Wait, so one with a law background clear this up. This isn’t akin to paying for drugs and not getting them (or in this case, getting substandard drugs). A residence isn’t de facto illegal. This would be more like renting a car which doesn’t have a registration, or being provided an inaccurate tax return prepared by an accountant who claimed to be a CPA it was not (or getting incorrect engineering from an engineer without a PE license).