Punjab homestay guide

Practical property and application checklist
Reviewed 5 September 2026

### Starting facts
* [ ] Exact property address
* [ ] District
* [ ] Municipal corporation/council/Nagar Panchayat/village/development authority/cantonment status
* [ ] Existing/proposed/under-construction/running property
* [ ] B&B or Homestay intended
* [ ] Gold or Silver target
* [ ] Agricultural/protected/heritage/PLPA/forest-linked status checked
* [ ] Separate Farm Stay analysis required? Yes/No
### Ownership and applicant file
* [ ] Current title/ownership document
* [ ] Applicant is an individual owner
* [ ] Co-owners identified
* [ ] Co-owner consent question resolved where relevant
* [ ] Owner actually resides in property
* [ ] Family-residence declaration can truthfully be signed
* [ ] Government photo ID
* [ ] Attested/notarised ownership copy retained pending portal conflict clarification
* [ ] Society/association permission, if required
* [ ] No undisclosed title dispute/litigation
### Property readiness
* [ ] Approved layout available
* [ ] Actual building matches approved layout
* [ ] Completion/occupancy position checked
* [ ] Total bedrooms recorded
* [ ] Guest rooms between 1 and 6
* [ ] Guest beds no more than 12
* [ ] Guest-room areas checked
* [ ] Attached bathrooms
* [ ] Bathroom areas checked
* [ ] 24-hour hot/cold water
* [ ] Sewerage
* [ ] Power
* [ ] Backup electricity
* [ ] Heating/cooling
* [ ] Furniture and linen
* [ ] Drinking water
* [ ] Kitchen/food-storage condition
* [ ] Common guest sitting space
* [ ] Waste arrangements
* [ ] Emergency numbers
* [ ] Fire-law applicability checked separately
* [ ] Structural safety reviewed
* [ ] Internet if Gold
* [ ] Gold: building age ≤20 years at first application
* [ ] Gold: ≥25% open area
* [ ] Gold: adequate parking inside premises
### Application
* [ ] eServices account
* [ ] Annexure/application data
* [ ] Classification checklist
* [ ] Signed declaration
* [ ] Background information
* [ ] Approved layout
* [ ] ID
* [ ] Ownership evidence
* [ ] Main-gate photo
* [ ] Kitchen photo
* [ ] Drawing/dining photo
* [ ] Parking photo
* [ ] Lawn photo
* [ ] Guest-room photos
* [ ] Bathroom photos
* [ ] Construction-year/completion evidence
* [ ] Fee paid online
* [ ] Application reference saved
* [ ] Every declaration screenshot/PDF archived
### Inspection
* [ ] All mandatory classification items physically present
* [ ] Guest rooms correspond with submitted layout
* [ ] Utilities functional
* [ ] Property clean/pest-free
* [ ] Guest register ready
* [ ] Emergency numbers displayed
* [ ] Waste arrangements operating
* [ ] Documents accessible
* [ ] Any deficiency notice logged with cure deadline
### Operations
* [ ] Certificate retained/displayed as required
* [ ] B&B breakfast/tariff rules followed
* [ ] Domestic guest photo IDs recorded/copied as required
* [ ] Check-in/check-out register
* [ ] Foreign accommodator/Form III account established before foreign bookings
* [ ] Foreign/OCI Form III within 24 hours of arrival
* [ ] Foreign departure reporting within 24 hours
* [ ] Foreign records retained electronically at least one year
* [ ] Quarterly PHTPB report submitted
* [ ] FSSAI registration/licence confirmed where food supplied
* [ ] GST position reviewed
* [ ] Labour/employer obligations reviewed
* [ ] Municipal waste/fire/building conditions maintained
* [ ] Complaints recorded and resolved
* [ ] PHTPB informed of ownership change within seven days
### Renewal/change
* [ ] Current certificate wording checked
* [ ] PHTPB portal checked for renewal requirement
* [ ] Room/category changes cleared before implementation
* [ ] Ownership change treated as certificate-cancellation event
* [ ] Fresh registration planned for purchaser/successor where required
* [ ] Annual regulatory recheck performed