Westcreek: The Artsy Little Pocket With Wild Price Swings

Westcreek is one of those neighborhoods you don’t fully understand until you really look at the numbers.

It’s a small pocket of mostly 70s homes that feels borderline like an artist community. Not in a “everyone wears berets” way, but in a “people actually do interesting things with their houses” way. Creative remodels. Bold choices. Homes with personality instead of copy-and-paste finishes. And the sales dynamics here are… wild.

In just the last couple of months, we saw a fully remodeled 2,300-square-foot home sell for $890,000. Around the same time, a 2,200-square-foot home that needed updating sold for $476,000.

Same neighborhood. Similar size. Very different stories.

That gap between renovated and un-renovated homes is big enough that smart investors can still flip houses in Westcreek and make real money. The key is the high side of the comps. When a couple of high-end sales hit each year, it keeps the ceiling high and the neighborhood’s long-term potential incredibly strong. That’s not common anymore in South Austin.

Location is the other piece that makes Westcreek special. The neighborhood is walking distance to Patton Elementary and Small Middle School, which already puts it in rare territory. On top of that, it’s also walking distance to Arbor Trails and all the shopping near William Cannon and Mopac. Let that sink in.

Schools. Shopping. Restaurants. Coffee. Groceries. All without getting in your car.

There are very few South Austin neighborhoods where you can honestly rate walkability as high. Westcreek is one of them.

It’s a neighborhood where creative buyers thrive, where investors still have room to play, and where long-term value continues to show up in the data. It doesn’t look flashy from the outside, but once you understand how it works, it’s hard not to respect it.

Westcreek doesn’t need hype. It just quietly keeps proving itself.