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B-214362 1 (1984-08-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlvm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: t THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OUCISION P. o THE UNITEO STATES WABHINGTON, 0.C. 2054U FILE: B-214362 DATE: Aigust 7, 1984 MATTER OF: Edmund J. Koenke - Reimbursement of Real Estate Commission - Purchase of a Lot DIGEST: A transferred employee purchased-a lot suitable for residence construction near his new duty station. His claim' for reimbursement of a broker's commission for finding the lot is denied since Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) para. 2-6.2a specif- ically prohibits such commission in connection with the purchase of a home at the new duty station. Although the commission reimbursement prohibition in FTR para. 2-6.2a specifically relates to purchase of a home, by implication it includes the lot on which the home is to be situated. Real estate expenses for the purchase or sale of a lot are allowed only when the lot is integrated with a dwelling or used as a mobile home site. This decision is in response to a letter from Dr. Edmund J. Koenke, requesting further consideration of the denial by our Claims Group in its Settlement Z-2844451, dated September 2, 1983, of his claim for reimbursement of a real estate commission. The commission was paid by him on the purchase of a lot incident to a permanent duty sta- tion transfer in January 1982. The claim is denied for the following reasons. FACTS Dr. Koenke, an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation, was transferred on a permanent change-of-station assignment from Washington, D.C., to the FAA Technical Center, ktlantic City, New Jersey, in January 1982. In May 1982, he pur- chased a lot in Mays Landing, New Jersey, for the purpose of constructing a residence. By voucher dated June 9, 1982, he submitted a real estate expense claim incident to that pur- chase totaling $3,930.85. Of that amount, $430.85, repre- senting legal, mortgage lender insurance and escrow agents'

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