3161 FM 529 , Bellville, TX 77418(Austin County)

What a truly special property located just 2 miles East of Bellville, with long frontage along FM 529. This property is an awesome 5-star personal home that caters to people who enjoy fine surroundings and serenity, and a break from the fast pace of urban living. This estate would also serve as an excellent first class corporate retreat or a horse or cattle business. Formerly set up as a working cattle ranch and cutting horse operation, highlights include an exquisite hilltop country colonial home, a beautiful stone guest house (2,912 Sq. Ft.) that also sits on a hilltop, foremans manufactured home, a charming antique bunkhouse, main office headquarters and party saloon along with several miscellaneous barns and sheds.

This property has 2 entrances from FM 529 and features diverse and beautifully rolling terrain with broad expansive pastures, pockets of wooded areas and stocked 8 acre lake, hay meadows, 8 ponds and beautiful oak and cedar trees. Enhancements such as pipe fencing, rail fencing, cross-fencing, run-in sheds, a covered arena, working pens along with awesome views makes this ranch highly desirable.

Upon entering this stunning and meticulously cared for property, you will immediately experience how truly special this property is and realize exactly how it captured the hearts of the Adair family. This ranch offers a winning combination of features for recreation, work and relaxed country living plus it provides lavish and luxurious living and entertaining while you enjoy hilltops views and sunsets. The electronically gated and paved access road delivers you through hay meadows to a grand country colonial main home that is stately perched on a hilltop surrounded by large oaks and facing a large stocked lake with pier. A large concrete drive with a three car carport delivers you to this 2-story brick home filled with amenities certain to provide country comfort to your family and friends yet luxurious enough to entertain influential business associates and guests. Step outside to the relaxing pool, the expansive covered patio or covered verandas on both the front and back which are ideal for relaxing and entertaining. For the tennis enthusiast, there is a lighted and fenced tennis court just steps away from the main house. In the back is a Missouri Pacific Railroad caboose once used as a pool house and bar and there is a helicopter pad in place for a quick return to the city.

Looking much like an old fashioned general store, is a building which serves as the MAIN BUSINESS HEADQUARTERS for the Red Adair business interests. This building is currently set up with four separate offices; 19x18, 138x 1811,138x 181 and 178x 1810. And just past the swinging doors is the room typically known as the SALOON. Inside this huge open area is a brick fireplace with a 14 mantle, a sitting area plus his and hers restrooms. Along the back wall is a 21 long bar complete with all the necessary facilities to serve your guests. Past the bar is a large commercial kitchen with commercial grade equipment plus a storage/pantry area (26x 10).

THE ANTIQUE LOOKING BUNKHOUSE located near the Saloon. is a charming reminder of an early 1900s cooks house. It features a covered porch, chain link fencing, tin roof, updated bath fixtures, central air & heat plus spinkler system.

A stylish one story stone home (with 2,912 Sq. Ft. living area) not only has some super amenities, it has all the benefits of country living with a great hilltop view. You will be in awe of spectacular surroundings with a distance lake view in front of the home, a picturesque pond on the side and acres of rolling pastures. This home features a wonderful open 4 bedroom mother-in-law plan hospitably serving both family and formal occasions.

YOU AND YOUR HORSES WILL LOVE SOME OF THE FINEST HORSE FACILITIES FOR EITHER A HORSE OPERATION OR JUST FOR YOUR OWN PLEASURE. This one-of-a-kind property is enhanced with two large horse barns. The larger horse barn is equipped with 10 horse stalls that have concrete flooring and sits adjacent to a round pen for training and exercising horses. This double barn includes a saddle and equipment room, a wash rack, a restroom, a sitting room (14x 177), office (179 x 113) with additional room for hay storage. Located out back of the large horse barn are covered pens and a fabulous 80' x 140' covered riding arena. Several pastures with run-in sheds are strategically located throughout the property to accommodate your livestock.

A 6 STALL HORSE BARN (57'x72') is located just behind the main home. This barn includes turnouts, hay loft, a two room paneled office measuring 911 x 114 and 10 x 114, a full bath and a 197x 98 bedroom with window unit. Open sheds and a garage are attached on one side of this barn.

Property also includes a 60 x 80 EQUIPMENT BARN with four overhead doors, concrete flooring, plus built in shelving for storage. This barn has an attached covered shed open on three sides.

The property has 8 ponds and a lake ranging up to 8 acres, stocked with bass and catfish. There are several pastures with Bahia and Coastal Bermuda grass with Pecan, Cedar and Oak trees scattered throughout the property. Nature paints a succession of beautiful wildflowers highlighting rolling hills, ponds, some wooded areas and hundreds of acres of pastureland resulting in a spectacular environment under Texas skies. RED ACRES is truly a place where you can live the high life as you enjoy nature at its best!!