 Dracula also purchases many properties throughout London 'over the counter' which shows that he does have the ability to have some type of presence in daylight.He requires Transylvanian soil to be nearby to him in a foreign land or to be entombed within his coffin within Transylvania in order to successfully rest; otherwise, he will be unable to recover his strength.This has forced him to transport many boxes of Transylvanian earth to each of his residences in London.