[LE] Cell Ownership: Player or faction?

[Omegacron]

I'm working on a custom house mod that includes several generic servant NPCs. Some of the NPCs might be a vendor, or a trainer, or just to add atmosphere. All NPCs will have an assigned bed somewhere, but should be able to use activators throughout any interior cell (grindstone, alchemy lab, etc.). I've created a custom faction for all these NPCs, and the player gets added to it after purchasing the house. I'm uncertain, however, exactly how ownership of the cells work... should I make the owner for each cell the Player, or my custom faction?

 

Also, if I use the faction, does that mean that the NPCs can use/take/steal items I store in containers or leave laying around? I'd like to avoid that scenario except for a few specific cases.

[Tasheni]

I would use the faction and if you have containers or things that should not be used by your NPCs set the ownership for the container or items explicitly.