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Sol Depetris had been searching for three years when they finally found their future apartment. Occupying the full second floor and an attic in one of Rosario, Argentina’s many “French-style” buildings—Haussmann-esque constructions dating from the early 20th century—the space had most recently housed an accounting firm. The walls were painted a shabby pastel yellow, but it still had many original plaster details and a “casa