This 15-Bedroom Short-Term Rental Topped Austin’s Home Sales

UPDATED 8/26/25 10am

The most expensive residential property that sold in Austin last week is a suburban compound that sleeps 32 people, according to the Eklund Gomes Team at Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

The estate at 1304 Bouldin Avenue packs 15 bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, eight parking spots and a heated pool into a quarter of an acre. The sale price of the 6,400-square-foot property isn’t available, but it was asking $5 million when it sold after 101 days on the market, about $777 per square foot and $1 million higher than its last tax appraisal.

Compass’ Dylan Haines, didn’t mince words in the listing summary: This single-family home is a business. The Bouldin Compound, as it’s known on Vrbo, is projected to generate $700,000 in revenue this year as a short-term rental. (It’s booked already for Labor Day weekend.) Catering to corporate retreats, the property managers have planned a conference area among other renovations. They’re also “actively working to build partnerships with major events like SXSW, ACL, F1 and the BLAST.tv Major, one of the world’s largest e-sports tournaments,” according to the listing.

The Bouldin Creek neighborhood is just across the river from downtown Austin and the Rainey Street Historic District, a nightlife hotspot.

The property has changed hands three times since it was built in 2018, and every owner after the original — a couple named Samuel and Lucia Ruiz — has been a business. The seller, an LLC registered to Adam Coleman, acquired the property last summer. Travis County hasn’t published records relating to the sale yet.

The Bouldin Compound shouldered a West Austin new build to second place in the city’s most-expensive residential sales last month. A five-bedroom mansion on 0.62 acres at 1604 Barclay Drive was asking $3.9 million when it sold last week.

This story was updated to reflect the correct listing agent, Dylan Haines.