Window cleaning on Lake Travis The lake side of RM 620.

What the Lake Travis page covers

This page gathers the lakeside neighborhoods north of Lakeway that do not belong to any one city. The center of it is the Hudson Bend peninsula, surrounded on three sides by the main basin, with Hudson Bend Rd and Eck Lane running out to the marinas. Travis Landing and the two Hudson Bend Colony plats are the older cabins and ranch homes now being rebuilt, and The Reserve at Hudson Bend is the quiet cul de sac of roughly 40 homes on acre and a half lots. Apache Shores, one of the first developments on the lake, spreads its wooded lots along the Lake Austin side. Canopy at Hudson Bend is the newest gated street on the peninsula.

The gated lakefront enclaves sit along the shore between here and Lakeway. Costa Bella has 62 Mediterranean estates on one to four acres with its own marina, Bella Strada shares that marina next door, and Vineyard Bay holds large custom homes on lots of about an acre and a half three miles north of Lakeway. Lakewind Estates sits above the water with 55 homes on hilltop lots. Villas on Travis, the gated condo community across from Hudson Bend Middle School, and the two Commanders Point communities by Mansfield Dam round out the list. Buffalo Gap, Windmill Bluff Estates, Woods of Lake Travis and Vista Grande are the smaller pockets, each with its own page below.

What lakeside glass deals with

Nothing in our service area is harder on windows than a lakefront lot. Wind off the main basin carries fine spray onto the water facing glass, and when it dries it leaves a white mineral haze that ordinary washing cannot move. Add sprinkler overspray on the other three sides and most waterfront homes have some degree of hard water spotting by the time we first see them. Left for a few summers it etches the surface, so we treat it early, at $10 per pane, before it becomes permanent. Cedar pollen from December to February coats everything out here because the peninsula is thick with juniper, and oak pollen follows in spring.

The view is the point of a Lake Travis home, which means the biggest glass faces the water and usually the sunset. West facing panes show every streak at five in the afternoon, and that is the moment most owners look through them. Pure water is the fix. Our dual RO, four stage system with a DI resin tank gets the water to near 0 TDS, so it dries without spots, film or residue even on a breezy day. Screens on wooded Apache Shores lots fill with webs and leaf litter, and tracks on sliding doors to the deck collect grit, so both are worth adding at $5 each while we are there.

How we work the lake side

From Lakeway the whole area is a short run north on RM 620, so we build lake days that start on Hudson Bend Rd and work back toward the dam or down to Apache Shores. Gated enclaves such as Costa Bella, Vineyard Bay, Lakewind Estates and Canopy need a gate code or our name at the call box; Villas on Travis and the Commanders Point communities work through their associations. Many lakeside lots are steep, with the water side two or three stories above grade. Water fed poles handle that from the ground, so no ladder goes on a sloped deck. Lead time is usually within two weeks, and we quote by text from the square footage.

Homes here range from 1,500 sq ft cabins in Travis Landing to 5,000 sq ft estates at The Reserve at Hudson Bend, so prices range too. A 3,000 sq ft Apache Shores home is about $300 for exterior windows and takes two to three hours; a 4,500 sq ft Reserve home is about $450 and takes most of a morning. Interiors add about 30 minutes per 1,000 sq ft. Lake spray also streaks limestone and stucco, so a house soft wash pairs well with the windows here, from $0.20 per sq ft, and it never involves pressure on stone. Gutters full of juniper litter are the usual fall add on.

Why Lake Travis neighbors call CleanzATX

• Hard water from lake spray treated at $10 per pane before it etches.
• Water fed poles reach steep lakeside walls from the ground, no ladders.
• Hudson Bend to Costa Bella on one route from Lakeway.
• Pure water dries spot free on west glass facing the sunset.

Neighborhoods in Lake Travis we clean

Each has its own page with what the homes there deal with and how we work it.

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