The architecture of the Victorian style has a lot to recommend it. If you open an interior door in a Queen Anne Victorian style house you never know whether it will be a closet, or an entry to another massive room. The tall and skinny styling of the typical Victorian structure was excellent for resistance to earthquake damage due to the extremely long unbroken studs used in the walls that made them flexible. That feature of the Victorian style house is referred to as balloon framing. Unfortunately, that also created a long passageway for fire to travel, so for example in the great San Francisco earthquake many of these Victorian style houses surved the quake, only to be burned to the ground.
A Victorian style home was often filled with massive quantities of knick-knacks due to the increased availability of machine made products, a benefit of the industrial revolution. Later, the craftsman movement rebelled against the so-called excesses of the Victorian style. True Victorian style furnishings were often not nearly as gaudy as later portrayed in movies and TV as can be seen here. Maintenance on a sizeable Victorian style home can be challenging due to the many decorative elements and joints that allow water in. Still, if one is able to keep up on the maintenance, a Victorian style home can be a beautiful showplace. You can expect a Victorian style home to have some large negatives that will have to be dealt with, such as knob and tube wiring, lead plumbing, and asbestos. However, you may be lucky enough to find an in-wall mechanical signalling system for the servants for when you require their assistance. Your servants and maids will appreciate that.