan 11th 2009 3:25PM

This is a different house than he had featured last year in architectural digest. I heard he bought a large unit in the luxury tower call the Austonian. It is half way built in downtown Austin. Take look: http://www.theaustonian.com

Marcos Jan 11th 2009 4:54PM

Wow. I'm impressed. Nicely designed home, beautiful property, and excellent photography. Almost makes the $12M asking price to live in middle-of-nowhere Texas seem worthwhile.

andi Jan 12th 2009 2:06PM

very brown

nc Jan 12th 2009 2:38AM

Very nice. I love pretty much everything about it. Is that waterfall and lake on his property or does he just have a view of it? Either way, beautiful!

T. Leeflang Jan 12th 2009 10:06AM

The house and location are gorgeous, although I could do with a little less brown everywhere.

Jay Jan 12th 2009 11:20AM

Very cool. I love the place, now just to get the 11.99999 million I don't have... :)

Paul Jan 14th 2009 5:49AM

interior looks like an old peoples home, i was expecting to see a stair lift, but the scenery is absolutely stunning although it looks like a load of retouching has been going on. something very odd about that waterfall for example.

Natalia Jan 23rd 2009 7:58PM

Absolutely beautiful, i live very close to Dripping Springs and the hill country of Austin, both beautiful locations. An amazing home that really takes in the scenery, i love the stone used throughout the home. Very common materal used in homes in texas. Unless you live or have lived in Texas, people can't appreciate the natural beauty of the diverse landscape. They are very stereotypical of what texas should be.