Terms & Conditions

These terms govern your use of this website. They are not the agreement under which we carry out design work: every commission is governed by a separate written contract issued by Nesva Studio and signed by both parties before any work begins.

By continuing to use this site you accept these terms. If you do not accept them, please stop using the site.

All photographs, drawings, written material and design work shown on this website belong to the studio or to the photographers and clients who have licensed them to us. Nothing here is released into the public domain by virtue of appearing on the site.

You may share links and quote short passages with attribution. You may not reproduce our photography commercially, use our drawings as the basis for construction, or represent our work as your own in a portfolio or tender submission.

Project descriptions, dates, materials and awards are recorded as accurately as we can manage, but the site is not a contractual document. Fees quoted anywhere on these pages are indicative and depend entirely on the scope of the specific commission.

Journal entries reflect the view of their author at the time of writing. We change our minds occasionally and do not always go back and revise.

An enquiry made through this site is not an offer and does not create any obligation on either side. A commission exists only once a written agreement has been signed and the initial stage payment received.

That agreement sets out scope, programme, fee structure, the process for variations, and the circumstances in which either party may bring the work to an end. We will always talk you through it before you sign, and we would rather you asked awkward questions early than discovered an answer you dislike in month fourteen.

Design fees are typically charged as a percentage of total project value, staged across the phases of our process, or as a fixed fee for advisory and smaller pieces of work. Procurement is handled transparently: supplier invoices are visible to you and our margin is agreed in writing in advance.

Invoices are payable within twenty-eight days. Where payment falls significantly overdue we reserve the right to suspend work, though we will give notice and a reasonable opportunity to resolve matters before doing so.

Copyright in drawings, specifications and design proposals remains with the studio. On full payment of our fees you receive an irrevocable licence to use that material for the construction, occupation, maintenance and future alteration of the specific property for which it was prepared.

The licence does not extend to repeating the design at another property, and it does not transfer copyright. Where a scheme is abandoned before completion, the licence still applies to whatever has been paid for.

Client identities, addresses, budgets and the contents of their homes are treated as confidential by default and not by request. Our team is contractually bound to this, and photographers, contractors and suppliers sign parallel undertakings.

A significant portion of our completed work has never been published and never will be. We are entirely comfortable signing strict confidentiality agreements of your own drafting.

Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that cannot lawfully be excluded under applicable Indian law. Subject to that, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss arising from use of this website.

Liability arising from a design commission is dealt with in the commission agreement and is covered by professional indemnity insurance held at a level appropriate to the value of the work.

These terms are governed by the laws of India, and the courts having appropriate jurisdiction in India shall have jurisdiction over disputes arising from these terms. Where a commission is carried out in a different Indian state or jurisdiction, the governing law and dispute-resolution provisions of that agreement will apply as stated in the agreement itself.

Questions about these terms should be sent to info.nesvastudio@gmail.com.