"Just repairs for right now. Get the main house back into defendable shape." Which will in turn make it livable.

"Eventually we can build more structures. I don't know what Carver is going to want for security, but it'll be his to work on unless he surprises me with construction skills."

There's only three of them and she feels vulnerable not having a defensible position; they need to not waste time overlapping if there are unique skills among them.