Will Writing Beverley

Brewer Wallace writes wills for people in Beverley and the villages around it, including Molescroft, Woodmansey, Walkington, Bishop Burton, Cherry Burton, Leconfield, Tickton and Skidby. We do not have an office in Beverley. We serve the town from our office at 2 Parliament Street in Hull. Your appointment can be by telephone or face to face, and if ill health or caring responsibilities make travel difficult, we can arrange to visit you at home.

Our wills and probate team works under the supervision of a Director, and our firm is accredited under the Law Society's Wills and Inheritance Quality Scheme.

What it costs

• Single will: £220 + VAT (£264 including VAT).
• Mirror wills for a couple: £299 + VAT (£358.80 including VAT).

Both include an appointment by telephone or face to face, your wishes being taken and checked, and the will being signed and witnessed correctly. A will that includes a trust is priced at a fixed fee agreed with you in writing before we start. Our will fees page sets out the detail.

How we write your will

1. You call us. Ring 01482 228808 and ask for the wills team. We will confirm the fee and arrange your appointment.
2. We take your instructions. We talk through your family, your property and what you want to happen, and raise anything you may not have thought of.
3. We draft it. We send you the will to read, and change anything that is not right.
4. You sign it. We make sure it is signed and witnessed correctly, because a mistake at this stage can make a will invalid.

Matters we often discuss with clients around Beverley

• How you own your home. If you own with someone else, whether as joint tenants or tenants in common decides whether your share can pass under your will at all. We check this first.
• Care fees. If you live in Beverley, any assessment of what you pay towards care is carried out by East Riding of Yorkshire Council. We explain honestly what a will can and cannot do about this, and our care home fees page has more.
• Second marriages and stepchildren. Without careful drafting, children from an earlier relationship can be left out. We can set your will up so that your partner is provided for and your children still inherit.
• Older property and land. Some older homes and land in the East Riding are still unregistered, so ownership depends on the original deeds. We note where they are kept, which saves your executors time and cost.
• Inheritance tax. If your estate may be taxable, we look at the allowances available to your family. See our inheritance tax planning page.

Most clients also ask about lasting powers of attorney at the same time, as a will only takes effect on death. When the time comes, our team can also deal with probate for your family.