adma
Superstar
(Thanks Adma). Eug, there are examples of newly-built Victorian imitations that I like as well - I'm fond of the big long row on Sudbury Street, for instance, which I think are urbane and attractive - in my mind, the sheer length of them and the gentle curve midway lend a new visual appeal to an old form.
And, just as critically, building these fake Victorian rows didn't involve demolishing "real" Victorian rows (though the John Martins-Manteiga camp would take them to task for replacing real early-to-mid-c20 industrial functionalism, but that's another kettle of fish).
I mean, imagine if everything NW of Queen and Woodbine were swept away on behalf of what's SW of Queen & Woodbine, and you can see the inherent absurdity...
This is one (extreme) example as to why I'd be very wary of buying a heritage home, or a home that might soon be declared as one.
So? Don't buy it, then. Defer to someone who would be able to handle it, and don't discourage the motivation, either. (Which is also a lesson in doing your homework before purchasing, and not treating a property as a mere "dumb" tabula rasa.)