Remarkable Home: A New Braunfels home with a casita and pool on 1.31 acres
Now on the market, this four-bedroom, four-bath, 3,661-square-foot home has a detached casita and $17,350 in listed annual property taxes.
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At 5679 COPPER VLY in New Braunfels, a 3,661-square-foot house on 1.31 acres is now listed for $1,600,000.
The listing describes a single-story house built in 2017 by Chesmar, a detached 1,350-square-foot casita and a heated pool. It also uses two different measures of area: 3,661 square feet in the structured living-area field and 5,011 total square feet under roof in the seller's description. The second figure is not presented as living area.
From the driveway to the main rooms
The property is in Copper Ridge, where the listing records a circular driveway and a side-facing three-car garage. Its exterior fields specify four-sided masonry and stone, a composition roof and mature trees. Those concrete details give a clearer sense of the approach than the seller's promotional language: the record describes the building materials and parking arrangement, while the 1.31-acre lot supplies the setting.
Inside the one-story plan, the structured room fields list two living areas, a separate dining room, a study or library and a game room. The family room measures 21 by 17 feet; the dining room is 13 by 11 feet, and an office is 13 by 12 feet. The listing also specifies no steps on the first floor and places all bedrooms downstairs. It names carpet, tile and wood as flooring materials and a gas fireplace in the living room.
Kitchen, bedrooms and the separate casita
At a listed 21 by 17 feet, the kitchen matches the family room's dimensions. Structured features include an island, pantry and eat-in area, plus a gas cooktop, built-in oven, refrigerator and owned water softener. The seller's description adds a butler pantry and commercial refrigerator. Those last details come from the descriptive listing text; the record does not provide an inventory of what equipment would transfer in a sale.
The primary bedroom is listed at 19 by 15 feet, with a 12-by-16-foot primary bathroom. The other bedroom measurements are 11 by 14 feet and two rooms at 14 by 11 feet. The listing gives the property four bedrooms and four bathrooms overall; its description assigns three full bathrooms to the main house and one to the casita. It also describes two offices, while the structured room list identifies a study or library.
The seller's description identifies the detached casita as 1,350 square feet, with a living area, kitchenette, bedroom and bathroom. It describes covered patios at both buildings and an outdoor fireplace. That separate building is a defining part of this listing, but its stated size should stay distinct from the structured 3,661-square-foot living-area figure for the house. The description's 5,011-square-foot under-roof figure is a third label readers should keep in view.
Pool, outdoor spaces and neighborhood
Structured outdoor fields list a heated in-ground pool and spa, an outdoor kitchen, a gas grill and a covered patio. The seller's description calls the pool an infinity pool and adds turf, a playscape, putting green, fire pit, irrigated raised beds and a matching shed. It also claims sunset views. These are features reported by the seller's representatives, not observations from an independent visit.
For the surrounding neighborhood, the listing names tennis courts, trails, a playground, basketball and other sports courts among community amenities. It identifies The Neighborhood Company as the HOA manager. The lot's 1.31-acre size is a useful counterpoint to that shared-amenity list: the listing describes both private outdoor areas at the property and facilities available in Copper Ridge.
The numbers and the listing history
The active listing reports $437 per square foot alongside its $1,600,000 asking price and 3,661-square-foot living-area figure. Its annual-property-tax field says $17,350, while the tax-history section separately reports $15,855 paid in 2025 and an assessed value of $1,262,478. Those are different fields and periods. The listing reports $17,350 in annual property taxes and a $1,260 annual homeowners association fee.
The numbers — current listing fields, with annual tax shown as the listing's annual-property-tax figure
Measure
Listing figure
Asking price
$1,600,000
Price per square foot
$437
Living area
3,661 sq. ft.
Lot
1.31 acres
Bedrooms / bathrooms
4 / 4
Year built
2017
HOA
$1,260 annually
Latest annual-tax field
$17,350
The tax-history section separately lists $15,855 paid in 2025.
The listing's school fields identify New Braunfels ISD, Veramendi and Oak Run; a third school label appears in the record only as “New Braunfel.” The listing broker is BRAVA Realty, and Melissa Rountree is named as the agent. These school labels and representatives are information supplied with the listing, rather than findings from a school district or an interview.
On May 10, 2022, the price history shows a $1,250,000 listing; it moved to contingent or pending on May 13 and shows a sale on June 21. That $1,250,000 figure is the earlier asking price. The price history lists October 2, 2026, as the start of the present $1,600,000 asking price. The next useful check is the listing's price history after a price change or completed sale, when readers can inspect any newly recorded price and the time the home spent on the market.
From the source record
The listing5679 COPPER VLY, New Braunfels, TX 78132
$1,600,000 · 4 bedrooms · 4 bathrooms · 3,661 sq. ft. living area · 1.31 acres