Terms and Conditions

PAYMENTS

All payments are normally required to be made at the end of each session in cash unless otherwise agreed in advance. A session means one or more days of consecutive recording.

Six working days are required for clearance of cheques except when supported by a valid bankers guarantee card or when the cheque is a banker’s draft.

In the case of bookings of over four days, The Lodge reserves the right to ask for an interim payment equal to 50% of the anticipated final account at any time during the sessions.

DEPOSITS AND BOOKING FEES

Bookings cannot be finalised until a deposit is received. The required deposit is calculated to be not less than 20% of the booked time.

CONCESSIONS AND DISCOUNTS

 In the event of non-payment in accordance with agreed terms, The Lodge Recording Studio reserves the right to withdraw any concessions and discounts offered and to re-invoice our client at the full standard commercial hourly rate of £45 per Hour plus daily interest calculated at 30% APR

HOW CHARGES ARE CALCULATED

Bookings quoted on an hourly rate basis will be charged from the start time booked. Studio time charges are calculated on quarter hour slots and any part thereof. Time charged includes setup time, recording and mixing, digital editing, CD copying. It does not extend to get-out provided that the get-out does not exceed 20 mins. Otherwise an appropriate charge will be applied based upon the hourly rate pertaining to the session. The minimum time that can be booked for a session is normally 2 hours.

OVERTIME

Bookings quoted on an hourly rate basis are subject to an overtime charge after midnight or after twelve hours of recording in one day/session of 1.5 times the hourly rate.

DAILY RATES AND SPECIAL DISCOUNT PACKAGES

Special daily sessions that cease early will not be subject to any relief or refund for unused time. Sessions that overrun will be subject to one and one half times the normal hourly rate upon which the discounted Special session rate is based. Ex:  - A ten hour day costing £200 is equivalent to £20 per hour. Two hours overtime is calculated as (2 x £20 x 1.5) = £60

DISCOUNT RATES

Our discount rates are available only to non commercial concerns. I.e. unsigned bands, small record labels and bona fide charities. The Lodge reserves the right to amend any invoices accordingly if a client has failed to disclose that they are a business or commercial concern at the time of booking or has sought in any other way to obtain a discount rate by deception.

EQUIPMENT FAILURE

Time can only be deducted for technical breakdowns of the studio’s own equipment.

STOPPAGES

The engineer is entitled to a break equivalent to five minutes per hour. This break time whether taken hourly or in aggregate is not deemed to be a stoppage. All other breaks for refreshment and sustenance will be counted as a stoppage provided that the studio is vacated by the client/artiste.

OWNERSHIP OF COPYRIGHT IN RECORDINGS

All master recordings and multi-track tapes including the copyright in the performances embodied therein are deemed to be the property of The Lodge Studio until all payments due are discharged in full. Such media will normally be retained by The Lodge Studio until full settlement is made.

CANCELLATIONS & DEPOSITS

Deposits on bookings of more than seven days will not be refunded. Other deposits will only be refunded at the discretion of The Lodge except where cancellation occurs fourteen days or more prior to the date of a booking when a full refund is always made.

ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation is offered privately in the home of the proprietors as a courtesy at the proprietors’ discretion and no charge is made in respect of it.

LOSS AND DAMAGE

The Lodge Studio will not accept responsibility for any loss or damage pertaining to the personal property  of clients accept where it is clearly and entirely the fault of The Lodge Studio.

SMOKING
Smoking is not permitted in the studio or the corridor immediately outside the recording rooms – Smoking is permitted in The Green Room, The Conservatory and The Garden

CODE OF CONDUCT

The staff at The Lodge will always try to be polite and helpful and they expect the same consideration in return. The Lodge Studio reserves the right to terminate a recording session without prejudice to any of the afore mentioned in the event of any violent or abusive conduct  directed towards the staff and/or the property of The Lodge Recording Studio by  any persons present in connection with a recording session/booking whether they be the recording artiste(s) or their associates and to hold our client liable for all and any resulting damages.

Expressions (including in lyrics) of religious hatred, racism, homophobia or any other forms of bigotry are not tolerated. The Lodge reserves the right to terminate a session without prejudice if any of the terms of our code of conduct are broken.