Typically, plans stamped by an engineer or architect are required.

As a 24 year old working in Sacramento after studying engineering at the University of California Berkeley, I stayed for $550/mo in Rancho Cordova, all included in a furnished room in a 30-something lady’s twin house (shared a wall with another owners house).

May be best to go with an engineer or architect or contractor to get their opinion on the amount of work that is needed. 

I've had a structural engineer look it over and it looks like the main beam may need to be replaced as well as a large number of joists.

The idea that his bad engineering and planning would allow him to pump water onto your property is kind of stupid.

You can't pull a structural permit without an engineer report. 2.

My friend who is an engineer thinks that the town should be dealing with the initial problem of the drain.

The "make it worth it" part would be that cost to have an outside engineer firm come into your property to perform the cost segregation study.

Hi James--I'm a hydraulic engineer and a certified floodplain manager.

If you wanted to buy a lot that does not have existing BOHA and were able to get as many tests as possible done ahead of purchasing (perc test, soil test, engineering, surveyor, talking to town building dept. etc.) and they all came back ok I'm wondering if anyone has ever heard of still ending up with an unbuildable lot somehow.