Order Only: Private message to Pansy

[alt_sally_anne]

So wherever we move has to be deep enough in Order territory that we'll feel safe, not likely to turn out to be owned by muggles who are alive and want their homes back, with low enough rent that everyone can afford to live there. We need either a building full of flats or a cluster of houses close together because while the two of us can live together just fine, Ron and George sharing a flat will eventually be a disaster. If we're all sharing a building full of flats then George and Fred will need to agree not to blow the whole place up. (Or, you know, to do experiments that might result in blowing the whole place up. I realise they would be unlikely to SET OUT to blow the place up.)

But, I mean, I want to live near you. I assume Fred will want to live near George. I think Justin and Hydra might like to live nearby, and Draco and Hermione, and maybe Susan?

Is there anyone we'd want to make sure there isn't quite enough space for?

Is there anyone who has time to find something? Our fallback is to move into the Burrow until we find something else but that's really not my first choice.

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[alt_pansy]

I want to live near you too! And ugh, you're right, Ron and George together in the same flat would be an utter disaster.

I've got a few ideas in mind.

1.) I buy the rest of the flats in my building, and we just use that. Minus, it's in London, but plus, if we've got the whole building, we can make it quite secure. Minus, it might take some doing to track down all the rest of the owners in like a day.

2.) I buy up a building that just has one owner and there's enough room for you and Ron, me and George, Fred, Sue, Draco and Hermione, and Justin and Hydra for certain, and perhaps there's room for a few more and we see if anyone else, like if Jeremy and Ced, or Ken and Jack, or Stebs and Wayne, or Ernie and Linus want in -- that's rather a large lot -- Draco might go in on it if it's a large building), and we can all just use that. It might be simpler that way, and yeah, like #1, if we have the run of the building, we can make sure it's secure, and renovate it how we'd like, and all that. And if I own it, it'll probably be a set-up where rent is enough to cover upkeep and taxes and things, but that'd be quite low if it's split however many ways.

I can poke around either one tomorrow, just take the day and just work on that -- I think it's worth it, seeing as how the lot of you can't fit in my flat, and Merlin knows Draco would just love living at the manor.

Is there anyone you wouldn't want room for? I mean, other than the obvious -- no invite for Patil or Finnigan, ta very much. Fred might want to ask Terry if he wants in, because, you know, part of the package, all that, but he probably wants to stick close to his folks for the time being anyways, so. Lav's a bit eh, but if we're offering to everyone else in our year who isn't, you know, an utter and absolute git, I suppose it'd be rude not to extend something.

Unless we're keeping the list short -- just the ten of us, eleven with Terry.

I can look at smaller and bigger options -- a six flat building would cover the short list.

[alt_sally_anne]

I don't want to live in London, not while the other side is still controlling it. Even under Fidelius. I mean, if we run out of milk or tea or eggs, do you really want to have to apparate somewhere instead of running down to the corner shop? I want to live somewhere it feels like we're having some sort of normal life, even if it takes ages to get everything straightened out yet.

As for people I don't want ... not Lav, please not Lav, let's just keep it to the people who were on our side before the Battle, you know? So probably not Ernie and Linus, either, then. Terry, well, it's fine as long as I don't have to share a flat with him. (What can I say? Just because someone's on my side doesn't mean I don't find them irritating. But he's Fred and George's best friend, and I'll manage. I expect he feels similarly about me.) I expect Terry and Fred will want to share, anyway.

Honestly what I would LOVE would be a village with a lot of little houses close together. That way we wouldn't have to worry about Fred and George blowing the whole building up There are loads out there, but most are going to have muggles moving back in. Though, that muggle village near where I grew up, I'm pretty sure they were all killed, and not moved to camps at all. Those houses are in terrible shape, though. Also, Bagwyllydiart is located at approximately the north-east side of the arse end of nowhere at all.

[alt_pansy]

But if we got it properly hooked up to floo, arse end of nowhere wouldn't matter much, would it?

If it's truly abandoned, let's take a load of tents out there and see what we can make of it. At the very least, camping out for a few weeks all together would be fun, and if it has some real promise, we'll make something of it.