Robert R. Skorniak and Mary Skorniak - Page 11

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          ary 22, 1992, the city of Salem connected the water service, to             
          the 3405 house and that although Northwest Natural Gas Company              
          connected the gas service to that house on January 29, 1992, that           
          service was not used by petitioners until some time after January           
          31, 1992.  We have further found that the number 10-gauge wire              
          that was connected from the 3395 residence to the 3405 house was            
          installed primarily for the purpose of operating power tools                
          during the course of the construction of the 3405 house and did             
          not provide adequate power for the entire house.  Although we               
          have also found that, as of January 31, 1992, Mr. Skorniak had              
          connected a water pipe from the 3395 residence to the 3405 house            
          and that, as of that date, there were a wood-burning stove and              
          portable electric heaters located in that house, petitioners have           
          failed to persuade us that, as of January 31, 1992, those items             
          provided adequate water and heating for the 3405 house.                     
               Additional facts we have found that bear out Mr. Skorniak's            
          admission to Ms. Richards that petitioners moved into the 3405              
          house in May or June 1992 are that (1) petitioners resided at and           
          used the 3395 residence before and after January 31, 1992, during           
          the course of the construction of the 3405 house; (2) as of                 
          January 31, 1992, and for an unspecified period of time there-              
          after, (a) petitioners continued to receive mail at the 3395                
          residence, (b) their personal possessions, including furniture,             
          were located at the 3395 residence, and (c) they continued to use           





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