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It looked perfect from the curb: an 8,900-square-foot, 1913 stucco mansion on a hill in Piedmont, Calif., fronted by redbrick stairs, old-fashioned lanterns, segmented arched windows and a red-tile roof.
Inside was a different story. The seven-bedroom, six-bathroom house hadn’t been updated since the 1950s and the back was mostly concrete and weeds. It sat on the market for a year priced at $4.65 million.
Gregor…