What does it cost to live at Driftwood Golf and Ranch Club?

Homes inside the Driftwood boundary around Driftwood sold for a median of $974,000 over the 12 months ending September 2026, across 69 sales, versus $1,079,000 the year before. Houses, 68 of the sales, had a median of $984,500. 102 listings are for sale today. The right number for a specific home comes from recent sales of the same type and size on nearby streets.

Membership at Driftwood is tied to owning real estate in the club. Rick's latest read from founding members is an initiation of about $250,000 on top of the home or homesite purchase, plus premium monthly dues. The roster is capped, and a referral from a current member helps. Because terms at a young club change as it fills, confirm the current package with the club's sales team, and ask Rick how the numbers compare with the other clubs on this site.

Inside the club, yes: membership at Driftwood is tied to owning a home or homesite there, and buying in is the path to membership. The Driftwood area around the club is different. Most of the homes counted on this page are outside the club, on acreage and in other communities, and owning one of them has nothing to do with membership. Ask Rick which listings are inside the club and which are only nearby.

Tom Fazio designed the course at Driftwood Golf and Ranch Club, a Discovery Land Company community on more than 800 acres of Hill Country ranch land. It opened in May 2022, plays to 7,662 yards from the back tees, and was named the best new course in Texas by the Dallas Morning News. It is private, and the club is built around ranch life as much as golf.

The median home around Driftwood went under contract in 61 days over the last 12 months, versus 54 days the year before, counted on cumulative days on market so relisted homes are not reset. It sold for 95.1% of its original list price, and 51% of the homes that sold had cut their price. Add about 30 to 45 days from contract to closing. A home priced in line with recent sales on launch day usually beats the median.

Over the last 12 months, Driftwood had 69 sales at a median of $974,000 and 61 days on market. For comparison, over 12 months, Grey Rock at Circle C had 214 sales at a median of $800,000 and 16 days on market, and Barton Creek had 51 sales at a median of $2,650,000 and 79 days on market. Each club's median reflects its own mix of condos, older houses and new construction, so compare the same home type and size. Rick can pull side-by-side sales for the specific homes you are weighing, and walk you through how the clubs themselves differ.

The MLS does not flag course frontage reliably, so we do not publish a course-lot premium for Driftwood. In practice, a lot on the course sells for more than a similar house a street away when the view is good and the lot sits away from the landing areas. What matters is which side of the fairway, how close to a tee or green, and how much the lot sits above the course. Rick knows which streets back to the course and can tell you how each lot plays.

Start with the documents: the HOA and any sub-association rules, leasing and short-term rental limits, golf-ball easements on course-side lots, and whether a seller's club membership can transfer. Outside the club, many Driftwood homes are on well and septic, so inspect both, confirm road access and easements, and read any deed restrictions on acreage. Rick adds one more: ask the club, not only the seller, about the current membership timeline before you plan around playing the day you move in.

Of the 68 houses with a recorded build year that sold around Driftwood in the last 12 months, 5 were built before 1990, 24 between 1990 and 2009, and 39 in 2010 or later. The median house measured about 3,337 square feet and sold for about $306 per square foot, and the median lot was 1.45 acres. By price, 10 sales closed under $750,000, 51 from $750,000 to $1.5 million, 8 from $1.5 to $3 million and 0 at $3 million or more.

Tell Rick what you want in a club and a home. He can arrange a clubhouse tour and an honest membership conversation at Driftwood, and walk you through the homes around the course, including ones he hears about before they list. If you are seriously looking, he will also host you for a round at Westlake Country Club, his home club, to compare notes. Meanwhile, save a search inside the Driftwood boundary so new listings reach you first.