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B-223364 1 (1986-10-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmnq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Mlatterof: Richard M. Poehling - Real Estate Expenses File: B-223364 Date: October 24, 1986 DIGEST Transferred employee sold single residence in two parcels to one purchaser. Although the second parcel not containing the residence was large enough to be used as a separate building site, the presumption that the second parcel was in excess oE that reasonably related to the residence site within the meaning of Federal Travel Regulation para. 2-6.1 is success- fullyrebtted.-y th act-,, of N;scse. The-subdivisin Qf .hthe pr-ty, hih fac.-itated t-A sale to *ne buer-,an protectEd the seller's interests, was dohe%.only to ensure tJbe total integral sale of single residential property to sole buyer. DECISION The issue in this decision is whether an employee may be reimbursed for the expenses incurred in selling his former residence which was subdivided into two parcels. We hold that the employee may be reimbursed for the expenses for both parcels since the sale of the second parcel did not represent a collateral land transaction which may not be reimbursed under the applicable regulations. Our Claims Group received the claim of Mr. Richard M. Poehling in the amount of $1,660 for real estate expenses incident to his transfer to the Naval Ocean Systems Center, Department of the Navy, San Diego, California. When Mr. Poehling sold his former residence in West St. Paul, Minnesota, in April 1985, he separated the rear portion of the lot and established it as a separate property. Both properties were sold to the same buyer. The brokerage fee for the newly established lot was at the rate of 10 percent since it was a land-only sale rather than the customary 7 percent for the sale of a residence. As a result, the cost of the separate sale for the rear property was $1,600 for the brokerage fee and $60 for legal fees related to the required deed update. The Navy certifying officer determined that • t IL

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