Purchse Agreement and unresolved contingencies

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What is the name of your state? Alabama

We recently purchased a house in Alabama while we were stationed in the state of Washington. We hired a real estate agent and entered into a Buyer's Agency Agreement with her to represent our interests while we couldn't be down here. We entered into a contractual purchase agreement with the seller contingent on a satisfactory home inspection. After the home inspection we listed items to be fixed by the seller in a purchase agreement addendum. They agreed.

They had a few weeks before closing to complete the agreed upon work, which they claimed would be adequate time. When our closing date approached, we were mailed closing documents by our Realtor and closed by mail while we were still in Washington. (Military wouldn't let us leave to take care of home hunting, with three children under three we needed a place to live when we got down here.)

When we arrived in the house, it was not in the condition it was described as being (Seller's agent claimed "completely redone inside") and only two (that are apparent to us) of the over twenty items to be completed from the purchase agreement were done. I understand that we took a big risk buying a house without seeing it so I am willing to eat the cost of cleaning up the house and fixing things here and there. But, as far as I'm concerned I feel that it should have been our agent's job to ensure that the work that was stated in the contract from the home inspection was complete, especially since we were almost 3,000 miles away. She did get paid from seller's agent's commission.

What legal recourse, whether with our agent or the seller, do we have to ensure that the work that was in the contract is complete, even though we already closed on the house? Can the responsibility fall back on our agent since we signed a buyer's agency form? We do have a home warranty with the property, but I believe it only covers major home systems.

Thank you kindly in advance for your responses.