Where is LV's lair? (Hide Out) ...Apparation Question

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 87318

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "quigonginger"
<quigonginger at y...> wrote:
> In wondering where LV's lair might be, Steve (bboy_mn) pointed out:
>  
> > Malfoy Manor has one major problem, I don't think Draco can be 
> > trusted with the secret, ...
>

 
> I (Ginger) snipped the rest to reply:
> 
> ...  Which  brings me to my question: What limitations are there on 
> apparating?  ... one has to be liscenced ..., but are there any 
> limitations as far as apparating into a house?  ... Arthur... 
> apparated into his own home.  At 12 Gimmauld, people come to the 
> door.  
> 
> I imagine this is just good manners, and that people also have 
> security charms in place to prevent uninvited visitors.  What I 
> wonder is whether or not people can just apparate into another 
> person's house, assuming they have permission.  
> 
> ...edited... 
> 
> Ginger



bboy_mn:

I agree that it is just common courtesy and good manners not to
apparate directly into someone's house. You would no more do that than
you would walking to someone's home with out knocking and being
invited to enter.

I suspect some larger homes may have an entryway into which people can
apparate unseen, then knock on the door and wait to be invited. In my
fan fic world, people who don't know Harry and Ron well, apparate into
the long front hallway and knock on the door, people who do know them
well, apparate on to the balcony at the back of their house, those who
are their closest friends, apparate directly into their seldom used
living room and call out for them, then wait for an reply inviting
them in. Just an illustration.

However, Grimauld Place and Voldemort's headquarters are another
matter. Grimauld Place started out with very high paranoid security
which I'm sure Dumbledore re-enforced. So, logically it would have
anti-apparation spell placed on it. As logically would Voldemort's HQ.
 However, there could be some reasonable allowance for those to whom
the secret location has been reveal to apparate into the back garden
or something of a similar nature.

The Malfoy house is referred to as a 'Manor' which implies some degree
of estate. That is, very large lawn and gardens which might simplify
things. But regardless of the apparation accomodations, I still see
Draco's presents as mucking things up a bit. As others have pointed
out, Draco could never resist bragging, and he would certainly love to
flaunt his involvement in front of Harry.

Despite being a reasonably large mansion, Grimauld Place doesn't seem
to have anything resembling a garden (lawn/yard). It might have been
nice if Sirius could have sunned himself in the back garden or on the
balcony. A breath of fresh air might have done him some good.

Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn