Lasting Power of Attorney - Property & Financial Affairs

Ensure Your Health Decisions Reflect Your Wishes

• ✅Manage the payment of bills and debts.
• ✅Oversee bank accounts, investments, and financial transactions.
• ✅Arrange and collect state benefits on your behalf.
• ✅Authorize and manage building or repair work on your property.
• ✅Sell or rent out property as necessary.

A Property & Financial Affairs Lasting Power of Attorney lets someone you trust manage your money, property and financial commitments — whether you simply need help while travelling, recovering from surgery, or because you've lost mental capacity. For most Bristol homeowners, this is the document banks, building societies and HMRC will actually ask for when something goes wrong.

Without a registered LPA, your family cannot access your bank accounts, pay your mortgage, sell your home to fund care, or speak to providers like Bristol Energy, Wessex Water or your pension scheme on your behalf. Their only option is a Court of Protection deputyship application — typically 6–12 months and several thousand pounds in fees, all while bills go unpaid.

Our fixed-fee Property & Financial Affairs LPA at £250 includes a one-to-one consultation, full drafting, certificate provider arrangements, and complete handling of the Office of the Public Guardian registration. We meet clients at our Henleaze office in north Bristol (BS9), by video call, or at home anywhere across Bristol, Clifton, Bath and North Somerset. Couples can prepare LPAs together in a single appointment, and we offer a discount when paired with a Health & Welfare LPA.

Registration with the Office of the Public Guardian takes around 8–10 weeks. We submit everything on your behalf and track the application through to completion — the only third-party cost is the standard £82 OPG fee per LPA, clearly stated upfront. Fee reductions and exemptions are available for those on certain benefits or low incomes; we'll check eligibility during your consultation.

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