Something homeowners need to be aware of!!

thelem

Richard_Webster wrote: »

If they had only registered against one or two that one or two could be asked to pay the whole cost and they they could try to get the money back from the others - but I wouldn't give much for their chances.

Do you mean registered at the land registry following the 2003 law? If so, then you presumably don't need to worry about that if it's not on your deeds.

An Anglican Church in a Southampton commuter village near me has its main meeting in the local secondary school because there is no room in the Church.

That's a really good solution, and I'm surprised it's not more popular. There must be thousands of good-sized assembly halls lying empty on Sunday morning, while churches are having to maintain huge old buildings.

Richard_Webster

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Originally Posted by Richard Webster
If they had only registered against one or two that one or two could be asked to pay the whole cost and they they could try to get the money back from the others - but I wouldn't give much for their chances.
Do you mean registered at the land registry following the 2003 law? If so, then you presumably don't need to worry about that if it's not on your deeds.

You could still be stuck with the liability if you own a property that is affected unless you buy after (I think) 13th October next year.

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An Anglican Church in a Southampton commuter village near me has its main meeting in the local secondary school because there is no room in the Church.
That's a really good solution, and I'm surprised it's not more popular. There must be thousands of good-sized assembly halls lying empty on Sunday morning, while churches are having to maintain huge old buildings.

Yes, trouble is a lot of Anglicans are wedded to tradition and can't stand not meeting in their church, however difficult to heat and maintain it might be.

A lot of non-Anglican Churches don't have buildings or only have offices. One Church near me has a lease on what used to be a chemist's shop and uses it for offices for it and some related Christian charities and runs Basics Bank (food for needy) from there and hires it out for small meetings. They hire a school hall for their sunday meetings.

My Church used school halls for 15 years and then bought a former Methodist Central Hall from the Council who had been using it as a Tech College Annexe.

Mrs_Imp

I thought I heard on the news this morning that the Heritage Lottery Fund was going to be taking over the chancel repair fund. This was done so that people would be less likely to face a bill for repairs to their local church.

Richard_Webster

I thought I heard on the news this morning that the Heritage Lottery Fund was going to be taking over the chancel repair fund. This was done so that people would be less likely to face a bill for repairs to their local church.

Yes, I've heard something along those lines, but I don't think they are "taking over" anything.

This whole business came back to life in recent times with Aston Clinton v Wallbank where the Church at Aston Clinton needed repairs to its chancel and asked English Heritage for the money and they were old to explore other means first i.e. Chancel Repair Liability - and the Wallbanks (who knew they had a property subject to the liability) got stuck with a large bill.

What is happening is that English Heritage seem more prepared to pick up the bill where they would previously have told the Church to resort to enforcing Chancel Repair liabilities - but it doesn't change the legal position or stop enforcement by the Church, just makes it less likely.