Personal, professional estate planning across Hawkhurst and the surrounding villages — at your kitchen table, on your schedule.
Hawkhurst is a substantial Wealden village on the Kent–East Sussex border, mid-way between Cranbrook and Robertsbridge. From my base I regularly visit clients in Sandhurst, and Flimwell. Home visits to all of these are included in the quoted price — there's no extra travel charge for the smaller villages.
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 Hawkhurst 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 Hawkhurst
“Emma made the whole process so much easier than I'd expected. She came out to the house in Hawkhurst one evening after work, talked us through the will in plain English, and brought a witness back for the signing — all over a cup of tea at our kitchen table.”
Hawkhurst is a village of real mixed character — long-established Wealden families and retired property-owners alongside a steady flow of commuter households who’ve moved out from London — and a well-drafted will matters just as much to one group as the other. Whether you’re sitting on a family home that’s been in your name for forty years or you’ve just bought your first place in Sandhurst or Flimwell, the same basic question applies: when the time comes, who inherits what, and how do you make sure your wishes are followed without leaving your family a mess to sort out?
A professionally drafted will does three things a template kit can’t. It expresses your wishes clearly enough that no one has to guess at what you meant; it stands up to the legal scrutiny that follows a death; and it uses the right trust and tax structures for your circumstances rather than a generic one-size-fits-all clause. For most Hawkhurst households the family home is the largest single asset, which means the will isn’t just about who gets the dining-room furniture — it’s about safeguarding the property that represents most of the inheritance.
The scenarios where a careful will makes the biggest difference are usually these:
A single will starts at £225 and mirror wills for a couple are £350 — that includes a free phone consultation, a home visit to take your instructions properly, careful drafting tailored to your circumstances, and a signing appointment at your home with proper witnessing. The home visit is included; there’s no extra charge for evenings or weekends. A letter of wishes — the personal document that guides your executors on funeral preferences and personal bequests — is included free with every will. We’ll work through everything at your kitchen table, take it at your pace, and you’ll have plain-English drafts to read through before anyone signs anything.
I cover Hawkhurst itself along with Sandhurst and Flimwell, and I'm happy to visit the smaller hamlets and farms between them too. Home visits across the whole catchment are included in the quoted price — there's no separate travel charge for clients in the outlying lanes. If you're not certain whether your address falls inside the area I usually cover, give me a call and we can check before you commit to anything. In practice I rarely turn down a visit on geography alone.
Hawkhurst sits in a stretch of the Weald where most family homes have appreciated well above the national average, which means even a modest-looking estate can run into inheritance tax questions or disputes if the will is unclear. A professionally drafted will sets out exactly who inherits, names guardians for any children, and includes the trust and tax provisions that shop-bought templates simply don't cover. It's the difference between leaving your family a clear instruction and leaving them an argument.
Yes — I'm available seven days a week, including evenings, and there's no extra charge for out-of-hours visits. A lot of my clients in Hawkhurst, Sandhurst and Flimwell prefer an appointment after work, and weekends suit families who want a son or daughter present for the conversation. I'll happily come out on a Sunday morning if that's the only time that works. The whole point of a home visit is that it fits around your week, not the other way around.
For a straightforward will I aim to turn the draft around within a week of our home visit, and we usually book the signing appointment a few days after that so you've had time to read it through carefully. More complex wills — trusts, blended families, business interests — take a little longer, but I'll always give you a realistic timeframe at the consultation. If something is genuinely urgent, perhaps because of ill health, I can prioritise the drafting and arrange a signing within days.
Of course — most of my clients prefer to discuss these matters in their own home, and that's especially important for older relatives or anyone with mobility difficulties. I'm very happy for family members to sit in on the conversation if that's helpful, and I can coordinate appointments around children or grandchildren travelling in from further afield. Whether your parent is in the village itself, out towards Sandhurst, or tucked away near Flimwell, there's no extra charge for the visit and no pressure to decide anything on the day.
Most couples 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.
