Funeral Costs - How much??
Discussion
KobayashiMaru86 said:
Shame we can't send a burning boat out to sea instead.
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Sheepshanks said:
bigandclever said:
We cremated my Dad last year; funeral directors, 2 cars, bit of a ceremony and the necessaries at the crem and it was just about 3k. In the North-West, which is probably relevant (not least because the crem fee with service was £700, not your £850 ... I've taken a look and a crem without service is £380).
Cremation is £830.00 in Liverpool - £1050.00 for a fat person.Maybe they're a little more tactful. 'Is Sir aware of our premium for corpulence?'.
Then again maybe not; 'Did he/she sweat much? In that case, that's a 21% premium.'
This is what we paid for a "simple crematorium funeral, nothing fancy, nothing else, no flowers, simple, nothing, service, curtains close, kaboom, done" in SW Essex about 6 months ago:
Undertakers fee: £2,560 (inc. collection from hospital, basic oak coffin, hearse + 1 limo)
Crematorium fee: £850
Doctors fees for cremation forms: £164
Minister's fee: £195
Order of Service: £35.00
So, £3,804 all in.
We did flowers separately.
Undertakers fee: £2,560 (inc. collection from hospital, basic oak coffin, hearse + 1 limo)
Crematorium fee: £850
Doctors fees for cremation forms: £164
Minister's fee: £195
Order of Service: £35.00
So, £3,804 all in.
We did flowers separately.
Well Funeral Directors don't like justifying their bill do they?
They kept banging on about how they'd gaven us an itemised bill.....
"Services to you"
"Services to the deceased"
"Appointment of chosen funeral director"
They got a bit upset when i asked them for a meaningful itemised bill!
And aparently the costs are all approved by their client, and as I'm not the "client" thers's nothing i can do about it.
They did clarify that the client is responsible for payment of the bill which as the client isnt related to the deceased in any way they may regret fobbing me off.
They kept banging on about how they'd gaven us an itemised bill.....
"Services to you"
"Services to the deceased"
"Appointment of chosen funeral director"
They got a bit upset when i asked them for a meaningful itemised bill!
And aparently the costs are all approved by their client, and as I'm not the "client" thers's nothing i can do about it.
They did clarify that the client is responsible for payment of the bill which as the client isnt related to the deceased in any way they may regret fobbing me off.
Marcellus said:
They did clarify that the client is responsible for payment of the bill which as the client isnt related to the deceased in any way they may regret fobbing me off.
The "client", presumably, being the stiff in the box?Well, if they invoice the "client", then the "client" is definitely responsible for the tab - and it's the executor's job to make sure it's paid, right up to the point where paying it leaves the "client's" estate worth a big fat zero as a result. Whether the executor is related or not. And if the funeral's been planned costing a lot more than the "client" could afford, I suspect that the person who planned it would definitely have some responsibility for the rest of that tab...
Do I presume you are the executor for this person who you aren't related to? And, if not, why you're involved in planning the funeral...?
Marcellus said:
They did clarify that the client is responsible for payment of the bill which as the client isnt related to the deceased in any way they may regret fobbing me off.
How did an unrelated client get the release form (I think it's called the green form) from the Registrar? The Undertaker can't proceed without it.Every area usually has someone who will do funerals for £999. Random Google but this place http://www.bbfunerals.co.uk/ will arrange cremations for £949. No-one else can watch though. But even their top-of-the-range service is only going to be a couple of grand for a cremation. And that's London prices.
In our case I couldn't have cared less how much it cost - Mum was hosing £3000 every 4 weeks into a care-home so the funeral cost was neither-nor-there.
It is my dads funeral tomorrow.
North east London. £6,300 excluding flowers and headstone.
Nice independent undertaker. Their bit is £2,300. The rest is plot in Chingford Mount Cemetery and church. It's a double plot, they all are and I'm the owner for 50 years. Ill be 107 by then!
Not looking forward to it but everyone we have dealt with has been professional, compassionate and courteous.
Might get drunk tomorrow night.
North east London. £6,300 excluding flowers and headstone.
Nice independent undertaker. Their bit is £2,300. The rest is plot in Chingford Mount Cemetery and church. It's a double plot, they all are and I'm the owner for 50 years. Ill be 107 by then!
Not looking forward to it but everyone we have dealt with has been professional, compassionate and courteous.
Might get drunk tomorrow night.
TooMany2cvs said:
My old man's booked to donate his body to medical science - seriously. His local uni medical school will take the body, and cover all the costs. Once they've finished, it's disposed of properly - at their cost.
Yep, me too.Have out all useable organs, eyes etc. Then what's left goes off for medical students.
£3,000 goes behind a bar in London somewhere. I'd rather people had a good get together in my memory than being dragged off to some crematorium or cemetery.
That said....having moved country I do need to check what the story is here. Whether that's still possible.
Dealt with the father in laws funeral a few years ago , nice FD came to our house and subjected me to a bit of high pressure on the selling , done in a proffesional way , obviously well trained.
Called the same chap back for my mother in laws funeral , he knew the score and was a completely different bloke.
To be fair he was only doing his job , but I can see a lot falling for it.
The only complaint we had was after receiving an instruction regarding the ashes , we had three calls asking what we wanted doing with them .
Called the same chap back for my mother in laws funeral , he knew the score and was a completely different bloke.
To be fair he was only doing his job , but I can see a lot falling for it.
The only complaint we had was after receiving an instruction regarding the ashes , we had three calls asking what we wanted doing with them .
jdw100 said:
TooMany2cvs said:
My old man's booked to donate his body to medical science - seriously. His local uni medical school will take the body, and cover all the costs. Once they've finished, it's disposed of properly - at their cost.
Yep, me too.Have out all useable organs, eyes etc. Then what's left goes off for medical students.
£3,000 goes behind a bar in London somewhere. I'd rather people had a good get together in my memory than being dragged off to some crematorium or cemetery.
That said....having moved country I do need to check what the story is here. Whether that's still possible.
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/anatomy/bequests/
The uni then covers cremation expenses too, of course.
TooMany2cvs said:
The "client", presumably, being the stiff in the box?
Well, if they invoice the "client", then the "client" is definitely responsible for the tab - and it's the executor's job to make sure it's paid, right up to the point where paying it leaves the "client's" estate worth a big fat zero as a result. Whether the executor is related or not. And if the funeral's been planned costing a lot more than the "client" could afford, I suspect that the person who planned it would definitely have some responsibility for the rest of that tab...
Do I presume you are the executor for this person who you aren't related to? And, if not, why you're involved in planning the funeral...?
The only "relative", "next of kin" and "executoe" is my mother in law (it was her brother who died) the "client" is a friend of the deceased, no wink wink on the friend just a drinking mate of the deceased.Well, if they invoice the "client", then the "client" is definitely responsible for the tab - and it's the executor's job to make sure it's paid, right up to the point where paying it leaves the "client's" estate worth a big fat zero as a result. Whether the executor is related or not. And if the funeral's been planned costing a lot more than the "client" could afford, I suspect that the person who planned it would definitely have some responsibility for the rest of that tab...
Do I presume you are the executor for this person who you aren't related to? And, if not, why you're involved in planning the funeral...?
As for medical science..... oesophageal cancer was the cause.
as im getting older and had to arrange a couple of funerals, ive been contemplating the cheapest way to unload my carcase. would it not be cheaper for the family get together and buy a smaill parcel of woodland and use that as a family plot., long term investment, no use for anything but trees,
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