The Houston Estate

[Silver-Blood756]

This is the estate of the Houston Family, a proud pure blood wizarding famliy. The estate is very large, with a very large coverage of land, including a small forest for hunting, a privet park for afternoon strolls, and a pool for relaxing in after a long day. Enjoy the Houston Estate!

Privet Property!  

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As they landed in the driveway of Victoria's home, Zane got out and opened the door for Victoria. Victoria stepped out of the carage carfully and breathed in the smell of cool county air.
"Thank you, Zane." She said as she smoothed out her dress.
"And Thank you, Alex." She added, walking past her chauffeur.
"Come along, Zane. Much to show you, much to learn." Victoria said, walking up the steps of the mantion. The door opened by it self, for the door was charmed to. She walked into the grand foya, where everyone walked into when they first come into the house. There were white marble floors, and two grand stair cases also in white marble. The was a large red velvet carpet unrolled down both of the stair casses, and one large red velvet carpet that led straight from the front door to the second pair for doors that opened up the the grand ballroom. To the right, open doors showed a grand dinning room with a table able to fit 50 people, and to the left, two doors opened to the very large parlor. The parlor had lots of seating and a large coffe table in the center. There was a bar in that room that was stocked with all asortments of wine and beer. And just above both of them, hung a very large, grand chandler decorated with cortz crystals making it shine and sparkle, illuminating the grand hall...

 

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Victoria turned to face Zane, as she batted her cane in her hand, lightly.
"Thank you." She thanked sincerely.
"Now, a few rules." She said in a stern tone of voice.
"Please refer to me as, Mistress Houston, Miss Houston, or Mistress." Victoria said looking at him.
"Second, I would appreciate that you would do your chores swiftly when asked, and with no back talk." She paused for dramatic effect.
"Please, remember your place. If I have company over, please refrain from talking out of place." Victoria added to the list.
"If you follow those rules and use your common sense... I believe we should get along quite nicely..." She said lastly, in a bit more calm voice.
"Do you understand?" She asked rhetorically...

 

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"Good," Victoria said putting her cain back on the floor and slightly leaning on it.
"Now, I shall show you around." She said gesturing with her arm out showing the Grand Hall behind her.
"This, is the Grand Hall, Entrance Hall, or The Grand Foyer. It is were a lot of people gather during parties'." She said, as another servant took off her cloak from her shoulders and took it up to her room...
"To your right is the Dinning room. It is were I have all my meals and where guests will have Dinner." She said, walking into a large hall with a long table in the center of the long room, large enough to hold 50 people at the least.
"To the right of the Dinning room is the kitchen. You need not concern your self with it much, though. It is off limits. You will have no snacking between your meals." Victoria said sternly, then walked out of the dinning room, across the Grand Foyer, to the parlor.
"Here is the Parlor. More of a relaxing room. Its also the home to our bar. The bar is off limits, so dont even think about it. Ive already informed the Bar tender on how you will not have any alcoholic beverages." She mentioned, a small smile on her lips.
She walked back into the Grand Hall and swung open two large door between the grand stair cases and under the second floor balcony of the mansion. It opened up to a large ball room, with a huge elevated dance floor. There were three chandlers, and when turned on, lit the entire room. At the back of the Grand Ball Room, there was a great big window, all the way up to the ceiling and taking up half of the wall space. It over looked the topiary garden behind the mansion, and the forest behind that. The sun was just setting over the tree tops, and the navy blue sky was coming into view, as thousands of stars twinkled into the view.
"This is the Grand Ball room. Off limits to everyone, well every one except me, so dont feel bad. I keep this empty so it'll stay clean. The only time I let a person in here is to dust and sweep, but other than that, I like to keep it empty." Victoria pointed out.
She turned around, and turned off the chandler. SHe shut the huge doors with a slight bang and turned to Zane.
"Well, that is about it for the down stairs." She said with a sigh.
"Any questions? Before we move on to the up stairs?" She asked Zane, turning to him after shutting the doors.

 

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"Good," Victoria replied with a nod of her head. Then turned and walked up one of the Grand Staircases.
"Now, come. I need you show you up stairs..." She said continuing up... She stood at the top of the stair case and walked over to the open balcony between the two stare cases at the top. It over looked the very large and extravagant Entrance Hall. A huge crystal chandelier hung at the top of the high cathedral ceiling of the Entrance Hall. The railing of the balcony and the stair cases were made from forged black iron, and was shaped into a swirling design of vines. The carpet started at the top of the stairs, and was a deep red, with golden fleur patters in lines all the way from the beginning to the end of the carpet...
The hallway at the top was quite. It had 17 doors, all of which were made of solid Oak, stained a dark mahogany color. All of them were a single door, except for one pair of doors that were at the center of the hallway. They were a bit taller than the other door and a tad more fancy.
"This is the second floor from the Main floor. The balcony is another place many people choose to gather during parties here at the estate." She said gesturing out to the balcony before them.
"On all of the floors from here up, the restrooms are the doors to the ends of the halls. On the right there is a Men's restroom, to the left the Lady's." Victoria said pointing to both of the restrooms as she spoke of them.
"The doors right in front of you, the two big double, are to my Privet Study." She said, then opened the door, exposing an exquisite Privet Study. The walls were lined with books, upon books, covering the entire wall. Two simple rail ladder were set at both of the walls, for reaching books at the very top of the ceiling. A dark green, plushy couch sat on a rug, to the left of the room. A coffee table, the same color wood as the doors and the book selves and the desk sat at the foot of the couch, with a couple of tea cups and a tea kettle at the center of the table. A smaller chandelier, made from iron, hung from the ceiling, illuminating the study in a deeper tone of light... More relaxing. A huge Oak desk sat at the front of the Study, cluttered with paper work. A soft looking, black leather chair sat behind the desk. And at the back of the whole Study, there was a huge window that over looked the gardens below and the forest into the horizon...
"It is off limets... Unless you have a very good reason for interrupting me in my Privet study..." She said closing the doors again.
"Most of the other rooms need not concern you. Mostly libraries, archives, and storage, ex-cetera." She said walking past them...
She then walked up the stairs and to the second floor. This hall was mostly the same...
"This hall is the Sleeping courters for everyone in the house, including a chamber for you and for guests." She said walking down the hall. She stopped at the similar two big doors in the center of the hall.
"This is my Room. Also off limit..." She said strictly. The room was bright and lightly colored. The bed was a Queen sized bed, big and plush. It was a canopy bed, and was covered in white and gold silk. The Bed frame was also plated gold. Two white and gold embroidered chairs sat in room, across from the white marble fire place. A small side table sat between the chairs, also with a tea pot and a tea cup on the table. The carpet was a very light, baby blue, and soft as a cloud. A walk in closet was at the left side of the room, filled to the maximum with Victoria's dresses, night gowns, and Ball gowns. Along with winter attire, summer garb, and dozens of different styles of shoes. To the right of the walk in closet, there was a privet bath for the Mistress of the house. Kept sparkling clean, the bath room had a huge mirror right above the sink. All the fixtures in the bathroom were gold plated, from the toilet flush-handle to the shower head. And everything was made from polished White marble...
To the left and right wall of the bed, there were two French doors, that opened up to two balconies that over looked and west woods, the garden below, and had a beautiful view of a setting sun...
She walked back out of the room and closed to doors behind her. She went over to the door to the left of her room, and opened it up. Inside there was a pretty big room, with four beds, four nightstand, and four trunks at the ends of the bed. The beds were made nicely, and seemed to never been slept in... The beds were white, and there was baby blue with white pin striped wall paper in the room. The carpet was pure white, and a bit scratchy. The beds creaked a little, and so did the floor boards. White lace curtains hung from the windows, and were tied back for the morning, but could be un-tied to shut out the moon light at night. Although things seemed cheep in here, it was still a tad bit expensive...
"Here is your room. You might be staying with other servants, as soon as I find some suitable new pets..." Victoria said looking around...
"Well, make yourself at home... I'm going out to take care of some business... Ill be back soon." She said to Zane, walking towards the door. She stopped at the door frame, and turned back around.
"I hope you will like your stay here at Houston Estate." She said with a slight smile.
Victoria then left him alone for sometime of relaxation in his new home...

 

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Lady Victoria lead her new slave through the solid Iron gates and up the path-way to the front porch of her house.
"Oh, I think you'll like living here at the Houston Estate." She said with a sigh, as they neared the Double Doors of the house, they magically opened by themselves, as they were charmed to...
They were both greeted by much of the staff when they walked in, as the staff all hurried about the house with there daily business.
"Well, I suppose I should show you the house first. But, please, listen closely, because I don't want to repeat myself..." Victoria said turning to Celeste...

 

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((If you could please read the first couple of post that describes the house, that would be nice, because I see no point in posting them again...))

"Ok," Victoria said, walking about the main floor.
"This is the Grand Hall, Entrance Hall, or The Grand Foyer." She said gesturing to the large room they were standing in. Victoria then walked to the doors to the right.
"Here is the Dinning room, and through those doors to the back there is the kitchen." Victoria said, then walked out of the Dinning room and into the Grand Hall again. She crossed the Foyer, and into the Parlor. She showed Celeste the Parlor and walked other the Grand Ball room, showing her everything on the main floor...
"And, thats just about it on the main floor... Any questions?" Victoria asked, turning to Celeste...

 

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((Ok, great, thats saves a lot of time... Thanks!))

Victoria nodded back, and climbed up one of the two Grand Staircases...
Victoria showed her the whole second floor, and then walked up stairs to the Third and final floor...
"Any questions yet?" She asked Celeste again.