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and Andrew – along with their kids, Dylan, 4, and Milo, 2; pups Palmer and Finley; and cat, Moo – moved to the Chapel Ridge neighborhood in August 2020 from South Durham’s Audubon Park. “When we bought our last house, we only had one lex Barker Barker
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child,” Alex says. “We thought having three bedrooms was great because we had one for her, one for us and a guest room. Once we had our second child, we just felt like we were outgrowing it.” They started casually looking at homes and didn’t put any pressure on themselves to find a new one right away. But when they came across their current home, thanks to the help of Gretchen Castorina with Hodge & Kittrell