Contractual Agreement made this ______day of________________
between R.Stephan Toman (d/b/a Sonrise Woodcarving Studio) hereafter referred to as
Sonrise Woodcarving Studio located at P.O.Box 12 168 Cottekill Road Duplex “A”, Cotttekill, NY 12419 and
____________________________________
hereafter referred to as (Client) located at________________________________
__________________________________
Pricing: Published prices and labor charges obtained from Sonrise Woodcarving Studio or the webpages of Sonrise Woodcarving Studio at www.sonrisewoodcarving.com are subject to change without notice. All written quotations will be honored for 30 days after the date of the original quotation.
Payment Terms:
Ballpark bids and thumbnail sketches of possible ideas are without charge.
Detailed itemized bids, and all requested preliminary designs and other creative work, and any travel, time, and expense associated with a job-site for measurements and design development require a retainer of up to 15% of the minimum possible costs of the proposed work (dependent upon the scope of work under consideration). When this retainer has been paid, Sonrise Woodcarving Studio or its designated representative will do all preliminary on-site and off-site evaluations, drawings, and detailed proposals required to define the project under review. Design copyrights will remain the exclusive property of Sonrise Woodcarving Studio.
If the design concept and the proposal are approved and accepted by a dated signature of all contracting parties, the retainer fee will be included in the overall costs as defined in the final proposal. If the proposal and its related documents and drawings are not accepted, and the client desires to terminate negotiations with Sonrise Woodcarving Studio regarding the proposed project, the retainer will be regarded as payment for creative services rendered to date by Sonrise Woodcarving Studio and will not be refunded.
Conceptual and graphic design services are billed at $150.00 per hour. All other creative services are billed at an hourly rate or as a bid price for the commission. This rate is subject to change without notice, but will not change during a negotiation already in progress or during the execution of a signed contract. After a contract is signed any and all change orders will require a written, dated, and signed amendment to the original contract before taking effect and before work in progress continues.
All bids will be itemized and/or clearly explained in writing if requested and answers will be offered for all questions that might arise. All finished drawings will be reviewed, dated, and signed by both the commissioning client and/or the client’s representative and Sonrise Woodcarving Studio to protect the interests of all involved parties, and before any work is begun.
For all custom work a 50% deposit will be expected (calculated on the full price of the commission) at the time of the signing of the contract, with the balance of payment due prior to the delivery of the work. Other terms and payment schedules may be arranged through negotiations prior to the signing of the contract. Large commissions may require a multi-stage payment schedule to which all contracting parties must agree before the work on the project is continued. In some cases a full payment to begin may be required.
Most finishing charges, all delivery charges, and all installations will be billed separately unless previously negotiated.
All applicable taxes will be added to the total price in the case of finished products, or deferred to the general contractor for the job in the case of unfinished work that is to become part of some larger construction. Any applicable taxes will be expected at the time of the initial deposit to avoid confusion in later billing.
Additional charges for change orders will be billed on separate invoices.
