Technically sellers are supposed to disclose known defects but if you purchased the property directly from the seller or an investor there is a chance they may no have known the requirements.

Also there is a gap which the owner self-insures for defects between acquisition and coverage placement.

By the looks of the outside landscaping and minor defects of the house, it does seem like it has been unoccupied...

It can be a little easier to sell these days since OfferPad, Zillow, OpenDoor, etc. will buy homes directly, but if you own a home that doesn't fit their criteria (newer homes with no major defects that only need paint), you can find yourself trying to sell a house that nobody wants that sits on the market for an extended period of time.

If I'm correct then your title insurance policy probably won't help you, but it never hurts to submit a claim to the insurer as the worst they can do is deny liability.Now if I'm wrong and the contract description is for all of John Smith's property in Knowhere County, NC then there might be a defect in title covered under the policy but then the question of loss might come down to what if any is the diminution in value to the property you intended to receive vs the value of what you did receive. 

I just did a very small kitchen with quartz that was a smaller slab in the scratch and dent section (no defect, just a small slab) at a granite store in my area.

Use exterior defects to negatiate prior to closing. 

  - there was never any hostile situation, it was allowed by then-seller- if it had NOT been allowed / permitted, and the defect was allowed to fester basically uncontested, then the neighbor could make an argument (again-- michigan statute here) after 15 years for "prescriptive easement"- since it WAS allowed, then the then-seller's rights (now that's me as of last week) can REVOKE those privileges.   

@Prabh VirkStructural defects in a building are commonly a result of improper construction and poor design.

QCDs should primarily be used for transferring property between family members or to cure a defect on the title, such as a misspelling of a name.