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Patch Oasis in the Park highlights a home in Severna Park. If you would like your home featured, email valgate76@aol.com. More room, top schools, nice neighbors, easy access to I-97, Brett and Sarah Salkeld had the usual list of needs for a home as they began to casually hit area Open Houses about nine years ago. On a jaunt around the Park, the Salkelds came across a for-sale-by-owner listing that wife Sarah flat-out decided was not her cup of tea. Husband Brett prodded from the driver's seat..."C'mon, let's just take a look." A rancher with virtually zero backyard and even less curb appeal, it was not the typical center-hall colonial Sarah had envisioned as her first real home. Not even close. They went …