Riddle House Re: Where did the money come from?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 90577

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "suehpfan" <stanleys at s...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "suehpfan" <stanleys at s...> 
> > wrote:
> > > 
> > > I just have one question. Who owns the Riddle house?
> > > Sue
> > 
> > Why, Lucius Malfoy of course! snip> 
> > Jen, 

>Suehpfan:
> 
> I was asking the question in response to a post about the Potter 
> money and the idea that they would have also been wealthy land 
> owners.  What if the Riddle house was actually, unbeknownst to him, 
> owned by Harry himself? 
>
> Sue


bboy_mn:

I hadn't thought of that before, there is the question of what
happened to the Potter's home when James' parents died. 

Was there an ancestral Potter estate/manor/mansion/house? 

If so, then where?

As a side note, this in turn brings up the question of where the
Potter's (all) are buried. Perhaps it's a cultural thing, but in the
US, I think a visit to the family burial plot for some one like Harry
would be a very very likely thing to happen. Perhaps, not so likely in
Britian.

Another side note, I would really like more information of Godric's
Hollow. Were the Potter's just renting a place there or was this their
ancestral home? Exactly, how bad was the place damaged? Was it, at
some later point in time, totally demolished and removed? Was it ever
rebuilt? Could it be rebuilt? Will it be rebuilt?

For those who don't know real estate in Britain and especially around
London is EXTREMELY expensive, so owning a house, especially a nice
large house, represents a very substantial financial asset.

When this issue of the Riddle house came up before many many moons
ago, I speculated the either Lucius owned it on Voldemort's orders, or
Dumbledore owned it because he knew it was tied to Voldemort, and
would probably come in handy in the future. 

At that time, I speculated that when the war was over, Harry would be
given the Riddle mansion as a reward, and as a place where he could
begin a new forever Voldemort free life.

But now that Sirius has died, I'm speculating that Harry will get the
Black Mansion. that thought however, doesn't change my idea that
either Malfoy or Dumbledore are in control of the Riddle mansion.

Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn