Thanks for that jonchris. suppose that means theres no point in me trying to do the search myself then.

Im back with more questions on chancel repairs. I've been having a discussion on this........ ???????????????? If the church asked somebody for £100,000 for repairs, Are they the only people to be asked? If the church knew that those people had property that was subject to the law did they also claim from other people in the area? if one house in a street is subject then surely there are others. Also what will happen if the church decides to demand payment from a non christian faith? and somebody suggested......... can we pay the church with chicken and corn, as the law is so ancient, and if we have to sell our homes to pay the church, can we then throw ourselves to the mercy of the church? MORE.....Do the local government come under this law? as there must be roads, council buildings on this land, do we have to pay up again when the local council get a bill from the church? these questions are numerous and have the house of lords actually given answers to them or can they only deal with one issue at a time? It is a can of worms. Now I'm having second thoughts about purchasing the property I wanted to buy.

Hi! I'm in the position of selling/buying and my solicitor sent me one of these chancel repair liability things. Though he was having a laugh! BUT, I looked on net to get info. Still not positive but think I've got the jist HOWEVER???????????? This insurance company CHANCELCHECK? They will do a search for you for a fee, IF it comes back that the house you are buying IS one of those affected they wo'nt insure you. BUT if you dont ask for the search and just insure against it, whats to stop them doing the search anyway? Because lets face it NO insurance company will insure against a bad risk will they? After all they have the database that they do the searches with.

Hi! all! would just like to ask if anyone knows of this CHANCEL REPAIR LIABILY law, and has anyone had dealings with the insurance company CHANCLECHECK, that seems to be the only company willing to insure against the possibility of the church making a claim against you for upkeep of the church, BUT ONLY if you haven't asked thier company to do a search to ascertain whether or not your property is one of those affected? Would welcome any comments. Dont think many people know about this as it only comes to light when you go to buy a new home.