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IT WAS love at first sight for Jeff
and Cindy Babka.
Jeff had just been recruited to
be the new chief financial officer
at nCino, the Wilmington-based
cloud banking company. The couple
came to town to look at houses, and
the first one they saw was in the Gray
Gables neighborhood off Airlie Road.
“We came down this street, which
I fell in love with,” Cindy says. “The
house just had this wonderful, positive
family vibe to it. We went to look at
12 other houses. I told the real estate
agent, take us back to the first house. I
just had a feeling.”
They loved the mature trees in
the neighborhood, the rocking chair
front porch, and the screened-in back
porch. The brick patio and fountain
was an ideal oasis for relaxing and
entertaining.
The proximity to the Gray Gables
Yacht Club, a boat slip on the
Intracoastal, and being walking dis-tance
to Wrightsville Beach helped
clinch the deal.
“We had lived in golf course com-munities
in Atlanta off and on for
about 15 years,” Cindy says. “We
saw Landfall and what it presented in
beautiful homes. We just thought we’d
like to try something different. We’ve
always been beach and water people.”
PHOTOS BY ANDREW SHERMAN