Here's a quick run down...My father purchased a ranch property back in the last boom.Purchased for about 1.5 Million.It's a horse property and one of the borders had an issue with us and to get back at us sent out Building and Safety.We come to find out that the property was purchased with the idea that all 2000 + Sq ft of residence was legal, we come to find out only 900 + Sq ft is legal, not even the pool is legal.They want us to bring everything up to code and draw up new plans reflecting such.Our realtor says we have a great case and can sue the previous owner, what can happen in this case has anyone ever experienced something like this?

I'm moving on but for the sake of education do I have any options at this point or would I be kicking a dead horse. 

This contrast greatly with New York, where they simply blow our numbers away in terms of new units built each year.Because we're so much slower at adding supply and we're not building dense enough, we're simply not able to keep up with the demand and that is keeping prices high, effectively stalling Phase III - Hypersupply of the real estate cycle.Just to meet the demand and prevent home prices from growing at the 200%+ rate it's been heading, we need to be building hundreds of thousands of new units more than we're already building every year.So why aren't developers rushing to develop in Los Angeles?

All they have to tell a Judge is that they paid their rent via direct deposit, went inside and paid a teller, and the bank made a mistake, and "bingo" they have just stall the eviction process until the matter is straightened out.

I'm definitely putting the cart before the horse.  

It also has more than enough room for a 2 stall detached garage.My question is whether or not to include building a garage along with my regular house renovations. 

and patch on the ceiling (HVAC Re-route)- Master Bathroom( plumbing - shower stall not properly installed and leak going down to crawl space, cabinet not secured to the wall, GFCI not grounded, faucet aerator leaking)- Kitchen (damaged vinyl, exhaust not working, very dated kitchen but I think I can salvaged the cabinets and just replace the tile countertops)- Ceiling fans are not operable and missing HVAC registers.- Garage (moisture stains, wall damaged, laundry hose bib leaking), partially converted to a room.

I addressed that, not beating a dead horse here. 

Seems like a stall-tactic.

Does anyone supply their rentals with shower stall drain hair catchers (such as the OXO brands)?