Terms of Engagement

Version v1 · 21 October 2026. These terms apply to fixed-price sprints sold under the name blng sprint.

1. Who we are

BIELING LTD, registered in England and Wales, company no. 14298710. Registered office: 3 Dericote Street, London E8 4PG. VAT GB462523011. blng studio and blng sprint are trading names of Bieling Ltd. Contact: info@blng.studio.

We accept sprints for sites in England, Wales and Scotland. Sites in Northern Ireland by agreement.

Who does the work

Leo Bieling is registered with the Architects Registration Board (ARB), registration number 094103D, and is responsible for the services. ARB, 5th floor, 70 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8NH, arb.org.uk. Bieling Ltd is not itself registered with ARB.

2. Business clients only

These terms are for business clients only. By accepting, you confirm that you are acting for the purposes of your trade, business or profession.

3. The sprints, scope and fees

Fixed fees, all exclusive of VAT:

The fee is the fixed fee stated in the accepted proposal, exclusive of VAT. Add-ons (additional sites, additional test-fits, measured surveys or other items) are charged only if listed in the accepted proposal or agreed in writing as a Change. Website prices are indicative and do not form part of the contract.

Each sprint covers one building, site or floor plate, as stated in the proposal. Any further work requires a separate written appointment.

Included in your sprint

Unless your proposal says otherwise, every sprint includes the following. The exclusions do not remove them.

Not included

The following are excluded unless expressly listed in your proposal: statutory applications and approvals; surveys and investigations; specialist and engineering design; cost, commercial and legal advice; design and delivery beyond feasibility; work beyond the sprint's stated scope (more buildings, options, test-fits, revisions, meetings or site visits than listed, and verifying client-supplied information); and reliance by third parties without a reliance letter, or any guarantee of planning, registration or approval outcomes. The full list is in your proposal.

Changes

Either party may request a Change in writing. We will confirm any effect on fee and programme in writing, and the Change applies only once both parties agree in writing (email is sufficient).

4. Client Information and Start Date

Target delivery: 10 working days from the Start Date.

The Start Date is the later of (a) receipt of the deposit in cleared funds and (b) receipt of all Client Information listed in the proposal.

The contract forms on written acceptance of the proposal and these terms. The deposit received in cleared funds and the Client Information together set the Start Date.

Client Information is listed in each proposal and normally includes: plans; lease or particulars; site address; brief; access contact.

You are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of information you provide, and we may rely on it without independent verification. We may rely on third-party and public information, such as planning portals, Land Registry data, and Ofsted and DfE guidance, and we are not liable for errors in it.

Site visits. One site visit within Greater London is included. Travel outside Greater London is quoted in the proposal.

5. Turnaround and delivery

Target delivery: 10 working days from the Start Date. (See clause 4 for the Start Date.)

Deliverables are issued as PDF (and any model or data files listed in the proposal) by email or secure link.

After delivery. The fee includes a 1-hour review call and one round of questions or clarifications by email, within 10 working days of delivery.

6. Payment

We will invoice 50% of the fee on acceptance and the balance on delivery. Invoices are payable within 14 days by bank transfer, in the currency stated on the invoice.

The 50% deposit is invoiced on acceptance. The Start Date is set once the deposit is received in cleared funds and we have all the Client Information (clause 4). The balance is invoiced on delivery. Each invoice is due within 14 days. Payment is by bank transfer, in pounds sterling (GBP). Invoices are issued through Xero.

VAT is charged at the applicable rate.

7. Postponement, cancellation and stopping

You may postpone once, with at least 3 working days' notice before the Start Date, and the deposit carries over for up to 3 months. Later or repeated postponements are treated as cancellation.

If you cancel

If you cancel after accepting the proposal but before Work Starts, we refund your deposit in full within 14 days of cancellation. If you cancel after Work Starts, you pay only for the work done (the fee ÷ 10 × the working days worked), set against your deposit, and we refund any difference within 14 days of cancellation. If the work done comes to more than the deposit, you pay the difference, up to the full fee.

If we stop or cancel

If we find early that the site is clearly unsuitable, we may stop and issue a short no-go memo. We will then charge for work done (capped at the deposit) and refund any balance of the deposit.

No refund is due because of the outcome of the advice, including a no-go conclusion or a later planning refusal.

8. Nature of the advice

Our deliverables are a professional opinion at feasibility stage, based on the information provided and the rules in force at the date of delivery. Cost ranges are indicative only. Planning views are our professional judgement, not a determination. We do not guarantee planning permission, Ofsted or DfE registration, Building Regulations approval, or any commercial outcome.

9. Liability

Liability cap: our total liability is capped at the greater of 10 times the fee or £100,000.

Exclusions: no liability for indirect or consequential loss (loss of profit, revenue, rent, opportunity or goodwill); a net contribution clause applies; claims must be brought within 6 years from delivery.

Nothing limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or anything else that cannot be limited by law.

10. Third parties and sub-consultants

Deliverables are for your use only, for the stated site and purpose. No third party, including landlords, lenders, investors or buyers, may rely on them without our written reliance letter, which may carry a fee. The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 does not apply.

11. Referrals

We may receive introductions from referral partners and may pay them a fee for an introduction. Referral partners are not our agents, cannot bind us, and are not responsible for our services. Our contract is with you alone, and the referral does not change our fee or your rights under these terms.

We may receive or pay a referral fee; if we do, we will tell you.

12. Intellectual property

We retain all intellectual property in our drawings, models, reports, methods, scripts and tools. On full payment, you receive a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the deliverables for the stated site and purpose. The licence excludes use for other sites and use as construction or tender information. We may use the work in our portfolio in anonymised form, or named with your consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld.

13. Confidentiality and data protection

We process personal data as described in our privacy notice at https://sprint.blng.studio/privacy/.

14. Complaints

If you have a complaint about our services, please contact Leo Bieling at info@blng.studio. We will acknowledge your complaint within 5 working days and send you a full response within 30 days. If you are not satisfied with our response: (1) Leo Bieling will review your complaint internally (info@blng.studio); (2) for matters of professional conduct or competence, you may contact the Architects Registration Board (ARB), 5th floor, 70 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8NH, info@arb.org.uk, +44 (0)20 7580 5861, arb.org.uk; (3) we may also offer mediation through CEDR (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution, 100 St Paul's Churchyard, London EC4M 8BU, adr@cedr.com, 020 7536 6060). Our full complaints procedure is at https://sprint.blng.studio/complaints/.

15. Disputes, governing law and jurisdiction

Governing law: English law. Jurisdiction: the courts of England and Wales. Adjudication is available at any time (clause 6).

16. General

Version: v1 · Date: 21 October 2026.