The Planning Crowd / Simpler Law

Billo57

I have had my will and POA with these people for 5 years. I received a call to say I was due a review; after the review (which was more like a sales pitch) I was told some changes would be needed to my will, The cost would be £3600 approx. and that is with a 20% discount: there was also a document storage fee of £18/ month. I made an appointment with a well known highly reputable Solicitors in Liverpool today and I was able to resolve all of my issues and gain storage of all of my documents for a cost of £600 + VAT and no charge for storage of documents. When I contacted The Planning Crowd /Simpler Law I had to pay them £40 to return my original documents. Beware - Shop around.

Simon11

In the last year, I have made my will and POA.

It cost me £82 (payment to government agency to do POA)- what are you actually getting for your money to need to pay for this service?

Albermarle

Simon11 said:

In the last year, I have made my will and POA.

It cost me £82 (payment to government agency to do POA)- what are you actually getting for your money to need to pay for this service?

I think unless your will is very simple, it is recommended that a solicitor does it, if there is anything at all even slightly out of the ordinary.
But as the OP says better it is a local solicitor and not some rip off firm.
The PoA you can do yourself for £82 .
In both cases if there is any possibility that someone might say in future that the person involved was not of sound mind, when they made the will/signed the PoA, it is better to have a professional stamp on it.