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B-226193 1 (1988-01-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmyr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ) 0The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof: Timothy R. Glass - Real Estate Expenses - Occupancy Requirements File: B-226193 Date: January 4, 1988 DIGEST An employee who bought a house and resided there on weekends while remodeling it may be reimbursed for real estate expenses related to its sale even though he was not using it as a residence from which he commuted to and from work on a daily basis at the time he was notified of his transfer. The record shows the employee would have made the house his permanent home but for his transfer in the interest of the government. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from a certifying officer with the Rocky Mountain Regional Office, National Park Service, for an advance decision concerning the entitlement of Mr. Timothy R. Glass to reimbursement of real estate expenses he incurred in connection with the sale of a house located at Grand Lake, Colorado, in the vicinity of the Rocky Mountain Regional Park. The certifying officer questions Mr. Glass' entitlement to reimbursement because Mr. Glass resided in the house only on his weekly 3 non- workdays and he did not regularly commute from that resi- dence to and from work. Under the circumstances of this case and for the reasons outlined below, we hold that Mr. Glass' claim may be allowed. Mr. Glass was an employee of the Rocky Mountain National Park and was living in government quarters within the park when, on May 15, 1984, he purchased a house. In a letter dated September 15, 1986, Mr. Glass states that he and his family did not move into the house at the time of purchase because after the snow melted in late May he found that the main water line had frozen and broken, there were roof and foundation problems, and water draining from a spring on the property had settled at the front entrance. Mr. Glass and his family decided to live in the house on his 3 days -o qofs

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