Wills cost for Solicitor

[tescorank]

Going to my fathers Solicitor as he recently passed, now the will included an estate of about £750k net of inheritance tax so how much will the Solicitor charge for there service to wrap up say 10 different share holdings, 3 bank accounts and the sale of a house?

[williaa68]

Is the solicitor appointed as executor in the will? If so they may have scale fees (a percentage of the estate). If not, ask them for a quote and then think about doing it yourself if you are the executor - it isnt hard.

[otherman]

I got a monster quote and did it myself. It's pretty straightforward, you send death certs to the institutions concerned. They all have established process.

[Robertj21a]

It shouldn't be difficult to do it yourself unless there's something like foreign assets, joint holdings (not H&W) or companies involved.

[DJMC]

williaa68 said:

Is the solicitor appointed as executor in the will? If so they may have scale fees (a percentage of the estate). If not, ask them for a quote and then think about doing it yourself if you are the executor - it isnt hard.

...and watch out for solicitors charging a percentage of the house value AS WELL as a percentage of the estate. Perfectly legal, most don't do this double whammy, but two of our relatives solicitors did!