Jump to content

Wills - storage

goosey-goosey

By goosey-goosey
in The Lounge

 Share

Recommended Posts

goosey-goosey

goosey-goosey

Posted
Posted

Hello peeps,


Having written my will, I'm now trying to decide how to store it. Any advice? Options I'm considering include lodging the document:1. with a solicitor, 2. with a bank, 3. with a will-writing company, 4. in a safe place at home. I'll obviously also send a copy to the executor. I've had the will drafted by a will-writing company who are now offering me extra services, namely secure storage of the doc, unlimited updates to it, and as much help as necessary to the executor administering the thing at some point in the future - distant, I hope :-). I'm tempted by this offer, but they're charging ?2000 for it. That might sound a lot, but apparently compared with the percentage that banks take for administering a will, it's not (depending on the size of the estate, that is).


If you've given this some thought, while drafting a will or administering/executing one, I'd love to hear from you. PM if you'd prefer. I'm just wondering whether there's a common approach, or something I've missed.


Ta!

Link to comment
https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/100765-wills-storage/
Share on other sites
Burbage

Burbage

Posted
Posted

One thing your will-writing service won't have told you is that the Probate Service will store it for you for a flat, one-off fee of ?20.


A helpful leaflet is here.


As, once you've passed over, any executor will have to deal with the Probate Service in any case, there'll be no need for them to have remember where it was you told them that you might have put it, chase down long-retired solicitors, fossick through the Panamanian wreckage of fly-by-night will-writing companies, hunt for the keys to safe-deposit boxes, search through biscuit tins, deconstruct mattresses or prise up any floorboards.

goosey-goosey

goosey-goosey

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Thanks, Burbage. No, the will writer neglected to tell me about that rather handy service...


Thanks, Bob and S'boy. If you could just certify the backup and security features of your respective biscuit tins, I will ensure your proposals become part of the tender process. :-)

red devil

red devil

Posted
Posted

I can thoroughly recommend *Bob*'s Will Keeping service!

Once he showed me his extensive biscuit tin collection, I knew he was the Will keeper for me!!

A bog standard Jacob's Crackers tin simply wouldn't have cut the mustard for my Will, no siree, but once I saw Bob's vintage Family Circle Queen's Silver Jubilee Limited Edition biscuit tin, I knew that was the biscuit tin for me!!!

Not only that, *Bob* said I could keep the unpaid parking tickets, condoms, and his Gran's false teeth that were still in the tin...how's that for service?!!!!

Nothing was too much trouble for *Bob*, and all delivered with a genuine smile, he even cleaned up afterwards, it was like he'd never been here!!!!!

I am a genuine poster!!!!!!

*Bob*

*Bob*

Posted
Posted

*Bob*?s Wills started out in 1993 with a single tin of Rovers and a desire to succeed. ?I remember our first client as if it were yesterday,? said *Bob*, speaking to me from his fur-lined ivory tower in East Dulwich. ?Persuading them to part with a stack of cash for a service they can more-or-less get elsewhere for virtually nothing was a real buzz.?


They now have sixteen tins operating in South East London, Bromley - and Panama.



*Bob*?s Wills - ?Where There?s A Will - There?s Our Wage?

earlydoors

earlydoors

Posted
Posted

You started out in 1993 !

I remember when East Dulwich had perfectly good local Will storage specialists who would store Wills in superior and more down to earth snuff boxes (forgive the pun) and not these fancy blow in Will storage experts who store them in ponsey biscuit tins.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
  • Advertise Here

  • Latest Discussions

    • tomem
      Nursery school

      By tomem · Posted

      Not sure about changing hands but the Peckham Rye one is open and hasn’t had any random closures. Our child is very happy there but there was a resolved Ofsted complaint half way through last year.  Things don’t look good for the Devon nursery owned by the same company - looks like loads of issues with Ofsted which can be seen in its latest report. 
    • jazzer
      The going home for the weekend song thread...come on you groovey foookers

      By jazzer · Posted

    • Sue
      Have a great nhs dentist accepting patients

      By Sue · Posted

      I was in Forest Hill Road today, just past the Rye, and noticed there is a dentist next to the Herne (pub) that has NHS signs outside. I've never had any problems getting NHS dental treatment in East Dulwich, and I get regular check ups. I've been to three  different dental practices here over the years, all with NHS treatment. I think the difficulties are in other parts of the country. Malumbu has a good explanation above. I didn't hear the Radio 4 programme, but I'm guessing that a  radio programme is not going to have time to say where you CAN easily get NHS treatment, and is bound to focus on the negatives and the horror stories, otherwise it would be very boring! ETA: Re children's teeth, I think the major issue is not lack of dentists, it is children being given sugary food, drinks and confectionery which rots their teeth. The education of parents needs to be about this, not just about tooth brushing. And in some cases the poor diet may also be due to lack of money for healthy food. Though of course the lack of dentists doesn't help, if  the tooth rotting can't be rectified by fillings or extraction.
    • jazzer
      Boycotting US products

      By jazzer · Posted

      Well, I hope you like what you see, the hot air, lack of answers and continual blaming things on the last Government and the made up blackhole, I find are nauseating. The man needs to see reality, because I'd guess that if we had a snap election tomorrow and based on the first six months of this parliament, Labour would get trounced. When the election does finally happen and if that isn't before the people rise up and throw this lot out, Labour will not be voted back in for a millennium.  

East Dulwich Forum

Established in 2006, we are an online community discussion forum for people who live, work in and visit SE22.

Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...