Anyone do wills ?

[true believer]

G'day good people of the yellow and blue
Does anybody do wills ?

 

[MagpieMariner]

Mine is with the Public Trustee. They don't charge up front (well, they didn't when I did mine), they take their fee from your estate (a % of the probate value).

 

[nearlyyellow]

I dunno. I reckon it's cheaper to get a solicitor to prepare your will along guidelines you want, nominate your executors and then the fees are minimal. irc the Pub. T'ee charges quite a high %'age of your estate to administer the estate, ie. act as executors. imo

 

[Big Al]

You use to be able to get a will kit from the post office if it's very straight forward.

Otherwise you will need a solicitor.

 

[Big Al]

Mine is with the Public Trustee. They don't charge up front (well, they didn't when I did mine), they take their fee from your estate (a % of the probate value).

My grand mother had hers with them. What a nightmare. They were pathetic.

Wrong dates, wrong names on official letters. Took well over a year to sort out. They had to split 3 ways between siblings who all live together and are amicable. But one paid all the bills. This was to complicated for them, they couldn't calculate it that you had to take money from other two to compensate the other.

My uncle basically told them what to do. Absolute waste of time and money.

 

[Big Al]

Local paper there is an ad in first few pages (front) for a seminar on wills and other related issues at the Gosford RSL. It's Free

Beware it will be light on info and is to get you in the door to get your business but since you are in need it maybe something you want to check out.

 

[true believer]

Cheers

 

[true believer]

Cheers