Updating my will with no next of kin or beneficiaries

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Hello, I find myself estranged from family, with no NOK and I need to update my will as my beneficiary has died.

I have a house which in a few years will be paid for
Contents of the house
Money in bank account/ISA etc

I have no children. A relative is due a small amount of money from the sale of the house which I plan to give them in cash before it is sold/I die.

I do not want my brother or his child to be a beneficiary (never met child and my brother is abusive)

I want to be clear on funeral arrangements and I wish for my ashes to go back to Ireland to be interred with my mother.

What should I do? How do I proceed without a NOK? How do I ensure brother/nephew do not inherit? How do I get my ashes to Ireland?

Any advice is welcome before I make an appointment with a solicitor.

No, colleagues and acquaintances yes. I don't have anyone I'd want rooting through my things when I'm gone. I've dedicated the last y years to working full time and caring for a relative, it left no time for anything else.

I am going to go into an existing plot so that will be fine. I'm thinking about who will take my ashes to Ireland as that is a big ask. My other plan would be to move there during retirement which will make the end a little bit easier

I've been busy. Got a copy of my will and contacted the solicitor. I'm going to make all the adjustments and make an appointment to get it signed. I have chosen a church to leave my estate to and LPA will go to the solicitor. I am going to draft my letter of wishes and do my own order of service for the funeral for absolute clarity.

Well done. You might want to tell someone you know about the LPA arrangement, so that the solicitor is contacted promptly if they are needed. It could take social services some time to establish that you have an LPA.

Family don’t have to be the sole part of a life lived well. Do you have friends, hobbies, other interests? Also, you don’t have to have a NoK. That’s not really a thing. Just an executor, who can be your solicitor, and the beneficiaries.

I’m not the OP clearly but they have already answered the question about if they have any close friends.

This was the latest response to it

: “No, colleagues and acquaintances yes. I don't have anyone I'd want rooting through my things when I'm gone. I've dedicated the last years to working full time and caring for a relative, it left no time for anything else.”