Somebody in my town bought a big old Victorian that was run down and beautifully restored it to make it into some sort of special needs housing. 

Too bad Jeffrey Stambovsky wasn't able to do a little Web-surfing before he bought a turreted turn-of-the-century Victorian in Nyack, New York in 1990.

She said there's not a problem with buying a beautiful Victorian home that you want to return to its former glory, if it is your own home.

I think Emilio might be referring to situations where a duplex is served by one boiler (radiant heat) in a Victorian era duplex.

This ~2500 sq ft Victorian duplex on ~5,000 sq ft lot, adjacent to Steelworks lofts, has more than 3br/2ba in each unit, some extra space, nice size backyard, and a quick walk to Emeryville shopping centers and some new development.

I'm used to dealing with Victorians and lots of settling and basically improvising a lot ;-)

Yet, Victorian Village where I lived has doubled in that time span and Short North looks completely different with all the new development/tear downs.  

Is the neighborhood early Victorian and you want to build a geodesic dome?

It's highly unlikely that if IKEA specialized in Victorian furnishings and antiques that they would do nearly as well in that location...they would want to be in Savannah, Georgia, not Atlantic Station in Atlanta!  

Our guy is very thorough and normally takes 4-5 hours to go though a mid-sized house (a large Victorian or 3-4 unit conversion could take 8 - 12 hours).