This Agreement is made at Chandigarh on 1 April 2026
BETWEEN
Simran Gill, resident of House No. 302, Sector 9, Panchkula ("the Owner"),
AND
Ar. Rohan Mehta, of Studio 12, Sector 8, Chandigarh, Council of Architecture registration number CA/2011/45678 ("the Architect").
1.1 The project site is Plot No. 302, Sector 9, Panchkula.
1.2 Description: Design of a new ground-plus-two residential house of approximately 4,200 square feet built-up area
2.1 The Architect shall provide: Concept design and working drawings only
2.2 Site visit frequency: Once every two weeks, or at each major stage, whichever the Architect considers necessary. A site visit under this Agreement is periodic design-intent observation, and is not full-time clerk-of-works supervision of the Contractor's day-to-day work, which remains the Owner's own responsibility unless separately engaged.
2.3 The Architect will separately engage or coordinate a structural engineer, whose fee is included in the Architect’s fee below
2.4 The Architect shall exercise the reasonable skill and care expected of a registered architect in preparing the design and drawings, and in any plan-sanction liaison undertaken, but does not guarantee that any particular sanction will be granted or granted by any particular date, that depending on the concerned authority's own process.
3.1 The Architect's fee is a fixed lump sum, being 5% of the construction cost, exclusive of applicable goods and services tax and of any statutory fee payable to the sanctioning authority, which the Owner shall bear separately.
3.2 Payment schedule: 20% on signing, 30% on approval of concept design, 30% on completion of working drawings, 20% spread across site visits during construction
3.3 The Architect shall supply: 3 sets, plus digital files in PDF and CAD format
4.1 Copyright in the drawings and designs prepared under this Agreement remains with the Architect, but the Owner is granted an irrevocable licence to use them for the construction, maintenance and any lawful extension of the project described above, on payment of the fee due under this Agreement.
4.2 The Architect is not responsible for any use of the drawings for a different site or a materially different project without the Architect's written consent.
5.1 Either Party may terminate this Agreement on fourteen days' written notice. On termination, the Owner shall pay for services rendered up to the date of termination, and the Architect shall hand over the drawings and material prepared up to that date.
6.1 This Agreement is the entire understanding between the Parties on the services described above.