Southwold, Suffolk
Will writing in Southwold
With its lighthouse, pier and beach huts, Southwold draws people who stay for a weekend and people who stay for a lifetime. We help both, visiting homes across the town, Reydon and the coast villages to put wills, lasting powers of attorney and trusts in place.
- Members of The Society of Will Writers
Wills for a town with two kinds of resident
Southwold has a settled community in Reydon, around the common and along the quieter streets back from the front, and a large number of people who own a second home, a holiday let or a beach hut here while living elsewhere. Both need a will that deals properly with property, and second home owners in particular often have questions about how a Southwold property passes on alongside their main home.
We visit people in Southwold itself, in Reydon and Wangford, across the water in Walberswick and Blythburgh, and down the coast to Dunwich and up towards Wrentham and Kessingland.
We work around you
If you live here all year we will see you at home. If you are here part of the year we can arrange a visit while you are in town, and talk through the rest by phone. Either way, your finished documents are hand delivered for signing, not posted.
Things Southwold families often ask us about
- Leaving a second home or holiday let, and who should look after it
- Beach huts, boats and moorings in a will
- Mirror wills for couples who have both been married before
- Lasting powers of attorney for a parent living alone by the coast
- Protecting a share of the family home for children
How we can help
Our services in Southwold
Will writing
A will that says clearly who should inherit, who should look after things, and who should care for your children.
Find out more about Will writingLasting Powers of Attorney
Choose the people you trust to make decisions for you if you cannot make them yourself.
Find out more about Lasting Powers of AttorneyTrusts
Ways to protect your home and savings for the people you want to benefit.
Find out more about TrustsDocument storage
Keep your will and other important documents safe, and easy for your family to find.
Find out more about Document storage
Questions from Southwold families
I own a holiday home in Southwold but live elsewhere. Can you help?
Yes. We can see you while you are in Southwold, or arrange a visit where you live if that is within our area. A property here is dealt with in your will like any other, though a holiday let business can need extra thought.
Can a beach hut be left in a will?
Usually yes. Beach huts are normally treated as possessions, with the site licence or lease governed by the council or landowner's rules. Tell us about yours and we will explain how it should be dealt with.
Do you cover Reydon and Walberswick?
Yes. We visit Reydon, Wangford, Walberswick, Blythburgh, Wrentham and the surrounding villages.
Do you also cover Halesworth?
Yes. Halesworth is a short drive inland and we regularly visit families there.
Ready to talk it through?
Get in touch and we will arrange a time that suits you. We are happy to come to your home if that is easier.