Personal, professional estate planning across Crowborough and the surrounding High Weald villages — at your kitchen table, on your schedule.
Crowborough is the largest town in the East Sussex part of the coverage area, sitting on the High Weald between Tunbridge Wells and Uckfield.
I'm Emma Wrigley — a law graduate with over 20 years in the legal sector — and I set up Kent Legacy Planning because estate planning should fit around your life, not the other way around. The conversations I have with clients are usually held over a cup of tea at the kitchen table, on an evening or weekend if that's what works, with no office visits and no rushed appointments.
All prices include home visits across Crowborough and the surrounding villages.
From £225
A professionally drafted will that clearly expresses your wishes, protects your assets, and provides for your loved ones with legal certainty. Includes a free phone consultation, a home visit for detailed instructions, careful drafting tailored to your circumstances, and a signing appointment at your home with proper witnessing.
£350
Coordinated wills for partners that reflect shared wishes while accounting for individual circumstances. One phone consultation, a home visit for joint instructions, two complete wills, and a signing appointment at your kitchen table.
£275 per document
Ensure trusted people can make important decisions on your behalf for health, welfare, and financial matters if you're ever unable to. I guide you through every step including registration with the Office of the Public Guardian. OPG registration fee of £92 per document is payable separately.
Free with will / £85 standalone
A personal document to guide your executors on matters close to your heart — funeral preferences, personal bequests, and messages to loved ones. Included free with every will, or £85 as a standalone document.
£595 per couple
Protect your share of the family home while ensuring your partner can continue living there — safeguarding assets for future generations. Includes severance of joint tenancy so your property is properly structured for the trust to work.
1.5% of estate value
Practical, compassionate help administering an estate after a loved one has died. I handle the paperwork — applying for the Grant of Probate, valuing assets, dealing with banks and HMRC, settling liabilities, and distributing the estate to the beneficiaries — so the family doesn't have to. Transparent percentage pricing, far below typical solicitor rates. Probate Registry fees are payable separately.
A recent client near Crowborough
“Emma handled my father's probate after he passed away in Crowborough last autumn. She came out to the house, sat down with us at the kitchen table, and explained the whole process so it didn't feel overwhelming. She even popped back on a Saturday morning to go through the inheritance tax forms over a cup of tea.”
Crowborough has one of the older population profiles in East Sussex, and a great deal of my work here — together with neighbouring Eridge, Groombridge, Hartfield, Rotherfield and Withyham — is probate for families dealing with the loss of an elderly parent. It’s the side of estate planning nobody wants to think about, and it tends to arrive at the hardest possible moment.
The families I help in the Crowborough area are usually adult children in their fifties or sixties, often juggling jobs and their own families, suddenly responsible for an estate they’ve never administered before. A typical Crowborough estate centres on a family home in the High Weald — often owned outright, often worth comfortably more than the inheritance tax threshold — alongside pensions, ISAs, and a handful of bank accounts. The paperwork isn’t conceptually hard, but it is unfamiliar, slow, and unforgiving of mistakes. My job is to take that off your plate so you can focus on your family.
The fee for probate is a flat 1.5% of the estate value, with no hourly billing and no top-up charges. That’s typically a fraction of what a high-street solicitor would charge for the same work, and it’s quoted up front so the executors know exactly where they stand. Probate Registry fees and any inheritance tax are payable separately to the government — those go straight to HMCTS and HMRC, not through me. We start with a free no-obligation phone call so you know exactly what’s involved before committing — and once you decide to proceed, home visits are included in the fee, with no separate charge for as many follow-ups as the family needs while the estate is being administered. Most of these conversations happen at the kitchen table in Crowborough, with a cup of tea and the paperwork spread out between us.
I cover Crowborough itself and the surrounding High Weald villages, including Eridge, Groombridge, Hartfield, Rotherfield and Withyham. Because Crowborough is the largest town in the East Sussex side of my catchment, most of my work in the area is either in the town itself or in the smaller villages immediately around it. There's no extra travel charge for visiting any of these — home visits are included in the quoted price, whether you're in the centre of Crowborough or out towards Ashdown Forest.
Most high-street solicitors charge probate fees as a percentage of the estate — often 2% to 5% — plus VAT and hourly add-ons. My fee is a flat 1.5% of the estate value, with no hourly billing and no surprise extras. For a typical Crowborough estate dominated by a family home in the £450,000–£700,000 range, that's a meaningful difference. The work itself is the same paperwork either way — what changes is who does it, what they charge, and whether they'll come to your home to talk it through.
Yes — I'm available seven days a week, including evenings, with no extra charge for out-of-hours visits. That matters in Crowborough because so many of my probate clients are juggling work, family, and helping older relatives at the same time. An evening appointment after work or a Saturday morning visit often makes the conversation easier than trying to fit it into a weekday. I'd rather come to you in Crowborough when it genuinely suits than rush you into a weekday slot that doesn't quite work for the family.
For most Crowborough estates the family home is by far the largest asset, and that has two practical consequences. First, it pushes the estate value over the £325,000 nil-rate band, so inheritance tax may be in play — though the residence nil-rate band of up to £175,000 often brings it back below the threshold where a direct descendant inherits. Second, the property usually has to be valued, sometimes sold, before the estate can be fully distributed. I handle the HMRC paperwork, coordinate the valuation, and keep the executors informed at every stage.
Of course — most of my clients prefer to discuss these matters in their own home, and that's especially important for older clients in Crowborough, Rotherfield or the surrounding villages who may have mobility difficulties or simply find a home conversation less daunting than a solicitor's office. Family members are welcome to sit in if that's helpful, and I'm happy to coordinate around relatives travelling in from further afield. We always start with a free no-obligation phone call, so there's no pressure to commit before you've heard your options laid out clearly and seen a written quote.
Most couples around Crowborough choose the Complete Peace of Mind Package at £1,195 — mirror wills, both types of LPA for both partners, and letters of wishes. That's six professionally drafted documents in one process. OPG registration fees (£368 for four LPAs) are payable separately to the government.
