Florida Residential Home Improvement Change Order
FLORIDA RESIDENTIAL HOME IMPROVEMENT CHANGE ORDER
Before signing: Use this order with the Florida Home Improvement Contract. Identify the signed original agreement and attach the plans or specifications changed here. For a covered residential direct contract over $2,500, confirm that the original agreement includes the owner-signed lien notice required by Fla. Stat. § 713.015. This order records only the changes the parties accept below.
1. Original agreement and project
Change order number: [____] Order date: [__/__/____]
Original agreement date: [__/__/____] Original agreement title or number: [________________________]
Owner name and mailing address: [________________________________________________]
Contractor legal name, address, and license number: [________________________________________________]
Project address: [________________________________________________]
The Owner and Contractor amend the identified agreement only as stated in this signed order. Earlier signed change orders and all original terms not expressly changed here remain in effect.
2. Exact change in work
Affected original agreement section, plan, or specification: [________________________________]
Work removed or credited, including location and quantity: [________________________________ / NONE]
Work added or changed, including location, quantity, materials, and finish: [________________________________ / NONE]
Substituted product or equipment, old and new model: [________________________________ / NONE]
Reason for change and any discovered condition: [________________________________]
Updated drawing or specification attached, with title, date, and pages: [________________________________ / NONE]
Only the described work changes. A later change requires another written order signed by both parties.
3. Price and payment
| Price calculation | Amount |
|---|---|
| Original agreement price | $[________] |
| Net price of earlier signed change orders | $[________] |
| Price before this order | $[________] |
| Added work and materials, including applicable taxes | $[________] |
| Credit for removed work and materials | $[________] |
| Net effect of this order: ☐ increase ☐ decrease ☐ no change | $[________] |
| Revised total agreement price | $[________] |
Itemized additions, credits, and tax calculation: [________________________________________________]
Payment milestone changed, with amount and completed-work trigger: [________________________________________________ / NO CHANGE]
The original payment schedule continues unless the replacement milestone is completed above. No payment is due merely because this order is proposed.
4. Time and other terms
Original target completion date: [__/__/____]
Revised target completion date: [__/__/____ / NO CHANGE]
Permit or inspection affected; responsible party and cost: [________________________________________________ / NONE]
Other original clause changed, identified by section, and exact replacement: [________________________________________________ / NONE]
Attachments incorporated, with date and page count: [________________________________________________ / NONE]
5. Signatures and copy
By signing, the Owner and Contractor accept the work, price, payment, and time changes stated above. Each signer receives a complete copy of this order and its listed attachments.
Owner signature: [________________________________] Printed name: [________________] Date: [__/__/____]
Additional owner signature, if required by original agreement: [________________________________ / N/A] Date: [__/__/____]
Contractor authorized signature: [________________________________] Printed name and title: [________________] Date: [__/__/____]
Complete signed copy delivered to Owner by: [METHOD] Date: [__/__/____]
Sources and References
About this template
- Last updated
- November 9, 2026
- Citations checked
- November 9, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Florida
- Category
- Contracts & Agreements
Legal authority
- Fla. Stat. § 713.015(1)–(2) (lien notice in covered residential direct contracts)
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on November 9, 2026.
Fla. Stat. § 713.015(1)–(2) (checked November 9, 2026): "Any direct contract greater than $2,500 between an owner and a contractor, related to improvements to real property consisting of single or multiple family dwellings up to and including four units, must contain the following notice provision printed in no less than 12-point, capitalized, boldfaced type on the front page of the contract or on a separate page, signed by the owner and dated"
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