When Karen Groebli bought an 1888 Victorian in San Diego in 1997, she wasn’t exactly getting a move-in-ready historic home.
The property was boarded up, city-condemned, and in severe disrepair.
Bringing it back would eventually require stripping the house down to its studs, reinforcing its foundation, replacing aging systems, restoring original architectural details, and embarking on an ambitious renovation that stretched across eight years…