Yes i understand the your point about the dwarven/elven sight.

I am going to expand on the poor chopping down the tree thing,i explanied it badly.

So in order to chop down a tree you need a woodcutters axe(plus the usual strength,agility requirements,plus you need to wield it.)

Anyone can chop a tree down,it would be like item interaction sort of thing.
Now chopping down a tree gives 5 planks of wood.

You get to see where the tree will fall as well to crush an unfreindly orc or so....

Now there would be this new sort of skill called construction.

make this your active skill and have the necessery no of planks on your inventory.

1 skill point ---> tent where you can sleep(requires 5 planks to build)
2 " " " large tent where you can sleep plus you get 1 chests each storing 20 items per chest(15 planks to build)
3 " " " shack where you can sleep plus you get 3 chests each being able to store 20 items per chest( 25 planks to build)
4 " " " small dwelling where you get the same as above but you get a weapons rack(stores 5 weapons) and an amory display(where you can store one complete set of armour)( 40 planks)
5 " " " house ,same as above plus a potion cupboard where you can store 20 potions of each size,i.e small.medium,large, a book shelf,to store 5 books and a table to place manuscripts on,another weapon rack and armour display.( 60 planks)