Who Gets Black House

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 87837

Note: I'm snipping one of catlady's complex posts and apologize for
any incorrect attributions.

dmoorehpnc wrote:
> Just wondering, now that Sirius is dead who inherits Number Twelve
> Grimmauld Place? Harry, Tonks, Narcissa? Will the Order still use it
> as a meeting Place? 
<snip>
> 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 ;-)). 
> 
catlady wrote:
> Would you wish such a horrible house as Number 12 on the young
> newlyweds? I think both Harry and the memory of Sirius would be
> happier if that house burned completely down.

Carol:
We seem to be forgetting that Sirius inherited *another* house from
his uncle, whose name I can't find in the Lexicon but it's something
annoyingly similar to Neville's Uncle Algie. Anyway, I'm sure *that's*
the house Sirius was referring to when he said that he had a house of
his own that he and Harry could live in and the one he would bequeath
to Harry in a will (with no worries about entails imposed by Mrs.
Black, who would have no say in the matter).

As for what will happen to 12 Grimmauld Place, I hope it goes to Lupin
and remains the headquarters for the Order, which still has every need
for secrecy. Sirius certainly had the time to write a will and death
was undoubtedly on his mind. Whether he had the presence of mind or
the consideration for others to put his affairs in order, I can't say.

Carol