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Lakeshore Drive, Estate of the Day

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We were recently in Austin, Texas to check out another Lake Austin property, the home of Andy Roddick, now were are back for another gorgeous lakefront home that belongs to a young success story. Today's home is owned by 31-year-old Douglas Jaffe, III, CEO of Horseshoe Bay Resort in the Texas Hill Country, which is owned by his prominent San Antonio-based family.

This home is a six-bedroom property that was renovated a few years ago, giving it a sleek, contemporary feel. Outside there are terraces with lake and city views, a negative-edge pool that cascades over the bluff into Lake Austin, and a lakeside lawn leading to the water's edge where the home has 100 feet of waterfront and a dock. A three-car glass-front garage also has additional guest quarters with a kitchen and bath. Other features include an exercise room, a media room, a game room with a wet bar and a master bedroom that has a fireplace, walk-in closet and dressing room. This home is listed at $3.995 million.

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Andy Roddick in Austin, Estate of the Day

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Tennis player Andy Roddick has listed his Lake Austin home. Housing Watch reports that Roddick's Texas home is on a cul de sac in the Westlake community. The four-bedroom home is on .71 acres and overlooks the lake.

The listing makes no secret that this is Roddick's home and even if it weren't mentioned in the description, images of Roddick, his wife Brooklyn Decker and plenty of tennis trophies adorn the home. The professional gym also features Roddick-centered murals. Property records at Property Shark indicate that Roddick bought the home in 2003 for $2,149,500. Decker and Roddick were married at the home in 2009.

The house was built in 1998 and has a home theater, gourmet kitchen with a huge pantry, formal dining room, a den with a pool table, a library with a poker table, and a master suite with a sitting room. Outside there is a patio, sports court and a boat dock with a lift (the sports court and boat lift were improvements Roddick made to the home). The listing says that all furniture and paintings are offered with purchase of home for $3.75 million. That's actually a bit of a price cut, Zillow reported back in March that the home was listed for $4 million even.

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Lake Austin, Estate of the Day

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Today's home commands a perfect shoreline spot on Lake Austin in Austin, Texas. The seven-acre spread is home to a three-story main house, two-bedroom guest house, a carriage house above the three-car garage, a one-bedroom gate house, boat house with three slips and a screened great room, a glass-walled gym, natatorium with an indoor swimming pool and more. The large main house has five bedrooms including an owner's suite with a river rock fireplace that separates it from the adjoining study. The home also has a large kitchen, formal living room, family room and more in an open and casual environment. With a total of nine bedrooms this estate has room for the whole extended family. It is listed at $12.9 million.

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