Immaculate original-owner home in highly desirable Mountain Lodge, offering a spacious and versatile layout with thoughtful updates throughout. This 5-bedroom, 4-bath home features a secondary bedroom and full bath downstairs, perfect for guests or a private study, plus flexible living and dining spaces with wood floors and an upstairs game room. The kitchen includes Silestone countertops, gas cooking, stainless steel appliances, and a Bosch dishwasher. Upstairs, Jack-and-Jill bedrooms add function and flexibility, along with a separate bedroom and full bath, plus a game room with access to an exterior balcony overlooking mature trees, a beautiful bluff view, and a park-like backyard. Outdoor living is easy with a large stamped concrete patio, covered patios upstairs and downstairs, a stained deck, Tuff Shed, and replaced fence. Major updates include exterior paint, upstairs interior paint, new carpet, and new garage door in 2026, new fence in 2025, replaced water heater in 2023, and roof replaced in 2019. Additional highlights include Nest thermostats, smart switches, internet-controlled sprinkler system, tinted insulated windows, radiant barrier decking, Texas basement storage, and garage organizing panels. Mountain Lodge is a gated community with two entrances, two large pools, baby pools with sunshades, a park, and a basketball court. This community is also on the same electrical grid as the hospital, so you don't have to be fearful of being without power for extended periods of time like other neighborhing communities during snovid 2021. The home is zoned to award-winning NEISD schools and is within walking distance to Tuscany Heights Elementary. With the completion of highway construction, HWY 281 now provides quick access to 1604 and beyond. This location is convenient to the JW Marriott TPC golf course, Canyon Spring golf club, Stone Oak shopping & dining, grocery stores, hospitals, and major employers. No city taxes. Don't miss out!