If they remodeled it and now it is better than it was before, they can sue you for the improvement. May even have a mechanic lien against the property where they can foreclose on the house and take it way from you if you don't pay them. If you bring it up in court you are just giving them an outlet in which they can bring up their grievance against you and the court will have the right to hear both sides of the story and pick for them if he wants.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.