Man your videos are great. LOVE the guide / tips playlist. I'd love to watch this but that would cut into my play time lol. I've got my first village to build!
@SirJaywalker just to let you know you can put things under the house if its on stilts. I have done it but you must place them when the house is still a blue print. Tho the stilts would need to be hogher than the house you were doing. Also if you use wooden pier it will butt up quite close to the fishing hut. Very minimal space and then just put a few planks.
the problem needs some kind of event like Bandit raid and something special. After few years it is repeated action all over again with same quests and same problems in your city. Maybe that's why I don't like games with no ending...