Who pays for headstone and buriel of ashes

SevenOfNine

Don't let yourself be bullied by other family members. They went overboard with the funeral costs already, you & your brother have been more than fair letting that happen.

Don't let it go any further by paying for additional things you don't have to, otherwise you could find youselves coughing up roughly £400 for burial rights on a cremation plot, £300 for interment costs, several hundred for a headstone plus £300 for the right to put the stone on the plot you've purchased the burial rights to.

It isn't quite as simple as "headstone & ashes interment". Say politely but firmly you will not be paying for anything else.

PasturesNew

SevenOfNine wrote: »

It isn't quite as simple as "headstone & ashes interment". Say politely but firmly you will not be paying for anything else.

On the other hand, it might be possible to "stick him in with mother/whoever" if a close family member does already have their own plot.

You just need the permission of the descendents of the plot occupier to do that ... and, of course, pay for a small plaque and the cost of the ashes interment.

Stick him in with his parents, or his granny, or somebody .... if there is anybody with a plot.

theoretica

I suggest that if they have your details you also inform the funeral director that you are not authorising any more expenses - might help prevent 'misunderstandings' or your name being taken in vain.