How are your house building skills?

Oh, i had fun reading through this thread! I have been interested in building lately, in fact my latest play sessions were mostly spent in build mode. I am still so new to it, and not close to being good, but i have a lot of fun exploring things and messing around. Landscaping is still hard to do for me though, i dont know where to begin and how to end, and how to make it look pleasing. i feel like i end up making it look empty, lacking, messy, unnatural, and lets just say not good overall :D Hmm, i should have probably picked not good at all lol.