Both parties are very happy to work together and have worked through many minor details already.

@Wayne Brooks I did not understand the technical details of what he says the problem is, so I won't try to say things that are probably wrong :) He said there's a hole in the line, but that he still isn't able to see everything and it could still be much worse.I completely understand that this can happen.

Sorry if I didn't supply enough details as I'm still trying to educate myself on this. 

Very rough estimates to replace the other items: window ($500), refrigerator ($500), retiling ($1,500). 

No extraneous items in the attic! 

There's obviously more details to the story and lots of lessons learned here.

Some have actually even done worse damage to the item they were sent to fix. 

It was a simple letter with no additional details aside from the new loan number and address of the new bank.  

You can PM me for more detail 

There are a lot more details to this story, but in the end, although it may have actually needed around $40k in repairs, I still felt comfortable purchasing at $187k.