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>>528

Japanese conditionals in general don't really pay much concern to whether something has actually happened or not (i.e., if vs when).

家に帰ったら、知らない人がいた。
When I got home, a stranger was there.

時間があったら、いつでも来てね。
Come by if you get the time.

なら can be used for hypotheticals just fine. Hypotheticals are, by definition, things that haven't happened. I'm not sure what the line you're trying to draw here is, but there's nothing odd about someone coming to a speaker's house and then the speaker says "家に来るなら・・・" for "if you're coming to my house (then at least bring a gift, or whatever)".