Still deciding what to do will wise

jackyann

I used Lawpack, and thought they were very clear (used them for PoA as well)
They have a very clear checklist which tells you at what point consulting a solicitor would be advisable.

I would - on the whole - rather DiY and keep my will up to date than do one with a soclicitor that ends up 40 years out-of-date with executors & beneficiaries dying or dropping out of sight.

However, I wouldn't want anyone to think that I am advocating anything other than the simplest of wills this way.

Hercules_Grytpype-Thynne

Mojisola wrote: »

In your other thread you said "I think we do from about 40 years ago and now irrelevant" - unless you destroy the original of this will, it will stand if you die before getting a new one completed.

Yes, I could have worded that better mayhap - when I said "irrelevant" I meant the contents to my/our present circumstances, not that the will was irrelevant and of course needs to be changed/cancelled, which I would revoke in a new one.

Mojisola

Hercules_Grytpype-Thynne wrote: »

Yes, I could have worded that better mayhap - when I said "irrelevant" I meant the contents to my/our present circumstances, not that the will was irrelevant and of course needs to be changed/cancelled, which I would revoke in a new one.

I understand that - but while that will is in existence, it is your legal will.

Who will inherit under that will? Would you still be happy for those people to get your money? Are there other people in your life now who would miss out if the old will was used to distribute your estate?
(rhetorical questions).

Hercules_Grytpype-Thynne

Rodders53 wrote: »

Easternmost England bit of Suffolk so nearly 130 miles from London.

Our two wills were £114 inc VAT in November 2013. I had to check that sum was not for each will!

However, we have pretty simple wills... but not so simple DIY would have been advisable.

I could probably write an updated will based on the old one; but would consider if it was worth the risk. Especially as my Solicitors do the witnessing and provide free will storage.

Perhaps I should check for a solicitor in Lowestoft then.

Hercules_Grytpype-Thynne

Mojisola wrote: »

I understand that - but while that will is in existence, it is your legal will.

Who will inherit under that will? Would you still be happy for those people to get your money? Are there other people in your life now who would miss out if the old will was used to distribute your estate?
(rhetorical questions).

Good points I will have to check my copies of those old wills carefully.

Hercules_Grytpype-Thynne

jackyann wrote: »

I used Lawpack, and thought they were very clear (used them for PoA as well)
They have a very clear checklist which tells you at what point consulting a solicitor would be advisable.

I would - on the whole - rather DiY and keep my will up to date than do one with a soclicitor that ends up 40 years out-of-date with executors & beneficiaries dying or dropping out of sight.

However, I wouldn't want anyone to think that I am advocating anything other than the simplest of wills this way.

Thank you for that £80 and checked by a solicitor sounds very good, but would still need two witnesses of course as with the Coop postal service.

doccer1967

One thing to look out for is the law firm adding themselves as executors - this is where the fees fest really begins - rather than charging on time taken it becomes a % of the value of the assets...this is where the real money is made.

pattycake

I live in a small market town and rang around the local solicitors to get prices.

The fancier the website/offices = higher prices. Makes sense really.

We ended up going to a very old fashioned solicitor's office and paid something like £190 plus VAT for two straightforward mirror wills. A similar situation to your own. Everything to each other and thereafter equally split between our two children. In the event (God forbid) of one to them pre-deceasing us, equally to their offspring.