A Traditional Funeral Services will include the following:
£3,350 all-inclusive
24 Hour Support and Advice
Conveyance of your loved one to our private Chapel of Rests situated within our Staplegrove Office.
Care and Preparation of your loved one
Chapel Of Rest available 24 Hours a Day 7 Days a week
Dedicated Funeral Director to visit you at home or you can visit our office in Staplegrove Road, Taunton.
The use of a Hearse
The use of a limousine to seat up to 7 Mourners taking them to the funeral and to place of wake or their home after the service.
Oak Veneered Coffin
Cremation or Burial Fees
Doctors Fees if required (cremation only)
Minister to conduct the service of your choice
3ft Coffin Spray or cross of your choosing
Orders of Service
Death announcement in the local paper
Continued support after the funeral
We would be happy to go through these items and answer any questions you may have regarding these or any additional disbursements. (i.e, extra flowers, extra limousines, additional service sheets or crematorium items like photo slideshows, we also offer a full range of coffins from veneered to solid wood and also wicker).
A Quantock Funeral Directors Low Cost Funeral will include the following:
£1,995 all-inclusive
Our low-cost funeral where a deceased is cared for as we would with all our clients, our low - cost funeral includes :-
24 Hour Support and Advice
Conveyance of your loved one to our private Chapel of Rests situated within our Staplegrove Offices.
Care and Preparation of your loved one
Chapel Of Rest available
Dedicated Female or Male Funeral Director to visit you at home or you can visit our offices in Staplegrove Road, Taunton.
The use of a Hearse
Oak Veneered Coffin
Funeral Director or celebrant to officiate the Service
Early Morning Cremation or Graveside Service Burial Fees (9am or 9:30am)
Doctors Fees if required (cremation only)
We would be happy to discuss this style of service with you and answer any questions you may have.
A Direct Cremation will include the following:
£1,250 all-inclusive
Our direct cremation, where a deceased is cared for as we would with all our clients, includes :-
This is an un-attended funeral
24 Hour Support and Advice
Conveyance of your loved one to our private Chapel of Rest situated within our Staplegrove Offices.
Care and Preparation of your loved one, including dressing in their own clothes.
Chapel Of Rest available for viewing
Dedicated Director to visit you at home or you can visit our offices in Staplegrove Road, Taunton.
Oak Veneered Coffin
Doctors Fees if required (cremation only)
(For comparison, PureCremations price- £1,395)
Quantock Funeral Directors in Taunton, Somerset believe in supplying a Traditional Funeral for a fair price, which is why we offer all-inclusive prices, so there are no surprises. We can offer families a range of different funeral styles ranging from direct cremations where there is no service to the traditional funerals, with a hearse, limousines and burials. We feel the families should have the choice with which type of service they would like for their loved one so we have outlined what is included in both our traditional and low cost funerals along with the guaranteed costings for these funerals.
At Quantock Funeral Directors we aim to help families through this difficult time by taking away as much of the stress as possible by organising all aspects of a funeral service on the family’s behalf, we liaise with crematoria, cemeteries, churches, florists, local papers, ministers or other masters of ceremonies and all other necessary third parties to ensure the funeral service is carried out to the wishes of the family, and honouring the deceased.
Our office in Taunton is a truly Traditional Family Run Funeral Home
If you have any queries on either of these two types of funeral service, other funeral service types or just advice in general whether someone you love has passed away or planning your own funeral to give peace of mind to both yourself and your family. please do not hesitate to give us a call on 01823 213 856 or 277938.
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Terms of Business
For the purpose of these terms:
“you” or “your” means the person engaging the services; and
“services” means funeral arrangement, support and advice services provided by us.
Your continuing instructions in terms of services will amount to your continuing acceptance of these terms and conditions (the “Terms”), and you acknowledge you have read, understood and agree to be bound by these Terms.
Estimates and Expenses
The estimate attached sets out the services we agree to supply to you. This estimate is an indication of the charges likely to be incurred for the services, on the basis of the information and details provided by you at the date of the estimate. While we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the estimate, the charges are liable to alteration particularly where third parties are involved and may change their rates or charges which is out with our control.
We may not know the total sum of third-party charges in advance of provision of the services; however, we will give you a best estimate of such charges prior to the provision of the services in the written estimate. The actual amount of the charges will be detailed and shown in the final account.
If you amend your instructions in terms of the services, we may require your written confirmation of the amended instructions and as a result you may need to make and/or incur an extra charge for the amended instructions, such charge in accordance with prices published in our current price list.
We will add VAT to our charges, where applicable, at the current rate when we prepare the estimate and final account.
On occasion we may also charge you an administration fee. For example, we will charge you an administration fee where we receive a cheque from you which is subsequently not honoured or if we write to remind you that an account is overdue. If we instruct debt collection agents, we may also recover from you the fees we incur. Further details regarding these fees are available on request.
Payment Arrangements
We will issue you with an invoice for payment in relation to any services provided or undertaken.
The payment of an invoice is due within [21] days of date of our invoice, unless otherwise agreed by us in writing or unless you optioned for one of our fixed cost, simplified or standardised funerals arrangements, when the deposit requirements and payment terms will be much shorter.
Standardised Price & Traditional funerals
[A [0%] deposit is required, with the balance due [following provision of the services within 21 days of our invoice]].
If you fail to pay in full on the due date for any of the services provided to you, we may charge you interest:
at a rate of 4% above our bank’s Base Rate from time to time in force;
calculated (on a daily basis) from the date of our account until payment;
compounded on the first day of each month.
We may also recover the costs of taking any legal action, when necessary, to recover any unpaid sums (unless a Court orders states otherwise).
Indemnity and Liability
You will indemnify us in full and hold us, our employees and agents harmless from and against all expenses, liabilities, losses, damages, claims and other reasonable expenses we may incur (directly or indirectly including financing costs and including legal costs on a full indemnity basis) in connection with or arising out of your use and any third party’s use of the services and following any breach by you of any of your obligations under these Terms. We may claim any losses from you at any time providing written notice.
We shall not be liable to you or any third party for any loss or damage (including any loss of profit, revenue, business, goodwill or anticipated savings (whether direct or indirect) and any indirect, consequential or special damages, loss, costs, claims or expenses), howsoever arising.
Nothing in these Terms shall exclude or limit our liability for death or personal injury caused as a result of our negligence, breach of contract or otherwise.
Data Protection
Words shown in italics are defined in the Data Protection Act 2018 (the “Act").
We respect the confidential nature of the information given to us and, where you provide us with personal data ("data"), we will ensure that the data will be held securely, in confidence and processed only for the purpose of carrying out the services.
In order to provide the services we may need to pass such data to third parties who are performing some of the services for you, who may contact you directly.
Further details regarding these third parties are available upon request [and are noted in our privacy policy].
Under the Act you have the right to know what data we hold on you and you can, by applying to us in writing and paying a fee, receive copies of that data. You confirm that you have permission to also give consent to use all information you supply, including your relatives & friends, unless you specify.
Cooling-Off Period
The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 may give you the right to terminate provision of our services in the cooling-off period of 14 days after you have agreed to engage our services or provide us with initial instruction (the “Cooling-off Period”). If you wish the performance of the services to which this right applies to commence before the end of the cooling-off period, you must tell the person named below, in writing at the time of your initial instruction.
In the event that you exercise the right to cancel our services during the Cooling-off Period, if you have received any goods or services from us during such period you will be required to reimburse us for any incurred costs and expenses associated with provision of the goods or services during the Cooling-off Period.
Termination
The services may be terminated before the services are delivered:
by us if you fail to honour your obligations under these Terms; and
by you communicating to us in writing, whether this be by text, email or post that you are terminating your instructions and engagement of the services.
You must tell the person named below, in writing as soon as practicable of any termination.
If we or you terminate the services you may, depending on the reasons for termination, at our discretion be asked to pay a reasonable sum based upon the services carried out up to the time of termination. Such amount will be advised to you in writing.
Standards of Service
The Society of Allied & Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF) Code of Practice requires that we provide a high-quality service in all aspects. If you have any questions or concerns about the service we provide to you, please raise them in the first instance with our designated senior person. If that does not resolve the problem to your satisfaction SAIF provides a dispute resolution service, as an alternative to legal action.
You can contact SAIF by completing their complaints form which is available by contacting them on 0345 230 6777 or email to standards@saif.org.uk.
Although we endeavour to provide a prompt and efficient service for you, there may be instances where, because of circumstances beyond our control, we are unable to fulfil our obligations to you on the date or time specified. Therefore, we endeavour to meet all dates and times provided on the estimate however these cannot be guaranteed. Where it is known and arrangement will not be met, we will attempt to contact you in advance, using the details overleaf, and advise you of alternative arrangements.
We cannot be responsible for the performance of any third parties which may include, but not specifically limited to, Crematoria, Councils, Grave Diggers, Ministers, Civil Celebrants, Florists, Printers, Vehicle Hire, Newspapers, Hospitals, Doctors, Coroner, Registrar, International Repatriation Service Providers, etc.
Agreement
Your instructions will not create any rights enforceable by virtue of the Contracts enforceable by virtue of the [Contracts Rights of Third Parties Act 1999 OR The Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Act 2017] by any person not identified as our client.
If any of these Terms are unenforceable as drafted:-
it will not affect the enforceability of any other of these Terms; and
if it would be enforceable if amended, it will be treated as so amended.
The parties agree that these Terms along with estimates and services accounts constitutes the entire agreement between them and supersedes all previous agreements, understandings and arrangements between them, whether in writing or oral in respect of its subject matter
Notwithstanding anything else contained in these Terms, neither party shall be liable for any delay in performing, or non-performance of, its obligations hereunder if such delay or non-performance is caused by circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the party so delaying or non-performing, including but not limited to strikes, lock outs, labour disputes, acts of God, war, riot civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or government order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, disease, epidemic, pandemic, fire, flood, storm or adverse weather conditions.
Our liability is excluded to the maximum extent permitted by law including any implied terms.
No variation of these Terms shall be valid or effective unless it is in writing (including email), refers to these Terms and is duly signed or executed by, or on behalf of SAIF.
These Terms are subject to English Law. If any provision of these Terms shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions. By accepting these Terms you submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English, Wales courts.
Additional legal requirements
Any inappropriate items found in a coffin during our final closing down procedure will be discreetly disposed of.
If additional bearers are required, due to the size of Coffin or difficult access to the place of service then additional costs of [£35] per bearer will be charged.
Any unclaimed items of clothing/effects will be discreetly disposed of after 7 days of date of death unless otherwise agreed.
Instructions regarding cremated remains are to be issued by the cremation applicant and remain their sole decision and ownership.
We will update our website with the details of your funeral services. You will be asked your preferences with the information to be displayed.
Donation Companies including our on-line charitable donation processing partner, make charges for use of their services, currently & card charges. Further details of these services can be provided and can be found on their website. Please advise us if you wish to use their services.
Offers. Any special offers however presented (including but not limited to, verbally, written, leaflet drop, virtually, perceived, etc.) will have a limited time of availability and may be amended or withdrawn without notice.