Originally posted by Flin Fredstone:

You can come across abandoned settlements in the meadows. Several houses close to eachother wih strawberry bushes nearby. They are fixer uppers. Easy to patch up if you have trouble building your own. Build fences and/or a trench around the plot.

Or clear out a Draugr infested village and you even have a nice big center house

Adding to that last point, you could leave a Draugr generator active, but walled off. Easy access to intestines. Boom. Solid point.