Free template · for contractors & trades
Free Change Order Form
A change order form that records only the change and its price leaves the customer signing a small number in isolation, and moves the surprise to the final invoice. This one carries the running contract math: the original contract, everything approved before today, this change, and the new contract amount. It is the page a job needs the moment somebody says “while you’re in there” — free, fillable, and unbranded.
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What it does
- Records one change to an authorized job: what is added, removed, or substituted, and where.
- Carries the running contract math on the page — A the original contract, B everything approved before today, C the subtotal, D this change, E the NEW CONTRACT AMOUNT the customer signs.
- Calculates lines C and E for you in Adobe Acrobat Reader and most desktop PDF readers; the arithmetic is printed beside each line so the page works in any viewer.
- Captures the schedule impact in calendar days and the revised substantial-completion date — the detail that is easiest to skip when a change feels minor.
- Comes with a second copy shown filled in for an invented bathroom remodel, so you can see how much detail is enough before you write your first one.
- White-label — a contractor change order template with no branding anywhere on it, so you can print it on your own letterhead and hand it to a customer as your own.
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Want the whole job, not just one change?
This free page handles one change. The full pack is sixteen documents sequenced to a job’s timeline — work authorization and scope, deposit and payment schedule, materials allowances, site conditions, the Change Order Log that carries the running total across the whole job, time-and-materials authorization, unforeseen-condition and delay notices, the subcontractor sheet, substantial completion and punch list, closeout, warranty, callbacks, a late-payment ladder and a photo release — each as a fillable PDF and an editable Word file, with a 48-page guide and a 44-moment router.
A one-time purchase you keep and reuse on every job — the paperwork shelf between a free single form and a rented monthly contractor app.
A general template and business reference, not legal advice, and downloading it does not create a lawyer-client relationship. Residential construction is regulated at state and often city level — written-contract requirements, licensing, deposit caps and cancellation rights all differ. Have a construction attorney in your own state read your contract documents once before you rely on them. Free to use; please don’t resell or redistribute.