Oliver's Wills Ltd - professional will writers - Will writer Herts, Hertfordshire

Great value professional will, trust and LPA services

Hello, welcome to Oliver's Wills - professional will writing services! We advise clients locally and around the country. We are members of the Institute of Professional Willwriters which means that we have full professional indemnity cover and sign up to a strict code of conduct which can be seen at the IPW website (see links).
The owner and main adviser, Oliver Waite, has almost 30 years worth of estate planning experience and is also a solicitor. Oliver's Wills Ltd is not an SRA regulated firm, but is regulated by the Institute of Professional Willwriters. Oliver also works with an SRA regulated family law practice, separate to Oliver's Wills Ltd.

Pricing

One of the most important questions we are asked! We understand that budgets are important which is why as professional will writers we are very competitively priced against solicitors, despite offering a professional and bespoke service.

We also now offer a fast-track video service where minimal advice is required, if you need to keep costs down, or else we offer a standard, full advice home or video service. Click here for pricing.

Probate services

We offer a full range of probate services, either directly or via partner businesses. We offer fixed price quotations, meaning you do not have to worry about hourly fees increasing the expected cost.

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We are competitive, because we:

- come to your home / business or come and see us
- offer reduced fee video appointments
- have £2m in professional indemnity insurance
- belong to the IPW - the leading will writing body
- create bespoke and individual wills
- have professional qualifications - inc. LLB law degree
- are very competitively priced
- offer a range of pricing options

We offer daytime and evening video and home appointments!

Will facts (click here for more topics)

Inheritance tax. For the 2024/2025 tax year, the inheritance tax allowance is £325,000 plus £175,000 if you give property you have lived in to your children or grandchildren - and this includes step-children - (we can advise further on this new allowance).

Trusts. Trusts are a popular way to protect your property and other assets for your beneficiaries. This might be against future marriage issues, care home fees or if you have a beneficiary receiving benefits for example.

Probate. We can help you get probate and distribute the estate. You may feel out of your depth with the paperwork required, or have issues you don't want to deal with. Our fees can be a fraction of a that charged by some firms. Click here for probate pricing.

Online Poll!

Why our clients choose us

We have had many kind comments from clients, but if we are to summarise the main comments, we have been told:

We are very comprehensive - we look in depth at your situation and provide advice to make sure your Will stands the test of time.
We explain things very clearly - we don't talk in jargon and try to make complicated issues as easy as possible to understand.
We are very patient - we want to spend as much quality time with you to find the right solution. Because we are a small company working for ourselves, we can spend time with you to understand what you need and want. Especially with older clients, things can be complicated, so we are in no rush to end the meeting if you need more time.
We are great value - we are not the cheapest - and we do not aim to beat everyone on price. However we think we beat most other firms on the quality of our service, and we price ourselves to beat most solicitors and the majority of other willwriting firms.
We offer lots of free advice - for example we are happy to provide your family with free advice is they need help with probate forms for example, or we can find other ways to says inheritance tax.

*Wills that include specialist trusts will be charged more due to the more complex nature of these wills and the fact that we create trusts to match each client's individual circumstances. Trusts may also be recommended for inheritance tax planning, but all clients will be made aware of extra costs before any work is carried out. A typical cost of a Will that includes a trust is £360 inclusive of vat.

It always pays to look at all the small print on a website. If you take a will through us and mention you read all the small print, we will divert £5 of our fees to a local charity in your area - please tell us which one. We take our fee minus £5 and a £5 cheque from you payable to that charity. Just mention local charity when paying.

This firm is compliant with the Institute of Professional Willwriters (IPW) Code of Practice
Our IPW No. is 2154.

You can be sure that as an IPW member, you are protected as a client with a minimum of £2m indemnity insurance, and that as a firm we have had to undergo an assessment to join the IPW

Oliver Waite is the owner and creator of Oliver's Wills, and he originally completed his law degree and Legal Practice Course, before moving into the financial services industry, and in 2008 started Oliver's Wills Ltd, which has helped many families and individuals look after their loved ones after they die.

We currently have three consultants, including Oliver, who can see you and advise accordingly.

Things we can help you with or advise on:
Will writing, will planning, review an existing will, probate assistance and help, will storage, funeral plans, codicils, employee schemes, will discounts, business planning, protection, inheritance tax planning, property protection, last will and testament, executors, administrators, probate forms, attorneys, lasting power of attorney, enduring power of attorney, how a divorce affects a will, simple wills, mirror wills, bespoke wills, family succession, intestacy issues, trusts, property trusts, life assurance trusts, care home fees, IPW, Institute of Professional Willwriters.

​Great value professional will, trust and LPA services