First Will, cost and ease?
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I'm about to write my first will as well.
I've bought a diy will pack from WH Smiths so I can get all the details I want down...like funeral arrangements, personal details, current addresses of people to inherit etc.
Once completed I'll take it to a local solicitor and get it done properly - but I think it's a good idea to have all the likely needed details to hand.
Also useful to see one which has already been completed properly.
I've bought a diy will pack from WH Smiths so I can get all the details I want down...like funeral arrangements, personal details, current addresses of people to inherit etc.
Once completed I'll take it to a local solicitor and get it done properly - but I think it's a good idea to have all the likely needed details to hand.
Also useful to see one which has already been completed properly.
condor said:
I'm about to write my first will as well.
I've bought a diy will pack from WH Smiths so I can get all the details I want down...like funeral arrangements, personal details, current addresses of people to inherit etc.
Once completed I'll take it to a local solicitor and get it done properly - but I think it's a good idea to have all the likely needed details to hand.
Also useful to see one which has already been completed properly.
I thought about doing it myself but as I own my flat with my cousin and my house with my missus I thought better to get someone who knows what they are doing.I've bought a diy will pack from WH Smiths so I can get all the details I want down...like funeral arrangements, personal details, current addresses of people to inherit etc.
Once completed I'll take it to a local solicitor and get it done properly - but I think it's a good idea to have all the likely needed details to hand.
Also useful to see one which has already been completed properly.
We (me and the wife) re-made ours last year using a local Solicitor who had done some work for us before. Cost about £250 ISTR which is on the expensive side, but, as I say, we know him.
Using a local Solicitor means that you can if you want, and if they provide the facility, leave the Wills with them for safekeeping.
You need to make sure that someone knows first of all that you've made one, and secondly where to find it if you pop your clogs unexpectedly.
Using a local Solicitor means that you can if you want, and if they provide the facility, leave the Wills with them for safekeeping.
You need to make sure that someone knows first of all that you've made one, and secondly where to find it if you pop your clogs unexpectedly.
randlemarcus said:
Wills are crying out to be put online with the Probate Office having a registered digital copy. Have we got a philanthropic multi-millionaire knocking around?
Just as an aside, my wife is Spanish, and we live part of the year here in the UK and part in Spain. We have Wills there too - it's necessary because we have property there - and the Spanish do have a Central Register of the sort you describe.rehab71 said:
I thought about doing it myself but as I own my flat with my cousin and my house with my missus I thought better to get someone who knows what they are doing.
Quite right to 
It's just useful to have all the info together before you pay the solicitor to sort the will properly. Otherwise solicitor might say ...and the full names are...and the full addresses are etc.
rehab71 said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
You need to wait until after you marry. Any will you make now will be invalidated by your marriage so it's a waste of time and money making a will a few months before your wedding.
I had thought that, I think I'll do it in July after we're married.Edited to add this assuming the will is made in England. Scots law is different ISTR.
Edited by Riff Raff on Monday 12th January 10:13
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