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B-205510 1 (1982-02-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkbf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: LECtIION THE Cr. MPTR1LLER OP THE UNITED B-205510 MATTER OF: WASHINGTON, DC,0 ,,2D5M46 DATE: February 8, 1982 Larry R. Dreihaup -, Relocation costs construction of residence Reimbursemtn of drawin s, soil testing and satisfy requirements residence at costs are fo it is not alowablQ for costs plans, survey, permits, and ,to obtain a mortgage loan local and Staite legal to construct the employee's -his new duty station, Such r construction and not corn- parable to those needed to exchange ownership of a residence by purchase or sale, Reimbursement for expenses which result from construction is prohibited by the FTR para, 2-6,2d acd not allowable as part of the miscellaneous expense allowance under FTR para. 2-3,1c. In thvis case we hold that the employee, Mr, Larry R. Dreihaup, is not entitled to real. estate expenses for plans, drawings, surveys, and soil testing required by State and local government, as well as his mortgage lender, in connection with construction of a residence at his new duty station. Mr. Dreihaup, an employee of the Federal Highway Administration, transferred on October 19, 1980, from Westchester, Pennsylvania, to Concord, New Hampshire, where he purchased land and contracted to have a residence built. He claimed the following expenses, now in dispute, necessary for residence construction in Concord. --Copy of the house plan required by a lender and for a septic tank permit; mortgage --Survey and site plan required by State and local law for building, driveway, and septic tank permits; --Septic tank design by a licensed person; --Soil percolation test required by State law and preliminary engineering work for the septic tank system; OENERAtL'tL. j STATE! FILE; DIGEST:

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