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Letter of Intent to Lease a Home

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Price
Free
Stamp duty
No stamp duty as a preliminary record.
Registration
Not compulsory — not itself a lease. s.17(1)(d) catches the eventual lease if over a year or yearly rent.
Witnesses
Not required unless the tenancy document adopts witnesses.

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Also called

  • residential lease LOI
  • rental term sheet
  • house lease proposal

When you need it

You've agreed the main commercial points but aren't ready for the final tenancy. A letter of intent records the proposed rent, deposit, term, escalation, lock-in and notice before KYC and registration. The key question is whether it's a negotiation record or a binding contract — a lease over a year needs s.17(1)(d), Registration Act 1908.

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What follows is written for Punjab and Chandigarh. It states the position there rather than describing how it varies, so the amounts below are the ones that apply — worth confirming at the sub-registrar’s office, because rates change. If the property is anywhere else in India, none of this is yours.

Stamp duty

No stamp duty as a preliminary record. Reworded to grant possession or conclude a lease, treat as that instrument.

Registration

Not compulsory — not itself a lease. s.17(1)(d) catches the eventual lease if over a year or yearly rent.

Notarisation

Not required; doesn't replace compulsory registration.

Witnesses

Not required unless the tenancy document adopts witnesses.

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LETTER OF INTENT TO LEASE A HOME

Date: 1 April 2026

Premises: Flat 602, Homeland Heights, Sector 70, SAS Nagar, Punjab

  1. 1. Proposed parties

Landlord: Rajiv Khanna, of House 214, Sector 8-B, Chandigarh. Tenant: Amanpreet Singh, of House 88, Phase 7, SAS Nagar, Punjab. Landlord mobile: +91 XXXXX XXXXX. Tenant mobile: +91 XXXXX XXXXX.

  1. 2. Commercial proposal

The parties are discussing a residential tenancy beginning 2 April 2026 for 36 months at a monthly rent of ₹45,000 (Rupees Forty Five Thousand only), payable by the 5 day of each month. The proposed refundable security deposit is ₹90,000 (Rupees Ninety Thousand only).

Proposed escalation: 15% after every 36 months. Proposed lock-in: 12 months. Proposed termination notice: 60 days.

Routine maintenance proposal: Tenant will bear routine maintenance. Utility proposal: Tenant will pay metered consumption. Delivery condition: Unfurnished. Parking proposal: One basement car parking slot. Special commercial conditions: One pet permitted subject to society rules.

  1. 3. Status of this letter

The agreed status of this letter is: Commercial terms are non-binding until the final lease is signed; confidentiality, access and costs clauses remain binding. Unless the selected status expressly makes the proposal binding, this letter records negotiations only and does not itself deliver possession, create a tenancy, or replace the final rent agreement or lease deed.

If the final instrument grants a lease for a term exceeding one year, registration is compulsory under section 17(1)(d) of the Registration Act, 1908. The final registered instrument, not this letter, should contain the complete possession, default, repair, subletting, access, termination and handover regime.

  1. 4. Costs and documentation

Stamp-duty and registration-cost proposal for the final instrument: Tenant will bear them. The parties will supply the KYC and property particulars reasonably required to prepare the final tenancy document.

  1. 5. Expiry

This proposal remains open until 2 April 2026 unless withdrawn earlier in writing where withdrawal is consistent with the selected binding status.

PERSONAL DATA NOTICE

This notice is given under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. Personal data appearing in this document is collected for the specific purpose of evaluate and negotiate the proposed residential letting and prepare the final tenancy documentation, communicating about it, and maintaining the resulting legal or operational record. The data may be shown to the owner, tenant, authorised property manager or consultant involved in the transaction, and to a verification or professional service provider specifically instructed for that purpose.

If the transaction does not proceed, application-stage personal data will be retained for 90 days from the decision or withdrawal. If the transaction proceeds, the document record will be retained for the term of the tenancy or transaction, plus 12 months. Data collected only to verify identity at one moment should be destroyed after verification, retaining only the fact and date of verification.

Questions about this document

Does the Letter of Intent to Lease a Home need stamp paper or stamp duty in Punjab and Chandigarh?
Does the Letter of Intent to Lease a Home need registration in Punjab and Chandigarh?

Not compulsory — not itself a lease. s.17(1)(d) catches the eventual lease if over a year or yearly rent.

See the full position on stamp duty, registration and witnesses
What does the Letter of Intent to Lease a Home cost on Kagaznama?

Free.

Documents are free. Only kits are paid.

Does the Letter of Intent to Lease a Home need witnesses?

Not required unless the tenancy document adopts witnesses.

See the full position on stamp duty, registration and witnesses

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