Who Gets the Noble House of Black?

[Devon]

No: HPFGUIDX 87559

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "meriaugust" <meriaugust at y...> 
wrote:
 
> I assumemed that if Sirius had a will and testament that Harry 
would 
> get it. With the exception of Tonks and her mother, none of the 
> other Black blood relations seem to have been on any good terms 
with 
> the dearly departed Sirius, and since as early as PoA we see 
Sirius' 
> concern with Harry's living conditions (when Sirius offers Harry a 
> home following the shreiking shack scene) I think Harry will 
inherit 
> old Number 12 when he comes of age at the end of the seventh book, 
> so that after triumphing gloriously over LV, Harry has a home of 
his 
> own to go to, with Ginny Weasly at his side (well, that's how I 
want 
> the books to end anyway ;-)). And since everyone now knows that 
Lord 
> Thingy is back, I don't know how covert the Order will have to be, 
> but I would assume that they would keep the place as a back up, in 
> case of emergencies. But the interesting thing to see will be how 
> Harry treats Kreacher, who I assume will come with the house, if 
he 
> inherits the place before he has had time to "get over" Sirius' 
> death. 
> Meri


My guess is that for the time being, because Harry is "underage," 
the house would probably be left to someone in the Order (Dumbledore 
is my guess) to keep it for use while it is necessary.  Death Eater  
relatives like Narcissa (or Bellatrix, who You-know-Who probably 
killed before we had opened the pages of the next chapter!) will 
likely be dead or in jail by the end, so Harry will probably be the 
only one left.