Independent · no commission from any care provider · fees published
Professionals
Wills, drafted by a regulated will writer – introduced by us, with no fee to us
A will belongs in the same conversation as the LPA and the care plan, so we make sure it happens. Our partner is a member of the Society of Will Writers or the Institute of Professional Willwriters, carries professional indemnity insurance, and charges their own published fee. We take nothing, and we do the capacity check where there is any doubt.
The care plan, the LPA and the will are one conversation
Families reach us because care is needed or money is running out. The will is rarely the reason for the call and almost always part of the answer: who will manage things, who inherits the house that is now paying for care, whether the unmarried partner is protected at all. We would rather it was done, by someone competent, than left.
Drafting wills is not a reserved legal activity, but it needs training, insurance and a regulator. That is why we do not do it ourselves and why our partner is a member of a recognised professional body with a complaints scheme.
What this is not
- We do not draft wills, codicils or trusts.
- We do not apply for probate or administer estates – reserved to solicitors and licensed probate practitioners.
- We do not give inheritance-tax or investment advice – a SOLLA adviser or a solicitor does.
- We do not take a referral fee from the will writer, ever.
Do you need a will, or a will review?
Questions about wills
Can someone with dementia make a will?
Often, yes – testamentary capacity is decision-specific and a diagnosis alone does not remove it. Courts prefer a medical practitioner to assess it (the “golden rule”); we introduce one and the will writer works with the assessment.
What does a mirror will cost?
Our partner’s published fee, typically £150–£350 for a pair of simple mirror wills. You pay the partner directly. We take nothing.
Who should be executor?
Someone organised, likely to outlive you, and willing. Attorneys under an LPA are often the natural choice, but the two roles are separate: an LPA ends at death and the executor’s job begins.
Does the care home fee affect the will?
The will decides who inherits what is left; care fees decide how much is left. That is why the will, the LPA and the funding position belong in the same conversation – and why we are cautious about anyone selling “asset protection”. See the family home and care fees.
Get the will done alongside the rest.
Free 20-minute call; the introduction the same day.
No pressure. No care-provider commissions. A written next-step note after every free call.