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Harry followed the human like goblin inside the small building and they were directed straight to Miss Williams' office. Once inside they found themselves cramped with an older couple, a young woman, and Miss Williams.
"Good we're all here." Miss Williams smiled. "We have the papers ready and Mr. and Mrs. John have already emptied the place. Mr. Griphook was it, has already arranged for the payment to be made."
The couple signed looking a bit dazed as their lawyer checked the papers over. Then Harry signed with a nod from Griphook. Miss Williams and the other lawyer started to chat with Griphook about some odds and ends while the other couple came and shook Harry's hands.
"My you look so young." The woman smiled. "I am glad to be selling our old house though. We were having troubles making our new house mortgage this month. Fred's company offered him higher pay and a better job if he transferred us and we hadn't had time to sell our house before we were moved into a new one."
Harry smiled and shook her hands happily.
"I'm glad to be buying it. It looks wonderful and I already have plans for how to dress it up."
She laughed as he husband chuckled.
"You're a stroke of good luck lad." The man said cheerfully. "I still can't believe you paid for the whole house in one go. We had expected just the down payment like most other houses we sold. I don't think I've ever heard of someone fully paying for a house upfront."
Harry blinked. So that was why they looked a bit dazed.
"Well I got a bit of inheritance and decided I'd best use it all on something I would need before I spent it all on little things." He replied, lying slightly.
They nodded and bustled from the room with their lawyer. Miss Williams thanked them for doing business with her and Griphook and Harry also left, Harry with a bunch of copies of some papers that Griphook was keeping to put into Harry's vault.
"That was fast." Harry remarked as they stepped outside.
"I came here early and got most of it done beforehand." Griphook sneered. "I also paid for the whole house upfront as you learned. Easier on you. Now you won't have to worry about paying every month."
"Why Griphook." He laughed. "That's so sweet and thoughtful of you."
The goblin sent him a surly look that made Harry laugh again. Then Griphook pulled two books and some papers from his pocket. Harry guessed it had an enlarging spell cast on it. He stuffed the books and papers into Harry's hands. Harry looked them over. 'Driving for beginners' bother were labelled, but one had a car on the front and the other a motorcycle.
"I took the liberty of arranging a driving test for you. One of the perks of being in the wizarding world is that both governments have arranged for adult wizards and witches to be able to get licenses without too deep of a back ground check. And you skip your 'learners' license and go straight to the 'new'. There were a few questions on your age this time but this test will stop you if you can't handle it. I also applied for you to get both the class 5 and class 6 license at the same time. Wednesday, two days from now, you shall have your test at noon. Just give the papers to the driving instructor. If you get there an hour before noon someone is scheduled to give you a quick test run in a vehicle to give you some hands on time.
Harry gaped at him.
"Thanks." He stuttered as he stuffed the books and papers into his bag.
"Hmph." The goblin huffed. "I had to go through the Ministry for this so you'd better be grateful. Thankfully they are too stupid to check who I was doing it for as it's not a big priority for them. Now run along."
Harry did so, heading for his hotel. He'd spend at least the night there then head to his new house. He still hadn't visited the pool anyways.
Harry gazed about the front of the house with an odd smile.
The house was tall being three stories. It had aged wood that was stained a beautiful deep red for siding giving it an ancient antique look. It had large windows all over the place showing the house would get lots of natural light. On the far left of the roof was a small turret with a rounded roof. On large window took up one side of the spire. The whole roof was shingled in a black that gave it an outlined look. A matching garage was attached to the house. Dark green siding wound around the windows, doors, and such. The front door was painted a deep green along with the pillars holding up the roof of the front porch. The floor of the front porch was just pine wood stained an aged wood color.
The whole front yard, which was twice as large as the Dursely's, was open for anyone to see and filled with soft green grass. There were gardens lining each side of his property along with tall, solid, green hedges to act as a fence. Along the house was a skinner garden that hugged the house walls, breaking only for the front door and the small covered porch around the door. One large garden took up the middle of the lawn, circling around a tall weeping willow that was ancient by how large it looked, drooping over almost his entire lawn blocking almost the whole house from sight. Instead of just a dirt edge to separate lawn from garden, small white stones edged every garden beautiful. The gardens were more weeds then flowers but they would be beautiful when they were flowering with large colourful plants.
The driveway was made of light grey cement that was completely even and ended in the two car garage that was back slightly. A small path led from the driveway to the front porch and a small swirling circle of flat white rocks and a burgundy mailbox. Another path led around the garage up to a metal wrought single person gate leading into the back yard.
The backyard, which was about three times as large as the Dursely's back yard, was surrounded by a large dark stained wood fence that was just short enough someone could peer over with crossed arms resting on top of the fence. The whole backyard was filled with gardens also. In fact all the grass was even taken up. Gardens took up most everything, lining the fences and the house and circling the three leafy trees that rose high. White stone paths weaved in and out of the garden leading to either a small bench at the back, a hanging chair from the farthest tree, or the good sized walk in greenhouse along the back fence with a compost bin beside it.
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