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B-194448 1 (1979-12-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhuf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 7 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION * OF THE UNITEO STATES WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-194448 DATE: December 11, 1979 MATTER OF: Neil Gorter - [3laim for Real Estate Expenses DIGEST: 1. Employee stationed in Guam received orders transferring him to California. 'After listing house with real estate broker, 'employee accepted transfer to overseas post and later contracted to sell his house. Employee is not entitled to real estate expenses incident to overseas transfer. 5 U.S. C. § 5724a(a)(4). Where employee's trans- fer is cancelled, he may be allowed any reim- bursable expenses incurred prior to cancellation. of transfer. 2. Employee seeks reimbursment of real estate expenses incident to cancelled transfer from Guam to Calfornia. Employee did not actually incur expenses prior to cancellation, but real estate listing agreement provided for payment of the six percent real estate commission if he with- drew the property from sale before agreement expired. The employee may be reimbursed brokerage commission incurred upon subse- quent sale of residence only if such provision is enforceable, under local law. William E. Jackson, Jr., B-181321, November 19, 1974.- This decision is in response to the appeal.by Mr. Neil Gorter of our Claims Division settlement denying his claim for real estate expenses incident to the sale of his home at his old official duty station in Guam. Mr. Gorter was employed by the Department of the Interior and was assigned to the Office of the Comptroller of Guam when he advised Interior on January 4, 1978, that upon completion of his overseas tour on September 30, 1978, he planned to return to his former duty station in Sacramento, California. On January 26, 1978, the agency prepared a Standard Form 52, Personnel Action, transferring Mr. Gorter to Sacramento effective September 30, 1978. Mr. Gorter listed his house with a real estate broker on March 5, 1978, but it appears that on March 9, 1978, he was officially notified of his transfer to I? ) G'_ lllr!;'

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