Fidelius, the Riddle House (Re: Where did the money...)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 90581

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "suehpfan" <stanleys at s...> 
wrote:
> This brings up another question about the Fideleus Charm.  If the 
> charm is done on a location that many people know, does that mean 
> they are no longer able to find it unless the secret keeper shows 
> them where it is again?  Would they return to the location only to 
> find the home (or whatever) has simply vanished?
> 
> Vexed by Fideleus and curious about these moldy old homes,
> Sue

Jen: 
Here's Flitwick's ambiguous quote on the Fidelius:

"As long as the Secret-Keeper refused to speak, You-Know-Who could 
search the village where Lily and James were staying for years and 
never find them, not even if he had his nose pressed against their 
sitting room window." (POA, US, cahp. 10, p. 205).

Initially I pictured this scene with LV pressing his nose against a 
window at Godric's Hollow, seeing no one inside. But wouldn't LV 
just magically destroy the house anyway, on the off-chance the 
Potters were all hiding in the bathroom or somewhere?!?

So does You-Know-Who **feel** his nose is pressed to the glass or 
not?!? 

My guess is no, that the building would vanish to all but the Secret-
Keeper and the occupants. Sort of like Hogwarts appears to Muggles, 
the actual structure is there, but spells/enchantments keep Muggles 
from finding it.