Before I make the suggestion. I understand a thatch house being as small as the cabins are, but for the wood required, please make them larger.
Now for the suggestion, House add-ons! like sheds. build a shed onto a house and it would create another "room" inside that specific house Allow for people pulling carts to load them into the shed, Inside the house if a cart is loaded it would offload  all its items into a bin, Allowing players to move containers into and out of houses.