Harry own's the Riddle House - Was "Who owns this silly house"

[gkjpo <kristen@sanderson-web.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49788

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve <bboy_mn at y...>" 
<bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
 
> Now that you force me to think about it, who would the house 
logically
> belong to? Tom Marvelo Riddle II. 
> 
> Dispite being deserted by his father, Tom II is the legitimate heir 
to
> the Riddle estate. Maybe the people who lived in it, didn't actually
> buy it, but rented it from Voldemorts estate agent (I believe what
> they call an estate agent is what we here in the US call a Real 
estate
> agent).

In the book it states that the house went through several owners - 
though this seems to be from the perspective of the townspeople.  I 
wonder... if Tom Marvelo Riddle II was the owner, the local folk 
would have known/recognized the name (because someone in a town 
always knows the name of the owner).  It would only be if it was a 
name they did not recognize that they would refer to the owner the 
more general sense that is used.

I like the idea of Lucius Malfoy owning it among other Muggle 
holdings like Grunnings (I think that was Heidi's idea).  Then he can 
influence the Dursley's to send Harry to someplace where he can get 
help for his "abnormality" - like St. Mungos :).

Kristen