325 River Ridge, Spring Branch, TX 78070, USA

Set along nearly nine acres of private Guadalupe River frontage in Mystic Shores, this 9,091 square foot estate by G. Morris Homes was built with unusual foresight. A switchback trail, cut to take the slope in easy turns, descends from the main grounds to a private riverside meadow. The house was built. The river was already here. Accessibility was designed in from the first drawing rather than retrofitted later: an elevator, wide hallways, and accessible showers. Today the elevator is the thing the grandchildren fight over. In twenty years it is the reason this family never has to think about moving. Five bedrooms and nine baths span a plan built for a crowd, anchored by a chef’s kitchen finished in quartzite and premium Thermador appliances. A detached 980 square foot guest house,complete with its own kitchen, laundry, bedroom, and bath, gives grown children, grandchildren, or live-in help a place of their own. Commercial-grade systems run quietly behind the scenes: a Kohler generator, advanced water filtration, and cisternfed irrigation across the grounds. An 8-car garage completes the compound. This is a property designed to be run, not simply maintained. Mystic Shores offers Hill Country river access twenty minutes from Canyon Lake and under an hour from San Antonio.The river, the meadow, and the trail between them are the part no other listing in this price range can offer.