Kadogo Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 £800 is utterly ridiculous. £140 would be about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavydog Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 A few weeks ago, my elderly mother was in the co-operative bank & she decided to enquire about having a will written/updated, there wasn't anyone at the bank at that time to deal with it & she was told that someone would ring her as it was all done over the phone anyway. A few days later someone did ring her & explained a few things about writing the will,when she asked how much it would be, he said £800, my mother (shocked) said" HOW MUCH",he said £800,anyway she said "i will have to think about it" & left it at that. When she told me i decided to have a look on the co-op website, on their website it says wills are written from £125, I would have thought it would be somewhere near this price as her will is not that complicated. I may be guessing but i suspect the co-op is using an independent will writer, & that person is trying to pull a fast one ! Has anyone else experienced anything like this? i would suggest that you watch the press around march, you will find free wills week where you can have your will done by a solicitor free of charge. they do like you to make a bequest to a charity and there are several chatities to pick from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavydog Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 re my previous post free wills week is 5th. to 9th march Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I've had the opposite experience where executors are concerned. Distant cousins of mine conned my Autie into leaving them her entire estate...AND...made them executors....They have blocked every attempt to challenge the will, because the executor has to grant permission to see any documentation, and of course they won't release any paperwork claiming they want to maintain her 'privacy'. It's been dragging on for 2 years, and they are busily spending the 350k they conned her out of! My thoughts are that a beneficiary should not be allowed to also be an executor!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 i would suggest that you watch the press around march, you will find free wills week where you can have your will done by a solicitor free of charge. they do like you to make a bequest to a charity and there are several chatities to pick from. I would imagine that is something like when I had mine done through the union at work, its fine if it’s a straight forward will ……. I leave everything to my wife …….. she leaves everything to me ….. in the event of both of us dieing the kids get equal shares. Any more than that and you will be paying for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadogo Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I've had the opposite experience where executors are concerned. Distant cousins of mine conned my Autie into leaving them her entire estate...AND...made them executors....They have blocked every attempt to challenge the will, because the executor has to grant permission to see any documentation, and of course they won't release any paperwork claiming they want to maintain her 'privacy'. It's been dragging on for 2 years, and they are busily spending the 350k they conned her out of! My thoughts are that a beneficiary should not be allowed to also be an executor!!!! . . . and being an Executor is about as difficult as a walk in the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Willman (forum name) writes wills, why not PM him and ask how much he charges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 . . . and being an Executor is about as difficult as a walk in the park. Well....In my case it's not difficult at all, when you're the sole beneficiary, and you can easily block any attempt to uncover the fraud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Well....In my case it's not difficult at all, when you're the sole beneficiary, and you can easily block any attempt to uncover the fraud! If they were of sound mind when the will was written how do you know they were conned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 If they were of sound mind when the will was written how do you know they were conned? I can't go into graphic detail on here, but suffice to say my Auntie was 90 years old and changed her will in their favour 6 months before she died, and they've blocked every attempt to access her medical records, which would prove one way or the other. If there's nothing to hide, why block access? There are other contributory factors too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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