Saturday, October 13, 2012

Thousands of families could be caught by church repair bills as archaic rights revived - Telegraph

Thousands of families could be caught by church repair bills as archaic rights revived - Telegraph: "Thousands of families are set to receive warnings that they could face large bills to repair their local church, even if they have never attended it, after parishes were ordered to enforce a 500-year-old land law...People living in more than 5,000 parishes in England are subject to the historic “chancel repair liabilities”, which affect properties built on former monastic land.:
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Thanks to Mystery Reader for this mind-boggling evidence that, no matter how bad you think your HOA is, things could always be worse.

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