Studio Policies and Guidelines

Booking Rates: Rental rates are set at the time of booking.

Payments & Deposits: All rental fees must be paid by the start of your booking. We require a 50% deposit for all rentals. All rental fees include a mandatory cleaning fee. Fees for additional equipment rental and/or time not billed during initial booking will be due at the end of the rental period.

Cancellations and Reschedules

  • You may cancel or reschedule your booking up to 48 hours in advance of your booking.

  • No refunds will be provided for any cancellation made less than 48 hours prior to your booking date/time.

Rental Period: Rental periods are pre-arranged at the time of booking. Your time begins promptly at the prescribed starting time and ends promptly at the prescribed ending time. Rental time includes setup and tear down, so please consider that while booking. The studio must be cleaned and vacated by the end of the rental period. No prior drop-off and/or pick-up after completion of shoot, of equipment, props, etc unless negotiated at the time of your rental contract. If you run 15 minutes past your original end time, you will be charged an additional 1.5 hourly rate of $187.50. You will be charged an additional 1.5x hourly overtime rate for every hour thereafter.

Cleaning and Trash: Dispose of trash in supplied trash receptacles. You must discard larger items (anything that does not fit in the trash can), such as props and set pieces, in accordance with New York trash guidelines. Disposal of large amounts of garbage may accrue additional cost. A $250 cleaning fee may apply for excessively dirty studios, large groups or production crews exceeding 15 people.

Studio Guidelines

  • No smoking or vaping is allowed in the studio. 

  • Projects involving smoke require studio representative’s consent. 

  • Music is to be kept at reasonable levels.

  • No one will be admitted who is under the influence of alcohol or illegal substances.

  • No pets allowed without prior consent of a studio representative.

  • All small and/or hard to clean material (confetti, hair cutting, feathers, food products, body paint, etc.) require approval from studio representative. Cleaning fee may apply.

  • Maximum of 8 people in renter’s party. Additional fee of $15 per each person over the limit will apply.

Waiver of Liability: Use of company’s premises and equipment is at renter’s risk. Contro LLC will not be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damage, injury or loss to renter, his party or possessions while on the premises. All persons and activity on company’s premises may be video recorded for security usage.

Conduct: We at Studio Contro maintain a clean and professional environment. Renter shall be solely responsible for the conduct and welfare of all persons accompanying renter while on company’s premises. Renter agrees that company representative will be present at all times. If the representative observes or otherwise becomes aware of dangerous, pornographic, illegal or negligent practices or activities, the studio reserves the right to stop the shoot and may require renter and renter’s party to leave immediately. In such case no refund will be given for unused time. Contro and its representatives assume no responsibility to act in such cases.

Insurance: Businesses, Corporations, Production Companies and other legal entities may be required, prior to rental, to present a certificate of general liability insurance naming Contro LLC as additionally insured on the dates of the rental. If so required, renter’s liability insurance shall be deemed primary and non-contributory insurance in the event of any claim or suit. Liability insurance shall be commercial general liability with a minimum of $1,000,000 per occurrence and annual aggregate.

Equipment: Contro will provide equipment in good working order but makes no special guarantees as to suitability to the renter’s purposes. Please notify Contro immediately of any malfunction, damage or other issues with the equipment.

Damage: Renter will be solely responsible for any damage to company’s property or equipment that occurs during the time renter or his party occupies the premises. Damage deposit will be held until repairs can be made. If damage exceeds amount of damage deposit, renter agrees to pay reasonable additional repair costs to bring damage equipment back to working condition. Renter agrees to pay for damage to the premises including spills, excessive wear, marks or stains on furniture and makeup station.

We thank you for taking great care of our studio, so many creatives can do their best work in the future.