Alright, how about briks?
of course, you get clay.. 20 to make a brick.. and about 1000 bricks to make a house. 2000 clay for one house.
and to make a brick, all you need to do, is start a project, making briks, select the amount of bricks to put into the project, and, for tools, a wooden square(as my brother puts it) and thats it.
If you use a kiln, you make more briks per day. and when buildings have hit points, you make stronger bricks.

