Richard Woodward & Associates

Church View House, 17 Church View, St Neots, Cambridgeshire PE19 2BB   
Telephone:  St Neots  01480 290060    |    Bedford  01234 604042    |    Hitchin  01462 506042    |    Peterborough  01733 590131
Its is our intention to give you the most informative service that you could possibly expect anywhere, we will listen to you carefully and explain your options in an easy to understand way, we have over 25 years joint Will writing and estate planning experience and are both members of the 'Master Guild of Will Writers' so please call us with confidence, many thanks Richard.

The Home of Will Writing

Free no obligation home visits in these towns and surrounding villages:
​Peterborough   Hitchin   Northampton   Huntingdon   Sandy   Biggleswade   Henlow   Shefford   Arlesey  
​Bedford   Cambridge ​  St Ives   Rushden   Baldock   Stevenage   Royston   Papworth   Ampthill  &  Flitwick
From our offices in St Neots either Iain or I will visit you in your home at a time to suit you, to discuss your needs.

Will writing is a fascinating subject and the complexities of some family structures make it very interesting, so its fair to say some Wills are simple and some complex.

These are some but not all of the types of Will we offer in addition to the more standard or simple Wills we also offer these Specialist Wills;

a) Protective Property Trusts, these Wills can help protect your property from long term care fees and also protect your share of the property for your children if you have remarried.

b) A Right to Occupy Will, these Wills can give a person or persons the right to live in a property for a period of time but at the end of the period the property is passed to beneficiaries of your choice.

c) A Discretionary Trust Will, these Wills can be used for various scenarios, the Trust fund (what you leave in it) is controlled by the executors and trustees you appoint, they hold the money and use it at their discretion to the benefit of the beneficiary or multiple beneficiaries. Situations where you may use this type of will include;
  1. Setting up a Trust fund for a disabled person
  2. Setting up a Trust fund to protect a spendthrift child
  3. Setting up a Trust fund for a bankrupt
With this type of Will you would write a personal letter to your Trustees called an 'Expression of Wishes' this letter would be a 'guide' but only a guide to your trustees as to how you would wish them to act on your behalf after your death.

d) A Flexible Life Interest Trust Will (FLIT) this Will is used to give a spouse income from your estate for the rest of their life but ultimately your beneficiaries (normally your children) benefit from the capital, this is a very simple explanation but this type of Will is sometimes called the 'Rolls Royce' of Wills because of its flexibility and the advantages it has from an inheritance tax point of view and asset protection from care fees and the future marriage of a spouse.
 
We can also offer you a full range of other legal services in addition to our own specialities as we have several local law partnerships we work with who will deal with Probate and Contentious Probate matters, also property 1st Registrations, Family Trusts and conveyancing.
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We promise to explain things in easy to understand language, including advising on how best to 'Protect your Home' from the local authority if you ever needed long term care in the future. See video below.
Our home visits are completely free and without obligation and of course are totally confidential, you can book a home visit online here now. Thanks Richard.

​Home visits 7 days a week, 10am - 7pm.
Our Fixed Fee Prices: All arranged with free home visits
Single Standard Wills £85 each
Mirrored Pair of Standard Wills £150 the pair
Specialist Trust Wills £175 each
A Pair of 'Protective Property Trust Wills' £250 the pair
A Pair of 'Lasting Powers of Attorney' £375 the pair + OPG fees
​We also arrange Fixed Fee Probate & Family Trusts with a leading firm of specialist lawyers we work with.
Monthly special offer until July 31st 2018
​Couples: Buy a funeral plan each and get a pair of PPT Wills and 4 LPAs completely free (excluding OPG fees)
Singles: Buy a funeral plan and get your Will and 2 LPAs completely free (excluding OPG fees)​
This is a very straight forward offer, we will write your 'Wills' and 'Lasting Powers of Attorney' 'completely free' when you arrange a pre-paid funeral plan with us with either SAFE HANDS or GOLDEN LEAVES. Your funeral can be paid in full or instalments and allocated to the funeral director of your choice in nearly 100% of cases, available locally and nationwide,

Simply go to the funeral plan providers website, choose your plan, come back to us to place it through our agency with them and you get your Wills & LPAs fully completed, checked and sent for registration this offer includes our guidance as required with free home visit.​
It sometimes, and quite often come as a shock to many of our clients that have lived in the same house for many years when we tell them their house is not registered at the Land Registry! The first 2 things they say to this are;
  • It must be, we have the deeds in the safe/bank/loft!
  • Why didn't anyone tell us?
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If you purchased your home before 1998 it may not be registered at the Land Registry! You will have the Deeds but if you lose them its a big problem, For a free Land Registry check at HM Land Registry click here. 
If your property is not registered we can help you with this. Please telephone 01480 290060 or book a home visit online.

Secure Will Storage.

We offer secure Will and document storage in an easy access fire proof vault in Lurke Street, Bedford in conjunction with a leading Bedford Law partnership.​