There are a few items I wish to buy."
"Of course young sir."
The man appeared amused. Harry pointed out the old chair and a bunch of other various items. When he was finished he realized the man had pulled out a notebook and marked everything down.
"I expect half up front." The man said.
Harry nodded in agreement and followed the man to a counter and till tucked out of sight. Soon he had paid for everything and was rushing from the shop to catch the knight bus.
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Harry found himself disembarking the knight bus to a sneering man. The man was short with short grey hair, black eyes, and light skin.
"Lord Potter." He sneered.
"Griphook?" He asked in stunned surprise.
"Indeed Lord Potter." He smirked. "Certain goblin personnel have objects charmed with strong glamour to help them go into the muggle world to help out clients if it is needed."
"Oh." Harry said staring at him.
"Come Lord Potter. We can not dilly dally."
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.