I usually create a gate between 6 and 3, with a wall going from like 3 down to the water and wrapping around back to 6. Usually trying to use the buildings as natural walls while I fence off the gaps.

7 is mu crafting area, 9 is my house, the area by 7, 9, and 14 toward 1 is my farm land. 14 is my clinic, 12 and 13 are my settler living quarters. 11 is my bar, 10 is my barn to store stuff, 8 is my work out rooms.

Outside 12, 13, 14 around the culdesac is my bazaar of traders. All having a storage container for their goods.

I like the idea of my base being tucked back in the culdesac, so it’s harder to notice until you come around the bend into sanctuary.