Re: Making a will
If it is a straightforward estate then you don't need a solicitor. You can get a Will Pack online and complete the forms which then get checked before you print off the final document for witnessing etc. Thats what my partner and I did. And when he died there was no problem it was accepted fine. And we saved ourselves a lot of money doing it that way.
I haven't made a will. Money has always been in short supply for me and I have never felt the need to spend what little I have in paying a solicitor to state how my merger belongings should be distributed. Also my experience with solicitors has not been very good.
My husband didn't make a will and I had no difficulty at all in obtaining letters of administration and sorting things out myself.
I have had dealings with a number of wills and have seen a great deal of acrimony cause by people favouring one person over another in their wills or changing them at the last moment, wills can be a curse.
I have left a letter for my next of kin to be opened on my death.It concerns my belongings and a couple of small bequest . I think that is sufficient.