Cheapest place to make a will

If it is simple https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/death/before-a-death/making-a-will/#d29c69

Hi,

Optionally you can leave a few $ to the RNLI and they have a will guide … Ive no affiliation with them

https://rnli.org/support-us/give-money/leave-a-gift-in-your-will/free-wills-service

Was that all in for a single or pair?

Recently got quoted €920 (inc Vat) for a pair of Mirroring Wills. Will is very Bassic, House/Wife/2 Kids not much else.

The sample Chat GBT gave me is very similar to friends wills with similar set ups

Interesting as i have been nagged to make a will and if i want to leave it to the cats and dogs home if i wish .

No family or kids or anyone to contest it , does it need to be hand written or on a pc down loaded and then signed.

Might have been fate finding this thread.

We made our wills in 2021. I rang every solicitor in our area and the prices were up to €500+, absolutely mad money. We eventually found a couple charging €100, or €150. I'd suggest to ring around as many solicitors as you can. It's just a sheet of paper in the end really. But absolutely legal. And keep it up to date, especially when deaths occur.

Are will kept central located as such. If nobody aware of a will or not due to witnesses or people who know have died also. Can a search be done to see if person x has one. I mean by a legal profession and not any Joe soap

What happens if they're both killed in the same car crash? Dying intestate is generally not a great strategy in Ireland.

The key point is "basic". It is not a matter of downloading a template from a PC and finding a couple of handy witnesses and its all done. Many people do not think about some of the scenarios which happen such as spouse of siblings dying before them, tax planning, ensuring the will is secure and can be found not to mention avoiding technical errors which can make the will void. A solicitors secretary got a will drafted in the office for her friends mother and then brought it to them to sign it. Their husbands witnessed it. The result was the bequests from the mother to her friends was void.
Even Cats and Dogs Home wills can be problematic. The will leaves the estate to the cats and Dogs Home in Ballytown. By the time the person dies the home has closed down. Next thing a previously unknown third cousin shows up claiming the estate!

Basic is a 5 liner which may or may not be suitable even with no land and family.
Do you have any important personal possessions that you don't want ending up in a car boot sale?

Are there any charities you would like to benefit.

Are there any relations you DON'T want to benefit?

Remember a will is ambulatory and it sometimes happens people come into substantial assets shortly before death.

A bachelor brother might die leaving you something. The prize bonds or the lotto might pay out.
The residue of your will might end up being far larger than is now expected.