Copper Ridge is a gated community on the outskirts of New Braunfels, and 245 Copper Trace sits near the edge of it — one-and-a-quarter acres backing to a greenbelt of mature oaks. The circular drive and side-entry three-car garage read as quietly confident from the street, while the rear of the house opens to a screened-in Keith Zars heated pool and spa with nothing beyond it but trees.

Inside, the single-story layout is organized around a large island kitchen that spills into multiple living and dining areas under soaring ceilings. The split-bedroom plan puts the primary retreat at its own end of the house, where separate his-and-her bathrooms give each person a place to land. A private office and generously sized secondary bedrooms fill out the rest without crowding it.