Money [BG Spoilers]

[GregHutch]

I do have a question: At the end of Skin Games Harry winds up with a lunch box full of diamonds.
So: Why does he say at the end of Battleground that the castle renovation will have to be done on a limited budget?

[Pirate101]

I do have a question: At the end of Skin Games Harry winds up with a lunch box full of diamonds.
So: Why does he say at the end of Battleground that the castle renovation will have to be done on a limited budget?

You are not a house owner, are you? 😉

An old castle is probably not that cheap to renovate/maintain/furnish/run without rent being generated ...

[Bacail]

IIRC, Jim stated that Harry has about 2mil of diamonds and I doubt he would want to ask Mab or Molly for more a loan.  Those interest rates have to bite big time. 

[Arjan]

The diamonds are not exactly essy to sell in large quantities if you need a lot of money fast.

But Harry is a knight now and marriage to a rich heiress is the traditional way for impoverished nobility to improve their financial position.

[Arjan]

Papa Raith needs to give a dowry.

[StrayDog]

You are not a house owner, are you? 😉

HAHAHAHA Spoken like a true home owner!! Everything still has two weeks to completion and will cost twice as much!

[StrayDog]

IIRC, Jim stated that Harry has about 2mil of diamonds and I doubt he would want to ask Mab or Molly for more a loan.  Those interest rates have to bite big time.

JB is the definitive authority on all things Dresden, what will happen to Murphy's share of the diamonds? Mab has probably already answered the interest rate question ... marriage to Lara. I still feel that Molly will be the one to betray Harry.

[StrayDog]

Papa Rait needs to give a dowry.

Who else thinks that Papa Raith will be VERY generous with Lara's dowry? 

[Avernite]

Indeed, Lara is not going to settle for her hubby living in a damp drafty mess.

Of course she probably won't pay a dime for what Harry really wants, which is a headquarters for his own powerbase to vie with Marcone, Lara, and heavens forbid, the WC.

[Mira]

You are not a house owner, are you? 😉

An old castle is probably not that cheap to renovate/maintain/furnish/run without rent being generated ...

In had a friend who described owning a house a bit like owning a whore..   

[TheCuriousFan]

I do have a question: At the end of Skin Games Harry winds up with a lunch box full of diamonds.
So: Why does he say at the end of Battleground that the castle renovation will have to be done on a limited budget?

Because Jim decided that the diamonds only amount to 2 million IIRC and that's just not that much when fitting out a whole castle (and paying property taxes).

[Eleyctra]

Because Jim decided that the diamonds only amount to 2 million IIRC and that's just not that much when fitting out a whole castle (and paying property taxes).

The taxes alone on owning the amount of Square footage his boardinghouse took up in Chicago would be a large dent on its own. And he's not rolling in income either.

[ClintACK]

He needs to negotiate a good dowry/allowance from his fiancée.

[Conspiracy Theorist]

He needs to get an investment adviser.

Toot advises to invest heavily in pizza futures.

[TheCuriousFan]

The taxes alone on owning the amount of Square footage his boardinghouse took up in Chicago would be a large dent on its own. And he's not rolling in income either.

Maybe he'll get lucky and the events of BG will have made property values in Chicago plummet.