What does it cost to live at Lakecliff on Lake Travis?

Lakecliff is mostly a homesite market. Only 7 houses sold inside the Lakecliff boundary in the 12 months ending September 2026, so the reliable number is 24 months: 13 sales at a median of $800,000. 3 lots also sold in the last year. Of the 29 listings for sale today, 15 are lots, several on the course or with lake access. Price a specific home or lot from the handful of recent sales that match it, not from the median.

Rick's read is that Lakecliff membership has long been accessible compared with the west Austin clubs, with monthly dues and a food-and-beverage minimum; ask the club for the current initiation. Rick owns a homesite in Lakecliff and can speak from the owner's side. For the two new clubs nearby, Loraloma and Travis Club, founding memberships are the current opportunity, and Rick can walk you through what each is offering.

No. At Lakecliff, like most Austin clubs, buying a home and joining the club are separate decisions. Owning a house on the course does not make you a member, and you can usually join without living in Lakecliff on Lake Travis. Your property HOA is separate from the club and has its own dues. If membership matters to you, start the club conversation at the same time as the home search, because the club's timeline, not the closing, is usually the slower one.

Lakecliff Golf Club is a private Arnold Palmer design, par 71 at 6,754 yards, with bentgrass greens and lake views on several holes. The club does not publish its opening year. Loraloma (David McLay Kidd, opened October 2025) and Travis Club (Beau Welling, opened 2026) are separate new clubs nearby. Loraloma sits inside Thomas Ranch in Spicewood, and Travis Club is on the southwest shore of Lake Travis. Rick can compare all three for you.

Slowly, by Austin standards. Over the last 24 months the median Lakecliff home took 174 days to go under contract and sold for 92.2% of its original list price. With so few sales, one home can move those numbers a lot. Lots can take longer still. Sellers should price from the closest recent sales and plan for a longer runway; buyers usually have room to negotiate on homes that have been listed a while.

Over the last 24 months, Lakecliff had 13 sales at a median of $800,000. For comparison, over 12 months, The Hills and Flintrock had 86 sales at a median of $915,000 and 36 days on market, and Falconhead had 46 sales at a median of $862,500 and 31 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 Lakecliff. 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. Most sales here are homesites, so confirm utilities, septic feasibility, the architectural rules and any lake access rights before you buy a lot. 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 7 houses that sold in the last year, 6 were built in 2010 or later, so most homes are recent custom builds, at a median of about 2,711 square feet. Most listings are lots. That makes Lakecliff a build-your-own market: the homesite, the view and the build cost matter more than any neighborhood median. Rick can walk you through available lots and what recent builds cost.

Tell Rick what you want in a club and a home. He can arrange a clubhouse tour and an honest membership conversation at Lakecliff, 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 Lakecliff on Lake Travis boundary so new listings reach you first.