Change Order Template: A Contractor's Guide for 2026
Free change order template guide for contractors: 14 required fields, a filled-in example, markup and credits, e-signature on site, and billing. Try it free.
A practical change order template guide for small contractors and remodelers. It explains what a change order is, walks through the fourteen fields every change order should contain, and shows a filled-in bathroom remodel example with itemized labor, material, overhead, and a running contract total. It covers pricing extra work at full rate, calculating fair credits for deleted scope, charging for hidden-condition investigation, getting change orders signed electronically on site before work starts, keeping a change order log, billing each approved change as its own invoice line, trade-specific change orders, common mistakes, and a one-afternoon setup plan..