So I've gotten the deed to the spot in The Pale, I start on building the actual house, but I notice that my house doesn't update look wise. First time it happened, I had the entire small house area completed, I started on the main hall, after I was done with it, I noticed that the main hall wasn't added at all. So I deactivated then reactivated Hearthfire, got the deed again, made a save before I started building the actual house. This time when I started, I got the whole small house part finished, but saw that only the walls, floor were built. Went back to the earlier save, the build area only stays when you actually plot the land.
Before you mention building in a different area, I did try near Morthal (after doing "Laid to Rest"), I did not get the option to actually start building my house.
Twice, I did fast travel away from my unbuilt house then later come back to it, to notice that the plans had reset itself (had to redo the foundation and whatnot), yet redoing everything didn't set it straight.
I guess I could try it on another character. Any input on my situation would be lovely, thanks