Making a Will

Luxton28

Hi,

I am looking to make a simple Will for just myself and looking at using Farewill to draw this up.

Has anyone used them and can recommend them or had any issues with them?
They state that for a £10 subscription per year you can make unlimited changes to your Will and if you opt out of this you would need to pay £100 per change.

Do all Will writers charge for this if you need to make a change on your Will?
Happy to be recommended any other Will writers that others use?
Thanks

Keep_pedalling

Few people on this board will recomend using unregulated will writers to draw up one of the most important documents you will ever make. 

You really should use a local solicitor who will draft you will after a face to face meeting where they have pointed out all the what if situations you have not considered.

Luxin

Looking at Farewill's Terms and Conditions webpage, clause 10 says they won't: provide legal or tax advice; check that you are who you say you are; whether you were put under undue influence; make sure you understood the will; mitigate the risk of claims on your assets, or check that you and your witnesses signed it correctly. Looks like you get what you pay for i.e. not much.

Robin9

Another vote for using a solicitor.

They will ask the "what if "  questions that you won't have thought about. What if your beneficiary dies before you .....................

Cairnpapple

I am a nerd, I read this board too much and I even listen to wills and probate podcasts that are aimed at practitioners even though I have never worked in this area of law. I have an incredibly simple family situation (married, no kids) and financial situation (one jointly owned property, savings, ISAs, pensions, no need or desire to avoid inheritance tax). 

When we recently went to see a solicitor to do new wills, the solicitor asked a question that I hadn't prepared for, which related to a bit of law that I'd never heard of. Which made me happy with my decision to see a professional to do those what-ifs.

There's an article on finding free/cheap wills, including wills drafted by a solicitor, at
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/family/free-cheap-wills/