Online will writing for Exeter residents. No solicitors. No appointments. Drafted to the Wills Act 1837 for England and Wales. One-time £79.
Average paid by people who used a solicitor, across the UK
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People who used a solicitor to write their will paid £328 on average, and rarely less than £200 (MoneyHelper, May 2025 survey). A solicitor's fee buys you their advice on your circumstances, which £79 does not. What you get here is the document.
List the address and say who inherits it. If you own it as joint tenants it passes to the other owner automatically and your will cannot redirect it — worth checking before you write.
Appoint a guardian under section 5 of the Children Act 1989. It usually only takes effect if no other parent with parental responsibility outlives you, and nobody can be made to accept — ask them first.
Your executor can live in Exeter, anywhere in the UK, or abroad. There is no residency requirement. Choose someone you trust, not someone nearby.
Exeter District Probate Registry
Exeter Combined Court Centre, Southernhay Gardens, Exeter EX1 1UG
The Wills Act 1837 sets out what makes a will valid in England and Wales, and it says nothing about who has to draft it. A will you write yourself is as valid as one a solicitor writes, provided it is signed and witnessed properly.
No in-person appointment is needed to write it — only to sign it. Two witnesses must be with you when you sign, in person. The temporary video-witnessing rule brought in during the pandemic expired on 31 January 2024.
You do not need a solicitor in Exeter, or a solicitor at all, for a straightforward estate. You probably do need one for trusts, business interests, property abroad, or if you intend to leave a close family member out.
The document is yours to update whenever you like, for as long as you like, at no further cost.
No. Will law is the same throughout England and Wales, so a solicitor in Exeter has no advantage over one anywhere else, and for a straightforward estate you may not need one at all. People who used a solicitor to write their will paid £328 on average, and rarely less than £200 (MoneyHelper, May 2025 survey). Ours is £79. What a solicitor adds is advice on your particular circumstances — if your affairs are complicated, that is worth paying for.
No. Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own succession law — Scotland needs only one witness and gives your children a fixed claim on your moveable estate that a will cannot override. Our document is drafted for England and Wales only. If you are domiciled outside them, see a solicitor there.
Applications are handled by HM Courts & Tribunals Service, most of it online. The registry historically serving Exeter is the Exeter District Probate Registry:
Exeter Combined Court Centre, Southernhay Gardens, Exeter EX1 1UG
Perfectly fine. Executors can be anywhere in the UK or abroad. They don't need to live in Exeter. Choose someone you trust, not someone geographically convenient.
The intestacy rules decide, and they are not a guess at what you would have wanted. A partner you never married inherits nothing, however long you lived together. A spouse takes the first £322,000 and half of the rest, with the other half going to your children. Nobody you chose is appointed to run any of it.
Build it for nothing. Read all of it before you decide. Pay £79 once, when you want the signed copy.
No card to start. Wills for England & Wales.