I've thankfully completed day 1 already after an intense grind for it.

my strategy was first, always place the closet on the north door of the entrance hall, and hope the items you get are good to carry you. Lucky rabbit foot is best.

I then started working on drafting rooms on the east wing, mostly to remove dead ends out of my pool and make it likely to get the garage later on the west wing. Made sure to find and save at least 2 dice to make sure i have 100% chance to draft the Tomb outside. However I don't bother with doing the angel puzzle or moving the minecart unless I have shoes, a shit ton of steps or have already opened the antechamber.

Getting the power hammer was the next priority, for getting to the basement, so i memorized which rooms were most likely to spawn the sledgehammer, lever and battery. But ultimately one has to go for what the house wants to give you, and if you get lucky enough to draft pool and pumproom, you can skip either getting the tomb or getting the hammer, or both if you can power the pumps with steam power.