He ripped up flooring all the way to the joists, and sistered all compromised joists.

"new construction", "good", "poor", "structurally compromised"), etc. etc. 

Venue shall reside in Los Angeles County for any action that may arise between xxxxxxx  I never compromise on the jurisdiction issue.

It's rare in a court of law that one side gets everything - usually the other side has to be completely in the wrong or completely incompetent for that to happen, as judges are by nature looking to make everyone unhappy by giving a little to each side and encouraging an out-of-court compromise.

Calling something a great deal then adding on all the things that are going to cost excessive amounts of money or compromise your criteria would inherently negate it being a great deal.

I would want them to replace the wood floors and also check to make sure that the recessed lighting wasn't compromised.  

Looooong story I wont bore you with but basically, the tax situation still is not agreed on, we both believe different amounts are owed, cant get timely answers, every time its a different answer and now awaiting a compromise.

Maybe they know there is one item that won't pass inspection and you can jointly hammer out a compromise in the agreement.  

GC's sketch wasn't good enough so we needed an architect to draw a plan....for a half bathroom that in no way compromised structure and was already going to have all the trades pulling permits and having inspections.

@Bjorn Ahlblad Thank you I had a discussion with my tenant and we are going to work things by. compromising on having 3 laundry days a week.