At Cheltenham Wills we offer a professional and personal Will Writing ‘one stop shop’.
Based in Cheltenham Gloucestershire we cover the Cotswolds and beyond with our convenient and complete service which
takes care of everything for a modest fee. This includes providing appropriate advice, taking instructions, arranging for a solicitor
to draw up drafts, then execution and storage of your Will.
Wills are legally binding documents that reflect your wishes on death and ensure that, what you would want to happen,
will happen.
- Leave more of your estate to your family rather than to the taxman.
- May protect your home from Nursing or Residential Home costs.
- Choose who will deal with your estate and who will look after your family.
We offer a face to face meeting to discuss your requirements and wishes, whether you currently have no will or your existing one is not up to date. Please browse our information on wills and contact us.
Why make a Will?
Without a valid Will all property will not automatically pass to your spouse
- unmarried partners and partners who have
not registered a civil partnership cannot
inherit from each other. - no arrangements made for children in case
one or both parents die.
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Requirements for a valid Will
A Will may be hand-written,
typed or printed.
- the person making the Will must be over 18 years of age and be sound of mind, memory and understanding.
- detailed regulations must be closely followed during execution and witnessing.
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What to include in a Will
Clarify your wishes so that there is
no doubt about your intentions.
- consider who will be your beneficiaries to
whom you’ll give all or part of your estate.
- Decide who you’d like to appoint as your executor(s) to act on your behalf and carry
out your instructions when the time comes.
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Where to keep a Will
One in four wills written aren’t
properly stored, and can’t be found.
- Once written, you need to store your Will in
a safe place known to Family & Exceutor(s). - You should keep a copy annotated as to
where the original is kept.
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Reviewing an existing Will
Most people need to review and update
their Will several times during a lifetime.
- You can update or make changes to a Will
with a Codicil or by writing a new Will. - changes of life circumstances like marriage automatically make an existing will invalid.
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