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WHY ARE YOU MOVING? ...

My husband’s employment took him to Atlanta in 2015. Initially, we wanted to maintain our
home in Westport, but our youngest child is now attending high school in Atlanta, and our other
children are either finished or finishing college, with substantially fewer opportunities for us to
gather as a family in Westport. It is with a heavy heart that we’ve made the decision to sell ‘The
Barn,’ although we know it will once again soon become a memory factory for the next family that
lives here.

TELL US ABOUT THE PROPERTY YOU OWN NEXT DOOR?

From the moment we closed on 2 Bayberry Lane in 2006, we had an interest in the history of the house
and adjacent properties. 2 and 4 Bayberry Lane were once part of the same parcel of land. We dreamed
about being able to one day own both properties to create a larger family compound for in-laws and/
or children and grandchildren visits in the future. 4 Bayberry Lane faces Jennings Court, which is a
cul-de-sac and perfect for kids to roam around and ride bikes. We had many thoughts about the two
properties, but more than a decade passed between our original move here and when the property
ultimately became available. Given my husband’s employment relocation and our approaching “empty
nester” status, we felt this season in our lives was coming to an end. Perhaps our dreams would become
someone else’s! Although it was not our intention to do so, we rented 4 Bayberry Lane for a few months
last year to a Westport couple who needed a place to live while renovating their own home.

WHAT WILL YOU MISS ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS/NEIGHBORHOOD?

Without a doubt, other than the home itself, we will miss most the convenience of our home’s location
to everything we needed or wanted. We can be anywhere important in minutes! We could not be in a
better location for some of the best schools available (Long Lots Elementary, Bedford Middle School,
and Staples High School). Stop and Shop, Balducci’s, Whole Foods and Fresh Market are all just down
the street, and the Greens Farms train station is five minutes down the road. Mitchell’s is down the
street. The beach and the Long Shore golf course and complex is just beyond that. We will miss our
most favorite spinning and fitness center, JoyRide Studio, and Rhodie’s passion for doing your best. We
will miss being able to walk across the street to The Hunt Club for swimming, tennis, horse riding, ice
skating , summer dinners on the veranda, and winter dinners by massive fireplaces. We will miss the
best foot reflexology spa ever – Sun Reflexology – just at the bottom of Maple Avenue and the Post Road
(now a Sunday tradition), not to mention a number of great restaurants in town and in Southport and
Fairfield, just down the road. And New York City an hour away. We will miss dear neighbors who have
become the closest family friends. Our kids have grown up together, and we ski together when we find
ourselves in Colorado at the same time.

WHAT MAKES YOUR PROPERTY SO SPECIAL?

For our family, living at 2 Bayberry Lane has been a fairytale dream come true. With everything else that
Westport has to offer, we found a little piece of heaven we’ve called home since 2006. There is always
something blooming in the yard until the leaves fall, and the views of the property throughout the house are
always uplifting and wonderful. Holidays and other gatherings are magical – there is no other way to describe
the stories and memories that have been created here. We have enjoyed feelings of oasis-like privacy on a
property located in the midst of one of the Northeast’s most dynamic and vibrant communities. And so close to
everything we needed and wanted, including New York City.