THEIR OWN GIRARD
Aug 28, 2018
3 minutes
TEXT BY DEBORAH LUBERA KAWSKY
PHOTOS BY | @BRIANWFERRY BRIAN W. FERRY
Rob and Mary Lubera sensed something special from the listing for the single-story, post-and-beam structure in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, but they weren’t sure what. It was 2009, and Rob, an estate planning attorney, and Mary, a CPA, had spent more than two years looking for a new home in the affluent Detroit suburb. On a whim, they asked their realtor to add the property to their list, consisting otherwise of historic-style houses.
The distressed condition of the exterior suggested that it had been vacant for some time.
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