Paying for Wake and Funeral

busiscoming2

We are dealing with my recently deceased uncles estate etc.. He has a substantial bank balance and the bank have already said that they release funds for the funeral/wake/ flowers.

My question is how do I go about paying for the above? Do we need to pay first and claim it back or are the bank just billed direct?

Sorry if its a daft question but have no idea.

born_again

Ask funeral director to bill bank direct with their bank account details.

They should be well used to the process.

fwor

It may vary from bank to bank, but if my experience was anything to go by, do NOT pay it yourself - the bank is not likely to allow you to be paid until after probate is complete. As already said, the payment needs to go directly to the funeral director.

Keep_pedalling

Banks will usually pat the FD directly but that won’t cover the wake or flowers.

busiscoming2

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81903611#Comment_81903611

The bank - HSBC did say they will pay for the wake and flowers too. Well, thats what the person told me when I took the death cert in.

OutdoorQueen

Take the invoice to the bank with the Funeral Directors bank details, with your Uncles bank account details and death certificate. They will probably then make payment direct to the Funeral Director.

jackieblack

Maybe ask HSBC what they require in order to release the money for the flowers and wake?

(You can often arrange the flowers throughout the Funeral Director)

sheramber

For my husband’s funeral the funeral director organised everything except the flowers.

Skint_yet_Again

Sorry for your loss. I paid for flowers and the wake on my credit card. I took the receipts and my credit card bill to halifax and they transferred funds to me. I took the funeral invoice to them which included bank details and they paid it directly to the funeral director