Bunker Ranch

The community

Bunker Ranch is a gated community about a mile from the crossroads of downtown Dripping Springs — close enough that the Mercer Street strip is a five-minute drive, far enough to feel like the country. The land plan trades amenities for space: no pool or clubhouse, but estate lots up to two acres, oak meadows, a creek, and enforced breathing room — at least 30 feet between homes side-to-side and 25-foot front and rear setbacks.

Construction started around 2018 and phases have continued since, including a garden-home section that’s a different product entirely: smaller lots, smaller homes, priced from roughly the $700s into the $900s as of early 2026. Know which section you’re evaluating.

The homes

The estate section is the headline, and its structure is genuinely uncommon: you can bring your own builder, subject to design review, or work with builders already active in the community — Weston Dean Custom Homes and Monticello Homes among them, with rosters rotating by phase. That open-builder flexibility is rare in gated Dripping Springs communities and matters if you already have an architect or builder relationship.

Minimums keep the section consistent: 2,800 square feet for single-story homes, 3,200 for two-story. Finished estate customs have traded between roughly $1.2M and $2.5M in the first half of 2026 — verify current lot and home availability, since remaining estate inventory is phase-dependent. Buyers comparing amenity-rich alternatives at lower price points should look at Caliterra down Ranch Road 12, which flips the trade: resort amenities, smaller lots.

Location, schools, and the drive

The location is the pitch: H-E-B, Home Depot, the distillery-and-wedding-venue circuit, and Dripping Springs ISD campuses are all minutes away, and DSISD zoning is a primary driver for buyers here — verify assigned campuses by parcel. Downtown Austin runs 35–50 minutes depending on where 290 traffic decides to stack up; the Y at Oak Hill improvements have helped, but 290 remains the single artery in and out.

Water is the practical question in Hays County: confirm the water source, any rainwater or well provisions, and drainage on the specific lot before contract.

Builders active here

Weston Dean Custom Homes, Monticello Homes — rosters rotate by phase and release, so treat this as a snapshot (July 2026). We track current releases, inventory homes, and which builders are motivated in any given month.