Chandigarh homestay guide

Practical property and application checklist
Reviewed 5 September 2026

### Starting facts
- [ ] Exact property address
- [ ] Sector/village/local jurisdiction
- [ ] Plot/unit area
- [ ] Confirm ≥500 square yards `[S4]`
- [ ] Existing/proposed/running property status
- [ ] Residential sanctioned use
- [ ] Intended number of guest rooms
- [ ] Intended beds/maximum guests
- [ ] Owner residence plan
- [ ] Food-service model
- [ ] Domestic/foreign guest model
- [ ] Owner-operated/caretaker/professional-management model
### Ownership and applicant file
- [ ] Conveyance/title/sale deed
- [ ] Current ownership search
- [ ] Joint-owner details
- [ ] Co-owner consent requirement — **confirm**
- [ ] Succession documents where inherited
- [ ] Applicant identity
- [ ] Applicant residence evidence — **final list to confirm**
- [ ] Company/LLP/firm eligibility — **written confirmation required**
- [ ] Lessee eligibility — **written confirmation required**
- [ ] Management agreement, if applicable — **not proof of registration eligibility**
### Property readiness
- [ ] Sanctioned building plan
- [ ] Actual measured plan
- [ ] Completion/OCC status
- [ ] Check unauthorised construction
- [ ] Residential-use compliance
- [ ] Guest bedrooms identified
- [ ] Attached bathrooms
- [ ] Water supply
- [ ] Electricity
- [ ] Ventilation
- [ ] Lighting
- [ ] Furniture
- [ ] Hygiene/repair condition
- [ ] Fire-safety assessment
- [ ] Determine whether formal Fire NOC required
- [ ] Parking assessment
- [ ] Access assessment
- [ ] Environmental/protected-location check
- [ ] Accessibility review
- [ ] Waste/sanitation plan
- [ ] Final Silver/Gold checklist — **obtain before works**
### Application
- [ ] Tourism account
- [ ] Current final application form
- [ ] Final document checklist
- [ ] Ownership proof
- [ ] Residence proof
- [ ] Building documents
- [ ] Room/bed schedule
- [ ] Photographs, if required
- [ ] Plan/map, if required
- [ ] Electricity proof, if required
- [ ] Fire/NOC documents, if required
- [ ] Affidavit, if required
- [ ] Current application fee
- [ ] Payment receipt
- [ ] Save every declaration exactly as submitted
### Inspection
- [ ] Inspection date/notice
- [ ] Classification checklist
- [ ] Title/property originals available
- [ ] Guest rooms ready
- [ ] Bathrooms operational
- [ ] Fire equipment ready
- [ ] Parking demonstrated
- [ ] Food/kitchen hygiene ready
- [ ] Deficiency notice recorded
- [ ] Rectification evidence
- [ ] Reinspection record
- [ ] Classification recommendation
- [ ] Certificate downloaded/received
### Operations
- [ ] Display certificate if current final rule requires
- [ ] Display/communicate rates as required
- [ ] Guest identity procedure
- [ ] Guest register
- [ ] Domestic reporting requirement confirmed
- [ ] Staff police verification if final rule requires
- [ ] Foreign guest Form III/Form C account
- [ ] Foreign arrival report ≤24 hours `[S10]`
- [ ] Foreign departure report ≤24 hours `[S10]`
- [ ] Foreign guest electronic records retained ≥1 year `[S10]`
- [ ] FSSAI registration/licence where applicable
- [ ] GST applicability reviewed
- [ ] Complaint procedure
- [ ] Safety/fire checks
- [ ] Waste/cleanliness schedule
- [ ] Insurance evaluated
- [ ] Changes in facilities reported where required
### Renewal
- [ ] Confirm current certificate expiry/validity
- [ ] Calendar renewal window
- [ ] Confirm current renewal fee
- [ ] Update ownership/residence documents
- [ ] Update room/facility information
- [ ] Update staff records
- [ ] Resolve outstanding inspection issues
- [ ] Record sale/succession/operator changes
- [ ] Obtain amended/new certificate where required