Almost doing well in the house (8)
I believe the answer is:
dwelling
'almost doing well in the house' is the definition.
I know that 'house' relates to this answer.
'well in the house' is the wordplay.
'in the' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'house' becomes 'ding' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'well' placed inside 'ding' is 'DWELLING'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dwelling that I've seen before include "Place of residence" , "Domicile" , "Living, residing" , "lodge" , "Harping" .)