| Funeral directors 17:30 - Oct 3 with 1850 views | Zx1988 |
Any recommendations or ones to avoid?
I've had Farthing and Hunnaball mentioned to me - are either of those of particular note? |  |
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| Funeral directors on 19:10 - Oct 10 with 169 views | JammyDodgerrr |
Susan Whymark are the best. They did one for an immediate family
Member for us and they were brilliant. Didnt push us on anything, didnt chase for payment. Incredible kindness the whole way through. |  |
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| Funeral directors on 19:12 - Oct 10 with 170 views | PhilTWTD |
| Funeral directors on 23:20 - Oct 9 by Bigalhunter |
Absolutely.
You don’t generally need a solicitor as it’s relatively straightforward to sort it all yourself.
The complications only arise where there is the strong probablity of inheritance tax, which there was in our case.
The Co-op guy insisted that he needed to place advertisements in the national press in the unlikely event there were unexpected benefactors waiting in the wings, who may want to make a claim on the estate.
The solicitor we eventually chose said it was totally unnecessary and came up with a superb solution to avoiding paying any inheritance tax.
I don’t think we’d have managed to sort that issue out on our own and the Co-op would have happily fleeced us for an extra 75% for what they described as an ‘all encompassing, bespoke service for complete peace of mind at a troubling time’ just to ensure the same outcome. [Post edited 9 Oct 23:39]
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It's a bit of a racket, isn't it? Our situation was that there was no inheritance tax, no complications at all, so really was a very simple matter. |  | | |
| Funeral directors on 19:15 - Oct 10 with 160 views | PhilTWTD |
| Funeral directors on 18:35 - Oct 10 by Zx1988 |
Cheers Steve.
We pushed back on the quote and, based on their response, the whole thing would appear to be as bent as a nine bob note.
The original quote was for a package which didn't include any orders of service, and listed them as the following line item:
Design and printing of 40 order of service - Approximately £171
Following our challenging their pricing, they've tweaked the package (they didn't provide the full breakdown we requested, merely priced up a different package), and now the order of service comprises two line items:
Production of order of service (not including printing) - £130
Printing of 40 order of service (not including designing) - £171
So, magically, now that we're not paying as much for a package that never included orders of service in the first place, the cost of producing exactly the same order of service booklets has shot up by £130.
One could be mistaken for thinking that they're con artists the f**king lot of them. They know full well that once they've got your relative in their cold store, there's b*gger all you can do about taking them elsewhere.
(Edited for Phil's sanity) [Post edited 10 Oct 18:45]
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Sorry you're having such a hard time and the stress is being unnecessarily added to. I can recommend Button's in Woodbridge if you're based in this neck of the woods. | | | |
| Funeral directors on 10:56 - Oct 11 with 31 views | Churchman |
| Funeral directors on 19:15 - Oct 10 by PhilTWTD |
Sorry you're having such a hard time and the stress is being unnecessarily added to. I can recommend Button's in Woodbridge if you're based in this neck of the woods. |
Yes, they are good. They did my dad’s brother’s funeral in 2023 and I know my cousins had no problem with them. |  | | |
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