Question for flippers..Frozen house

[Kay Ferdous]

Hello,

thank you in advance for reading.

I'm in a process of purchasing a foreclosed house in Long Island, NY . We have an accepted offer but the contracts have not been signed as of yet.  Few days after we initially saw the house, we had sent in our contractor to view the house and he noticed that house was not winterized. long story short.. house is now completely frozen and the bank is only now sending in a plumber to winterize the house. Usually these houses are "AS IS" condition but I feel as though in this particular situation bank is somewhat negligent for not winterize the house in timely fashion..

So my question is.. is it possible to winterize the house when it totally frozen? Are they going to defrost the house first then winterize it? there's probably cracked pipes all over the place. It's a small house with no basement.  What would you guys do in my situation... Bank will probably come back to me and say " there were no visible damage buy it as is"