Reviews of Westcoast Wills & Estates (Notary Public)

Lesley Gibson

Personalized, thorough & attentive service by Mike and his team at Westcoast Wills & Estates. What was at first an overwhelming task to accomplish was made easy with their professional, attentive and personable assistance. After discussing my situation and objectives, drafts were prepared for my review. Prior to approval and signing, a thorough, detailed explanation of each was given. I now have a Will, Representation Agreement and Power of Attorney in place - everything is taken care of, all my wishes known. A huge weight has been lifted, thanks Westcoast. Highly recommend their services!

nICK zOTO

After having basically been tossed the role of executor of my late grandmothers estate, I reached out to West Coast Wills and Estates for help with the work load. Working with Mike was great. He clarified the process from start to finish and really put my mind at ease when things got a little murky. It was never a problem to reach out to him for suggestions or if I had any questions, he always answered the phone or responded to any email promptly. His responsiveness made me feel like I was an exclusive client. I highly recommend this firm to anyone in need of help handling estate matters in their own family.

June Campbell

Jeremy Wong of Westcoast Wills & Estates prepared my will and Springing Power of Attorney, as well as notarizing a Representative Agreement for me. I was highly impressed with the law firm and their services. I was particularly pleased that 3% of my fee goes to a charity. I was able to choose among three charities and opted for BC Nature Trust. I have no complaints with this firm and recommend them highly.

TY She-Rouleau

Awesome and professional service. Highly recommended!

Sheldon Cole

My wife and I just did new wills with Westcoast Wills & Estates. We dealt with Kirsten Wharton and we couldn't have been more pleased with her. She was thorough, understanding and an excellent listener. One of the reasons we chose Westcoast is that they donate 3% of fees to charity. Great idea! We highly recommend them.

Kathy Stivin

Super approachable and professional people. Our experience has been excellent. Aimee Ares handled our Will package, including Power of Attorney and Care of Health agreements, along with our 2 wills. All meetings were online initially, then the final meeting in person to sign the papers. Payment super easy online transfer. Very Covid friendly. Aimee had elastic patience to answer all our questions, and listened very well. We could not be more pleased. The rates are competitive, although I called only one other place. The fees were mailed to me before anything started, so it was easy to choose this firm to make our final will. Highly recommend them. K.S.

Steven Sugrim

I've had a lot of dealings with lawyers and I find these guys to be one of the best I've dealt with in this city. Very professional, streamlined, and most importantly, their services ended up costing me exactly what they told me it would. 10/10!

David

Needing a much more comprehensive and up to date Will that would relieve my Trustee and family of a lot of stress in settling my Will and Estate, I engaged with this law firm on the advice of my son who praised them highly in preparing his Will with them. Lawyer Andrea Price was so very pleasant, patient and articulate with me translating legalese clearly into language for my 78 year old brain. Given I live well away from Vancouver we related by email, telephone, Zoom and eventually met in person at her firm for signing the Will, Representation Agreement and Power of Attorney documents. I rate this law firm as having much more than “good value“ for thoroughness, efficiency and fees.

Robert Shaw

Mike was perfect! He really took the time to explain everything properly and was very courteous! I recommend him with a 5 star review!

Melissa Luther

Mike and the team at Westcoast Wills are caring, professional, quick to communicate and thorough. Had an excellent experience working with them on a will, power of attorney, and representation agreement. I was nervous about taking on these big legal documents, but the team made me feel confident in the decisions I was making and took the time to make sure I understood everything we were going through together. Above and beyond the great customer service and thorough work, to find out they also donate part of their proceeds to charity? Highly recommend this non-stuffy group of wonderful people!

Ariel Turcotte

Great people. Kirsten is wonderful and very helpful.

Roy Allen

We just completed updates and re-writes of our dated Wills, Power of Attorney and Representation Agreements with Katrina at Westcoast Wills & Estates. The whole process was extremely thorough despite the added pandemic conditions that we needed to work through. Our Lawyer Katrina provided expert knowledge and advice for our specific plans and we found her to be extremely patient, creative, understanding and professional throughout the whole process. The pricing was very reasonable considering the time and effort provided for a quality result and as expected there were no ‘surprises’ with the billing. At every contact there was impeccable execution from everyone on their team and we highly recommend Westcoast Wills & Estates. GREAT JOB – THANK YOU…!! Roy A.

Jon Withers

Personable, professional, supportive, and helpful in guiding us through setting up our Will/Estate Planning. We also appreciated how they were able to accommodate and make the process easy during COVID-19. My wife and I highly recommend Westcoast Wills & Estate.

Ralph Haist

I was first introduced to Mike Beishuizen when he guided my mother through being the executor of my father's estate. My mother was in her 80's and couldn't have picked a better person for the job. Mike put her at ease with his professional and pleasant demeanor. He was empathetic and patiently explained everything so she understood each step. He also advised her with Last Will and Testament, and Power of Attorney decisions. When my mother passed away, I was the executor of her estate. Because of Mom's experiences with Mike, it was an easy decision to retain him. I had some understanding of an executor's job, but like a lot of rookie executors, I encountered quite a few complexities on the journey. Mike's advice and guidance went above what I expected from a lawyer. He was very thorough. I appreciate his wisdom on mitigating potential family falling outs.

chris stephenson

Mike is a pleasure to work with. He is thorough, thoughtful and patient. Also, the convenience of the home visits made it easier on our young family as we prepared our wills & representation agreements. I have no hesitation recommending Mike & Westcoast Wills & Estates.

Hendrik Slegtenhorst

Professional, knowledgeable, and thorough. Fair fees. Recommended unreservedly.

Amalia Fowler

My husband and I had a wonderful experience with Westcoast Wills & Estates. Jeremy was our lawyer, and he was kind and thorough. We felt we had a deep understanding of our documents and the impact of our decisions. He was very knowledgeable and patient with our questions and willing to ensure we were comfortable with the end results. It was of great assistance that he was able to come to our home as well, and everyone we had contact with (Jean-Ann!) was lovely. We shopped around with multiple lawyers and firms and Westcoast had the best price for value offered. I'm very glad we went with them and will continue to reach out to Jeremy for any needs we may have in the future as we expand our family or our real estate. Thank you!

Patricia Smith

I'm happy to recommend Westcoast Wills and Estates. They have given us consistent and efficient service, as well as being kind and personable.

Clayton Brown

BE WARNED: If you sign up for an appointment, they may ask you spend hours filling out forms, wait months for an appointment, and then call up and fire you as a potential client the day before your first consultation. All of your time wasted and all of your data collected without an engagement letter, to benefit their high volume approach. That was my experience. Details... At the beginning, I spoke to their twice by phone and exchanged emails in preparation for a meeting. I was concerned that my status as a Canadian resident and US citizen as well as business owner may be considered complex and flagged this on two different occasions, but their staff assured me it was no problem. They required my wife and I to fill out a long form document including all of our personal information, family relationships and assets. We provided this information a month before the meeting was scheduled. Nonetheless, they called me one day before the meeting with the lawyer and stated they could not offer us service because our case was too complex. This amounted to about ~8 hours of our collective time wasted and 2 month delay to obtaining a will. I must say it was also extremely invasive that they collected all of our personal and financial information prior to making us aware they would not serve as our counsel. This was exceptionally unprofessional behavior in my experience.

Shawn Colberg

It was a pleasure working with Jeremy Wong. He was thorough and efficient. Jeremy answered all our questions and made the process easy for us.

Jobie Mallett

hired Mike and west coast wills and estates to put together our will, it was a lot more involved that i thought and with Mikes slow and steady way of explaining the full scope we were able to make informed decisions on a route to take ... fantastic service and team

Glenn Veale

It is my pleasure to write this review for Ka Won Cheung. She is very knowledgeable, and has excellent communication skills, including responding promptly to emails. She provided a superior level of service and professionalism, and was a delight to be around. I would not hesitate to recommend her to family and friends. Thank you, Ka Won !

Michael Nagel

We highly recommend Westcoast Wills & Estates as subject matter experts on this critical topic. We recently updated various documents and added a Trust component. The team is professional, organized and the best price in town. A shout out to Kirsten Wharton for her patience, knowledge and caring in this delicate subject.

J C

Very satisfied with the Will and POA drawn up by Westcost Wills & Estates. Great service, accommodating to a hectic schedule with a child and was very thorough with questions to make the documents legally sound and long lasting.

Luis CG

I went to West Coast Wills & Estates to incorporate a new business and was put in touch with Katrina. She was responsive and very professional from the start. She communicated directly with my accountant when additional details were needed and she was always there to answer every question along the way. Pricing was clear with no surprises and a great overall experience. Highly recommend.

R Lemay

Very professional - did most over ZOOM (Covid) but went into their offices to sign - my wife and I loved having advise from a lawyer - our first wills were with a notary, which was ok but our lawyer (Kirsten Wharton) set up and explained issues with each item in our wills. Very happy!

Erwin Ketterer

Great service and super attentive staff

Len Voth

My wife and i worked with Kirsten Wharton to prepare our new Wills and the experience was seamless. Kirsten was highly knowledgeable and provided us with the information we were looking for.

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Ann Frost

Kirsten was referred to us by a young friend of ours who practices litigation and we were were certainly satisfied with her work for us. Her firm specializes in wills and estates and charges a very reasonable price. They actually have a flat rate for all wills and estates. We were making changes to our wills which could have raised issues in this province and with Kirsten's help we were able to counteract any challenges that there might have been with the BC Wills Variation Act We got much higher quotes from other law firms. And, they make a donation to charity from every payment.

mike bard

absolutely excellent professional friendly service.Would recommend to anyone

Andy Clark

Over a period totalling eighteen months, Kirsten and the team at Westcoast Wills have done an exemplary job on handling an estate involving a record number of trusts and many side issues, as well as setting up my own package. I cannot recommend them too highly

Anna O'Brien

Doing a first Will was very daunting for me, but I’m so glad that I found Aimee at West Coast Wills! She walked me through every step, never making me feel stupid for the questions I asked. She was professional, knowledgeable and very kind. I have no hesitation recommending Aimee, and if they other lawyers are like her, the whole firm.

Tina Mc

I found the lawyers at Westcoast Wills & Estates to be friendly, approachable, and very knowledgable. I felt comfortable asking as many questions as I needed and was extremely satisfied with the answers I was given. Both Mike and Ka Won went through the aspects of my will and Power of Attorney with me to ensure that not only was I satisfied with what had been written up but that I was in full understanding of the intricacies of the details. I would not hesitate to recommend this law firm to friends and family.

Roxine Graham Berg

We found this company great and all our questions were answered . I feel our 'Will' was done perfectly for us..Also the pricing is well explained and the final price was no surprise..

Kim Kristensen

Andrea was extremely friendly, professional and knowledgeable throughout the process. We would absolutely recommend her to anyone looking for assistance completing their will and estate planning. She made the experience stress free and efficient.

John Bremner

Very pleased with Westcoast Wills &Estates. Jeromy Wong drafted wills for both my wife and me. Jeromy was very easy to deal with and assisted us in the finer points. He was very clear in his explanations and very efficient in complying with our wishes. Office staff are equally efficient and responsive. Also their rates are extremely fair. I would not hesitate in recommending this firm.

Diane Tindale

Thanks to Mike Beishuizen and his staff at Westcoast Wills & Estates for providing me with a Will, Power of Attorney, Representation Agreement and for setting up a Spousal Trust. It provides me with peace of mind. I definitely would recommend them!

Alison MacDougall

I’ve been dreading doing our Will for a long time now, but I couldn’t be more pleased by the efficiency, price and quality of the work they do! As a young person it was very helpful to have Aimée provide us with suggestions and recommendations for our estate planning! Would definitely recommend! And also very nice to know the cost ahead of time!

Sherry Jonn

My husband and I just had our wills completed by Westcoast Wills and Estates and I highly recommend them, they were a pleasure to work with, they took the time to really understand what we were needing. They gave us exactly that and educated us on many other issues. The office is easy to find, with plenty of parking and because they have day and evening appointments to accommodate all schedules, there really is no reason not to use them. I also love the fact that they give back to the community through a donation program.

Erik Autor

We hired West Coast Wills & Estates after a less than satisfactory experience with another law firm. We have been very pleased the the professionalism, responsiveness, and good customer service. As an attorney myself, I would not hesitate to recommend the firm to anyone seeking professional advice on trusts and estates issues.

Tina Lonneberg

This is a small, friendly boutique law firm conveniently located in North Vancouver. Jeremy Wong prepared wills, POA’s and RA’s for my husband and me. We had never had our wills done before, and Jeremy made us feel at ease with his extensive knowledge in this field. He walked us through the whole process explaining everything in great detail with clarity and patience. The office staff was equally accommodating and professional. I would highly recommend Westcoast Wills and Estates for your estate planning needs!

Dave Irvine

Mike and Aimee recently helped my wife and I with putting together wills, power of attorney documents and representation agreements. We were a bit nervous about the process going in, but our minds were quickly put to ease with the professional, knowledgeable and caring approach that was taken in guiding us through the process. It was a great experience working with West Coast Wills & Estates and I would highly recommend them to anyone who may be looking for will and estate services.

Brenda Joe

I recently completed a new will, power of attorney and representation agreement with Jeremy Wong at Westcoast Wills and Estates. This small, professional firm is a class act all the way, from start to finish. I am very impressed by their services - the fees are reasonable and clearly stated at the outset and I was pleased to note that 3% is donated to charity. I felt that I was well taken care of - staff are personable and attentive and the processes, efficient and polished. The receptionist is the first line of communication representing the rest of the team and Kristi Sharp certainly represents this firm well. It was actually that initial contact that solidified my decision to go with Westcoast. She was warm, friendly and welcoming both on the phone and in person, which set the tone for the rest of my experience. And it was a pleasure to work with Jeremy who was very knowledgeable and thorough. He explained things clearly and was always available to answer questions throughout the process, which he made easy. I would highly recommend this firm for estate planning and administration.

Susan Slater

Amazing, kept me up to date on what was going on and explained all legal talk so I'd understand. Reasonably priced too.

D. Sauer

Kirsten prepared wills and rep agreements for my wife and me. She was able to accommodate our somewhat complicated needs in clear and uncomplicated wording. She explained every aspect of the documents and helped us evaluate several alternatives as we arrived at the final forms. Convenient location, unhurried and flexible schedule made the process painless for us. Peace of mind at a reasonable price. We highly recommend Kirsten for wills and estate work!

Wes S

Westcoast Wills & Estates provided me efficient and attentive service for a very reasonable price. This was my first Will so I had no idea what to expect. Mike took the time to explain every step of the process and made sure I understood everything. It was also a bonus that everything was done in the comfort of my home. I would highly recommend them.

Daniel Dave

Best in the class. Very prompt, courteous and best value. This review is long overdue after getting our wills updated and also our parents during the early covid period. Katrina was awesome and fresh from back east;however you'd never know because she made everything seamless. As analysts, we researched the business before selecting personal services and this was the best firm to do what they do. Too bad they didn't have a dept that deals with residential real estate transactions, otherwise we would have chosen them too!

Yuen Sun

Jeremy helped my wife and I with our will. He was extremely knowledgeable, and helpful, and gave excellent advice with our estate planning.

Marco Feller

Westcoast Wills & Estates made drafting a will a very easy process. The lawyers are experienced and they had some tips I would have never thought of. Plus they came to me and drafted the will on my time, rather than forcing me to come to their office, and do the will on their time. Thanks.

wayne rabey

I've just completed my will at Westcoast Wills & Estates and I can't say enough good things about them. I met with Kirsten Wharton to discuss my will and she assisted me in structuring it the way that I wanted. She provided me with a draft copy which detailed things perfectly. The signing process was simple and easy and the price was very reasonable. As this law firm specializes in wills and estates they know what they are doing and the get it right. I highly recommend this firm.

Mike Dull

I sought help and guidance as an executor of my father's estate. They offered me with very practical advise at a good price. Highly recommended!

Robyn Walker

I thought that I knew a lot about my POA duties and estate processes. The lawyer and staff were professional whilst still remaining totally approachable and cleared up several pressing issues. They provided clarity and I will be back to use their services when the need next arises.

Fiona Kelly

What a great team - everyone we dealt with at Westcoast Wills & Estates was professional and very knowledgeable. I like the fact that the lawyers will come and visit you at home if need be. So happy to have my will, representation agreement and power of attorney all in place.

Dieter Schwab

Mike is a very personable young man who provided us with first class professional service.

Jeff Pugsley

During a very difficult time Mike was able to take any stress away from us during probate. He was professional, answered any questions that we had and complete everything needed in a very timely fashion. Anyone looking for a lawyer for probate do not hesitate to use westcoast wills and estates

Garreth MacRae

We found our lawyer at Westcoast Wills and Estates to be very knowledgeable and helpful with a subject that most of us know so little about. Their suggestions helped us avoid many pitfalls that probably come with a having a will that is not very detailed or ignored certain scenarios. Their professionalism gave us great peace of mind.

L MacInnes

Mike did a great job demystifying wills and helped my wife and i legally secure with our estate and children's futures in case we're not here. Otherwise the government decides and they don't seem to have the best judgement.

Patrick Caraher

Mike took what can be an intimidating and convoluted process and explained it in terms that a non-lawyer can understand. Highly recommended.

James Rouleau

Mike and his team are incredibly professional and wonderful to work with. They took the time with my wife and I explaining every detail thoroughly. A small firm with great staff. Jeremy was incredible!!! 5 star rating for sure!!!

Sun Young Shon

My experience has been excellent. I was put in touch with Katrina Yaworksy whom I found friendly yet professional. First two meetings were conducted over the phone and the final signing meeting was in person. You can opt for virtual meeting but I preferred a phone call. I made a few changes to my POA Agreement but each time Katrina was super helpful and supportive in producing the documents that match my wishes. She managed to structure it exactly the way I wanted. I was dreading about the cost but their service ended up costing just a little more than the original quoted price. Would highly recommend to anyone looking for wills and estate planning.

Traute Scholz

Our needs were met with courtesy, efficiency and friendliness.

Morley Lertzman

Our experience with Mike was a very positive one. He is certainly competent and assured that we understood each step in the process of developing our wills. He was meticulously polite and thoughtful in answering our many questions, which in retrospect revealed our lack of sophistication in the process. His office manager Jean-Ann was also a very pleasant woman who delivered our wills to our home. In the course of my 85 years I have worked with and employed several lawyers, he was among the best. In addition his fee was very reasonable I would recommend him highly to anyone who wishes to draw up or amend his or her will.

C Killeen

I highly recommend their services. Knowledgeable and professional staff that really care about their clients .

Pat Purdy

Very professional, friendly firm with staff with excellent legal and customer service skills. We enjoyed working with Mike as our lawyer. Kristi and Jean-Ann provided great support. We’ll definitely refer others to them and are hoping to return in 2-3 years when our grandchild is an adult, to make some changes.