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Afternoon all,
I'm looking to have a pair of mirror wills written, nothing complicated pretty bog standard.
So far I've been quoted £250 + vat and £200 + vat.
Seems a lot of money for a couple of bits of paper, is this what people pay or have people tried any of the online type services?
Thanks
I'm looking to have a pair of mirror wills written, nothing complicated pretty bog standard.
So far I've been quoted £250 + vat and £200 + vat.
Seems a lot of money for a couple of bits of paper, is this what people pay or have people tried any of the online type services?
Thanks
I did mine during the last 'Will Aid'. Suggested donations are:
£95 - suggested donation for a single Will
£150 - suggested donation for a pair of mirror Wills
Somehow seems better with the money going to overpaid charity execs (and perhaps the occasional good cause) rather than solicitors.
£95 - suggested donation for a single Will
£150 - suggested donation for a pair of mirror Wills
Somehow seems better with the money going to overpaid charity execs (and perhaps the occasional good cause) rather than solicitors.
onedsla said:
Somehow seems better with the money going to overpaid charity execs (and perhaps the occasional good cause) rather than solicitors.
An interesting viewpoint, and it does seem to bear out the common misconception that all solicitors are extremely well-paid and somehow undeserving of what they charge clients.If you work for a City firm, the stereotypical fat cat impression is probably reasonably accurate. if you work for a large national or provincial firm, you're probably also very well paid compared to the national average. A substantial proportion of solicitors however aren't even higher rate tax payers, let alone revelling in substantial six figure salaries. The "average" private practice solicitor outside the Top 100 firms is probably doing reasonably well compared to the national average, but not much more.
Anyway, as you were.....
ellroy said:
If you're having your wills done consider looking at getting Lasting Power of Attorney's done at the same stage, just in case either one of you goes gaga later on.
You definitely do not need to pay a solicitor to do that. The forms are all easily downloadable, you just have to fill in a load of addresses and get everyone to sign it.Gassing Station | Finance | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff