My hearthfire DLC is somehow messed up. I bought Windstad Manor normally, and once I went there, there's no additional quest. If I remember correctly there should be a series of quest to guide me through hearthfire content. I can build the house just fine, but I can't buy any Lumber in lumber mills. I can hire my housecarl as steward, but there's no additional dialog for my housecarl eventhough I hired her as steward. (e.g. I can't tell her to buy lumber)
I have HearthFire – Windstad Manor – Fortified and Upgradable (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/35079/?) mod installed. I am not sure if it's causing the problem. I tried to de-activate it through NMM, but nothing changed.
Currently I'm trying to find a way to reset everything related to hearthfire DLC, or try to fix this problem, can someone help me a little bit.
Best Answer
Starting the Quest
After watching this video on how to start the Hearthfire house quest, you should get a clear idea on what to do.
If this video is deleted, you don't understand it or don't want to watch it, here are some excerpts from it.
Also a (probably) unreliable, but possible reason why it's not starting, can be found here (with a fix), but also shown below:
By themoon.
Obtaining Wood/Lumber
Ok. There are a couple of ways to go about this.
First of all, these are all the wood/lumber mills in Skyrim, and with their respective owners:
Cutting your own
So, you can goto any of the above mills, and if your relationship with the mill owner is good enough, you may come and go as you please.
You can walk up to the mill, going through the really slow animation of your character moving wood/lumber onto the saw, and then obtain some free wood/lumber for your home!
To gain "reputation" with the mill owner, follow the below excerpt.
Excerpt from here:
Buying it
There are two ways to buy wood/lumber.
Via. Steward
If you own a house, and have a steward who also lives there, you can ask him/her to buy wood/lumber for you indirectly, and it will appear outside immediately.
Via. Yourself
If all else fails, just walk up to the mill owner, and ask to buy some wood/lumber for 200 gold / per 20 logs.
You may need to be in a friendly relationship to do so though. So check that you are. (Clarification needed)