Radford Estate

The Radford Estate is a large old magical house in London. From the outside, the home and gardens are in proportion with the other townhomes, but the true inside is on the scale of a mansion. The home was once owned by the famed Radford family.

Radford Estate board at Absit Omen

History

Mneme Radford

A descendant of the famed Mnemone Radford, developer of the Memory Charm, Mneme Radford was the last of her long-lived family. A beauty in her youth, she attended Hogwarts in 1887 - 1894, and was sorted into Hufflepuff House. Her portrait is hung in the main entrance hall and is often rather snooty with visitors. She is known to flirt with visitors, and is often visited by several white cats.

She was famous at the turn of the 20th century as a socialite, artist, and actress. Flirty but snobbish in personality, she was a smooth political player, and while she never joined the Ministry, she has several key officials in her pockets - largely via affairs.

In short, her life looked to be a success, until she married. When she was 23, she married fellow Pureblood Edward Gramp; Gramp was impoverished, but the two shared political views and their families has followed a similar history. The marriage turned ugly, however; Grample had a keen interest in the dark arts and magical invention, while she found these things rather distasteful. Still, ever the good wife, she allowed him this egocentricity, but this would turn out to be a mistake.

In 1908, her son Ignatius (by Edward) was 8 years old, and assisting his father in his shop below the Radford home. Unfortunately, a mistake caused an explosion, which killed Edward and Ignatius and caused significant damage to the home. With her son and husband dead, Mneme was brought to trial for their crimes and had most of her possessions confiscated. She was sentenced to Azkaban at first, but managed to plea - and was instead sentenced to house arrest.

She began the extensive repairs to her home in 1912 and settled in with her house elf. Since then she has been largely forgotten by her remaining family and the wizarding world, and her home dropped from being considered one of the finest modern homes in London to all but forgotten.

Living long in isolation, her home has taken on much of her personality and is full of self-painted portraits of her. She finally died in 2008, of old age; her body was removed a week later. She outlived any of her close relatives by several decades.

After her death the home sat in legal dispute. With no inheritors and the home too enchanted and run-down to be of much worth, the home and its furnishings went up for quick sale, as the land it sits on is not of much value.

Recent History

Dion Fayette purchased the property in June 2009[1] for 25,000 galleons.

Current Residents

Attic Room: Fauna Blake (June 2009)
Red Room: Vacant
Blue Room: Theta Pepper (May 2011)
Yellow Room: Penny Pickler (January 2010)
White Room: Vacant

Previous residents

White Room: Dax Fayette & Brett Abraham (June 2009 - March 2010)
Blue Room: Dion Fayette (June 2009 - March 2010)
Red Room: Grace Eddy (June 2009 - August 2011)
Yellow Room: Adelia Delacroix (November 2009 - January 2010)

Exterior

Bigger on the Inside; the Garden appears much smaller over the wall as well.
The house appears to be a normal sized-townhouse but in reality has the dimensions of a small manor.
The Back Garden.