Write your will for free

Farewill’s online will-writing services cover England and Wales. There are phone options for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Visit https://farewill.com/afc-phone for more information.

Farewill guide you step-by-step through a series of questions so they can create your personalised will.

Farewill work with expert legal advisors to make sure they use the latest in legal precedents in all their wills. Based on the information you enter on the site, they personalise your will to you and draft it with the same structure and content lawyers use.

Most people finish in 10-15 minutes, although it’s recommended you take your time to fully understand everything. If you need more time, pause and come back. Your information will still be there.

This offer will cover the cost of having your will written and made legally binding.

There is an optional £10 per year fee to have unlimited access to update your will. You can opt into and out of this service.

Farewill are not yet able to provide wills to the following groups of people:

• People with disabled dependants.
• People who want to set up trusts mitigating their inheritance tax liability.
• People with significant estates outside of the UK.
• People who lack testamentary capacity.
• People who are blind, illiterate, or significantly visually impaired.
• People domiciled outside of England or Wales.

For a will to be legally binding, it must be written down and signed by the person whose will it is and two witnesses. Once this is done, it is legally valid.

There are four important criteria that all valid wills must meet:

1. The person making the will must be over 18, not under any undue influence, and have "testamentary capacity".
2. The will must be properly written and formatted.
3. The will must be signed by the person making the will and two witnesses (ordinary people, not solicitors).
4. The person making the will must understand what is in it, the effect that it will have, and approve of its content.

You can store a will in your own home, or pay for a will storage service. If you keep it at home, put it somewhere safe and make sure you tell your executors where it is.