Octopus Legacy Wills and Power of Attorney

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Im with Octopus Energy and they have offered me a free Will and to prepare both the financial and health power of Attorney for £60 in total.

i don’t have a basic Will, so I’ll be taking them up on that, but how difficult is it to prepare the Power of Attorney from the .Gov uk website? Should I pay them the £60 or do it myself?

Thanks in advance 

Linton

Preparing a PoA from the government website is straight forward.

bunnygo

I can't see any benefit in this at all, as it appears that Octopus aren't being the certificate provider nor the witnesses. They just want £60 to read the instructions for you. I also wouldn't use an energy company to draft a will!!

poseidon1

bunnygo said:

I can't see any benefit in this at all, as it appears that Octopus aren't being the certificate provider nor the witnesses. They just want £60 to read the instructions for you. I also wouldn't use an energy company to draft a will!!

OP's post misleading. Octopus Legacy  ( mentioned in the title) has nothing at all to do Octopus Energy. OP miss spoke.

Would be most disturbing if any energy company thought it appropriate to get into the Wills, Probate and POA business. Bad enough having to put up with  the host of non legally qualified Will writing firms currently doing the rounds.

Savvy_Sue

bunnygo said:

I can't see any benefit in this at all, as it appears that Octopus aren't being the certificate provider nor the witnesses. They just want £60 to read the instructions for you. I also wouldn't use an energy company to draft a will!!

Agree, I'd be gobsmacked if they were using an actual solicitor to prepare the will for you, far more likely to be a will-writer of some description. 

It's Free Wills Month atm, they're likely to do another in March, do it that way, using a proper solicitor. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/family/free-cheap-wills/

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poseidon1 said:

bunnygo said:

I can't see any benefit in this at all, as it appears that Octopus aren't being the certificate provider nor the witnesses. They just want £60 to read the instructions for you. I also wouldn't use an energy company to draft a will!!

OP's post misleading. Octopus Legacy  ( mentioned in the title) has nothing at all to do Octopus Energy. OP miss spoke.

Would be most disturbing if any energy company thought it appropriate to get into the Wills, Probate and POA business. Bad enough having to put up with  the host of non legally qualified Will writing firms currently doing the rounds.

They use the same colour way on their website as Octopus Energy the dark blue and pink ! Obviously to mislead 🤬

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Savvy_Sue said:

bunnygo said:

I can't see any benefit in this at all, as it appears that Octopus aren't being the certificate provider nor the witnesses. They just want £60 to read the instructions for you. I also wouldn't use an energy company to draft a will!!

Agree, I'd be gobsmacked if they were using an actual solicitor to prepare the will for you, far more likely to be a will-writer of some description. 

It's Free Wills Month atm, they're likely to do another in March, do it that way, using a proper solicitor. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/family/free-cheap-wills/

Free wills month, don’t you have to be over 55 years old for ? I’m a couple of years off that

poppystar

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poseidon1 said:

bunnygo said:

I can't see any benefit in this at all, as it appears that Octopus aren't being the certificate provider nor the witnesses. They just want £60 to read the instructions for you. I also wouldn't use an energy company to draft a will!!

OP's post misleading. Octopus Legacy  ( mentioned in the title) has nothing at all to do Octopus Energy. OP miss spoke.

Would be most disturbing if any energy company thought it appropriate to get into the Wills, Probate and POA business. Bad enough having to put up with  the host of non legally qualified Will writing firms currently doing the rounds.

They use the same colour way on their website as Octopus Energy the dark blue and pink ! Obviously to mislead 🤬

I think they are/were both part of the same Octopus initiative - so there is a link although it is not Octopus Energy offering the services you are talking about. 

https://octopusgroup.com/what-we-do/

user1977

poseidon1 said:

bunnygo said:

I can't see any benefit in this at all, as it appears that Octopus aren't being the certificate provider nor the witnesses. They just want £60 to read the instructions for you. I also wouldn't use an energy company to draft a will!!

Would be most disturbing if any energy company thought it appropriate to get into the Wills, Probate and POA business.

Any more disturbing than, say, M&S selling insurance? Obviously it's just attaching a brand to a "white label" product from a more relevant specialist, it doesn't mean somebody is taking time out from selling prawn sandwiches to underwrite your policy.

Savvy_Sue

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Savvy_Sue said:

bunnygo said:

I can't see any benefit in this at all, as it appears that Octopus aren't being the certificate provider nor the witnesses. They just want £60 to read the instructions for you. I also wouldn't use an energy company to draft a will!!

Agree, I'd be gobsmacked if they were using an actual solicitor to prepare the will for you, far more likely to be a will-writer of some description. 

It's Free Wills Month atm, they're likely to do another in March, do it that way, using a proper solicitor. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/family/free-cheap-wills/

Free wills month, don’t you have to be over 55 years old for ? I’m a couple of years off that

Ah, you're right, I believe. However, some charities will, I think, offer a 'free' will in the hope / expectation that you'll give them something now or in the will, and this offer is to anyone and everyone. May be worth checking with a few favourite charities? 

Also just checking, while I wouldn't want to dissuade you from writing a will or PofA, what happens if you die without a will? Do the laws of intestacy serve your purpose? In which case, hang on a couple of years ... https://www.gov.uk/inherits-someone-dies-without-will

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Savvy_Sue said:

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Savvy_Sue said:

Free wills month, don’t you have to be over 55 years old for ? I’m a couple of years off that

Ah, you're right, I believe. However, some charities will, I think, offer a 'free' will in the hope / expectation that you'll give them something now or in the will, and this offer is to anyone and everyone. May be worth checking with a few favourite charities? 

Also just checking, while I wouldn't want to dissuade you from writing a will or PofA, what happens if you die without a will? Do the laws of intestacy serve your purpose? In which case, hang on a couple of years ... https://www.gov.uk/inherits-someone-dies-without-will

Yes I have been married once and am still married , for 26 years, we own our house and have 2 adult children, so the intestacy  laws would be fine.