English-speaking notaries, eg. for house purchase

At last I have finally registerd after using this sight for over a year! It has already proved really useful. Has anyone has been through the wonderful process of house buying in Germany? We have finally found a house we want to buy and are aware we need an English/German speaking notary (as my German is still pretty useless). We are in the Rosengarten, Harburg (south Hamburg) area. Any recommendations or general advice, what to or not to do? Thanks in advance

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My German is also crap so I used Dr Bredthauer from Notariat am Gansemarkt. Speaks perfect English and was more that happy to go through the process in two languages.
http://www.notariat-amgaensemarkt.de/

Thanks for thateven Lazybum, now I need an surveyor preferably english speaking! Apparently the banks don't necessarily use one, is this true?