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B-224765 1 (1987-08-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmui0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroler General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Robert D. Good - Relocation Expense File: B-224765 Date: August 17, 1987 DIGEST An employee is not entitled to relocation expense reimburse- ment for a building inspection fee he paid as a result of his mother's insistence on the inspection as a condition for her loan to him of a downpayment on his purchase of a residence at his new duty station. Since she had no loan security interest in the home, she did not benefit from the inspection as a lender and such lenders do not customarily require purchasers to obtain building inspections. DECISION In this decision, we hold that Mr. Robert D. Good, an employee of the Department of Agriculture, is not entitled to reimbursement of a fee to inspect the residence he purchased at his new duty station._/ Although his mother states she required the inspection as a condition for lending him funds for a downpayment, she had no security interest in the home for her benefit, and lenders of such a loan would not customarily require the purchaser to obtain an inspection. BACKGROUND Mr. Good was transferred from Hyattsville, Maryland, to Fort Collins, Colorado, on August 20, 1984. In addition to a mortgage loan he obtained to purchase a home in the vicinity of Fort Collins, he borrowed $17,000 from his mother for a downpayment on the home. He issued a promissory note without interest stipulated for the amount of the loan with the debt to be repaid on demand. We assume that she obtained no mortgage or other security interest in the home to secure the loan. The record before us indicates that it was a personal loan. 1/ Mr. W. D. Moorman, Certifying Officer, Department of Agriculture, requested our decision. CfL6

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