Personal, professional estate planning across Robertsbridge and the surrounding villages — at your kitchen table, on your schedule.
Robertsbridge is a village on the East Sussex side of the High Weald, between Battle and Heathfield with its own station on the Hastings line. From my base I regularly visit clients in Etchingham. 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 Robertsbridge 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 Robertsbridge
“When my father died, I had no idea where to start with the probate paperwork. Emma drove out to Etchingham, sat with me at the kitchen table, and quietly worked through everything — including the bits HMRC kept sending back. She even popped back on a Saturday with the final forms and a fresh pot of tea.”
Probate is the service I’m asked about most often by families in Robertsbridge and Etchingham — usually after a parent or older relative has died and the paperwork has started to land on the kitchen table. It’s a service that tends to find people at the worst possible moment, and the last thing anyone needs in that situation is a meter running on six-minute increments in a solicitor’s office in town.
The Robertsbridge area skews towards an older, property-owning demographic, and most local estates are dominated by a single High Weald home. That matters for two reasons. The first is sheer value — Wealden property prices mean even a modest cottage can push an estate well past the inheritance tax nil-rate band, and the residence nil-rate band brings its own rules about direct descendants and tapering for larger estates. The second is fee structure. Many solicitors charge a percentage of the estate that climbs sharply once the house is in the calculation; on a typical Robertsbridge estate that can run into many thousands of pounds for work that, with the right preparation, isn’t all that complicated.
The kinds of situations where I’m most often instructed locally are:
My probate fee is 1.5% of the estate value, with the Probate Registry fees payable separately. That covers valuing the assets, preparing and submitting the inheritance tax return to HMRC whether or not any tax is due, applying for the Grant of Probate, dealing with the banks and other institutions, settling liabilities, and distributing the estate to the beneficiaries. We start with a free no-obligation phone call, and I’ll give you a clear written estimate based on what you describe before you commit to anything. Once you decide to proceed, home visits are included in the fee — there’s no rush, and no need for you to come anywhere; I’ll come to you.
I cover Robertsbridge itself and the neighbouring villages along the Hastings line and the High Weald, including Etchingham. I also regularly visit clients in the smaller settlements between Robertsbridge, Battle and Heathfield — if you're not sure whether you're in my catchment, please ask when you book the free phone call. Home visits are included in the quoted price for every service, so there's no extra travel charge wherever you are in the area, and no need to come into an office.
Most solicitors charge a percentage of the estate that climbs sharply once the family home is included — and around Robertsbridge and Etchingham, the property is usually the largest asset by some distance. My fee is a flat 1.5% of the estate value, which on a typical High Weald estate works out at a fraction of what the big firms quote. You get the same paperwork done to the same standard, with one person handling it from start to finish, and I'll always give you a clear written estimate before you commit.
Yes — I'm available seven days a week, including evenings, with no extra charge for out-of-hours visits. Probate conversations often need more than one sitting, and many families in the Robertsbridge area prefer a Saturday morning when relatives can travel down from London on the Hastings line, or a quiet weekday evening once the working day is over. I'll fit around whatever suits you and the wider family, and there's no rush at any stage — these are decisions and conversations that deserve unhurried, properly patient time at the kitchen table.
Most estates around here have the same broad shape: a Wealden property, one or two bank accounts, perhaps an ISA or a small share portfolio, and personal effects. I value the assets, prepare the inheritance tax return for HMRC whether or not any tax is due, apply for the Grant of Probate, then deal with the banks, close accounts, settle debts and distribute what's left to the beneficiaries. You sign a handful of forms; I handle the chasing, the queries, and the deadlines.
Of course — almost every initial conversation I have is in the client's own home, and that's especially helpful for older clients or anyone who finds travel difficult. Family members are very welcome to sit in, and I'm happy to coordinate timings around relatives coming down from London or further afield. For probate work in particular, having the paperwork spread out on a familiar kitchen table — rather than across a solicitor's desk — tends to make a difficult conversation feel a great deal more manageable.
Most couples around Robertsbridge 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.
