Notaires work for a fixed fee; they don’t charge by the hour. However, the fixed fee is based on the property’s sale price and location. The notaire’s fee is approximately 7% of the property price, this changes fractionally depending on area, price range, whether you have a mortgage and several other factors. There’s a calculator on the notaires.fr website that will help you figure out the notaire’s fee, along with other purchase costs. Please note – the notaire’s fee is predominantly made up of taxes (equivalent of stamp duty etc), they take close to 1% themselves. Whether you opt to use one notaire or two during the buying process, the fee will remain the same. If two notaires are used, they’ll split the standard notaire fee.