At least put the property in a trust.  It is a cakewalk for your kids to deal with after you are gone vs. probate.  Probate forces a judge to try to figure out your intentions.  And your kids will have to pay an attorney to deal with it.  Ain’t cheap… especially if it gets complicated or contested.   Do anything to avoid probate!

Trusts are easy to change during your lifetime.  One thing to consider are the future spouses of your kids.  They can be a problem if, say your 3 kids are equal co-owners of a property.  What happens if at that point your own kid passes and the other kids become partners with a ‘disliked’ spouse.   The trust can spell out and clarify the what-if’s.  How well do the kids get along with each other and handle their own finances now?  How about setting up some kind of college fund for future grandkids?  Trust can do that.

Personally, I feel it is better to spell out as much as possible your wishes.  It does make it easier for the siblings to proceed when you pass.  ie.  must sell the house within X years, favorite art piece goes to X and it also designates someone to be the ‘boss'( trustee)  to oversee its execution.

Might be worth $3k if the atty really knows family dynamics and asks those kind of questions during pre-interview and you have a million questions.  Otherwise a $1500 atty to write it up if indeed you have a very simple estate.

And, don’t forget to fund the trust.  ie.  re title the property into the trust name.  Otherwise it is not valid.