*Now that he's been let into the house, Sirius summarily ignores the house-elf and represses the urge to kick the damn thing. It's not Kreacher, after all, despite the resemblance; this house-elf hasn't resented him since birth and sought to make his life as miserable as possible as payback for Walburga. So he ignores the thing rather than answer it's question, and it's almost a mercy.

Sirius steps past Dobby into the hall, wand raised and looking around, a sensitive Ministry-issued Dark Detector in hand and already clicking.*

How do we want to divide up the house, then?