When you win your second Super Bowl it’s time to level-up the real estate portfolio. We already know Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes loves Vaquero. The Texas native purchased a home here in 2020 and it’s lovely, but it’s time to go beyond lovely to real estate that truly befits your place in the game.
After all, when you were directly involved in putting together one of the great love matches of the century (yes, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce) you need a sanctuary where you can host the hottest couple on the planet in complete privacy and this Texas Hill Country Modern compound is it!
Whether you are a star quarterback or not, today everyone wants privacy, and short of being on your own island it does not get better than Vaquero. This land once was the Hunt brothers’ beautiful Circle T Ranch. The neighborhood was developed by Discovery Land Company in 2021 on 525 acres to be the ultimate private community. That reputation has drawn celebrities and athletes to the neighborhood for years. It’s one of the few places in America, where you can have true security, privacy, and yet community when you want it. You just have to find the right house and this Lake Flato-designed Texas Hill Country Modern compound ticks every box.
“This home is secluded,” Engles & Volkers agent Roxann Taylor said. “All you see is this big front door with stone surrounding it. It’s like a private getaway. One side of the house faces the fourth fairway of the Tom Fazio-designed golf course and the other side faces the lake. Every room faces the lake, the golf course, or the completely private inner courtyard. You would have to fly a drone over the property to see anyone in that courtyard.”
There is no comparison to Lake Flato for creating cutting-edge Texas Hill Country Modern design today, and this home is an example of their best work. The San Antonio-based duo recently won the American Institute of Architects 2024 Gold Medal award for their approach to green building. So, to me, it makes perfect sense for a legendary football player to add a home built by legendary architects to their real estate portfolio.
Not only do you have the value adds of privacy, security, and notable architects, you also have a home that was designed to be architecturally impressive yet extraordinarily livable. There is not an inch of the 9,635-square-foot, five-bedroom, six-and-a-half bathroom home that is simply for show.
I can think of one cat lady that would be happy visiting this home!
In fact, the current owners took this one-acre magnificent property even further. “There was an addition on the main floor and then an addition upstairs,” Taylor said. “Three rooms and an elevator were added to the master suite.” There is also an enormous closet with plenty of room for Mahomes’ sneaker collection.
Lake Flato puts as much emphasis on the outdoors as they do on interiors. They create outdoor rooms and courtyards and open the interiors up to create what they call a “hybrid space where the line between inside and out is blurred beyond recognition.”
That’s certainly the case in this Vaquero stunner. Floor-to-ceiling windows essentially wrap the house and the two-bedroom, two-bathroom guest cottage. Even the gym and grown-up game room have gorgeous views.
And we have not forgotten Mahomes car collection. This home has room for all five and one of the garage bays can accommodate lifts so you can add to that collection. There is even a bar at the end of one garage that opens into the courtyard.
We also have not forgotten the kids. The Mahomes parents can walk theirs to the K-12 Westlake Academy, one of the few schools in America to offer all three International Baccalaureate programs on a single campus.
Taylor has this Vaquero Texas Hill Country Modern at 2102 Cedar Elm Terrace ready for you, Mr. Mahomes! It’s an excellent investment at only $9.45 million and your equally famous pals will also feel right at home here.
