You can also use scaffolding to mark/count things off which is what I like do, I can point out the 'in-progress' work and then Darian fines me for leaving a pile of rubble behind (This only happened because I pushed the issue on purpose, but it was fun)
Hey, using scaffolding to mark out your build plan is also a good idea.
Fines? On my land? Never! Though speaking of possible fines and Darian's ire. Did you know you can build about 4 tiles out onto the road? A corner of your property is diagonal from the corner of Hayden's house. I found this bizarre, since it means I could theoretically block the road with a wall to the river and the whole village who uses said road would have to go around Hayden's house instead to get to and from the bathhouse. I feel like I would actually annoy the NPC's and get Darian yelling at me if I did that, so I haven't tried it yet. But I could...