Colorado Home Improvement Contract

COLORADO HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACT

Before you use this: For a construction contract covered by C.R.S. § 38-22-101(3) with a price above $500, the parties must sign a writing. That section also addresses an owner's filing of the contract or a memorandum with the county clerk and recorder before work begins. Decide with Colorado counsel whether and how to make that filing. If this sale was solicited away from the contractor's business, separately check the cancellation notice and delivery rules that apply to that transaction.

Date signed: [__/__/____]

Owner's name: [________________________________]

Owner's notice address, email, and telephone: [________________________________]

Contractor's legal name: [________________________________]

Contractor's business address, email, and telephone: [________________________________]

Applicable license or registration numbers: [________________________________]

Improvement property address and county: [________________________________]

Property legal description, if needed for a recorded memorandum: [________________________________]

Owner engages Contractor to perform the work described below at the improvement property, and Contractor agrees to do so on these terms.

1. Work and materials

General character of work: [________________________________]

Detailed work, dimensions, materials, brands, models, and finishes: [________________________________]

Plans or specifications incorporated as Exhibit [__]: [TITLE, DATE, AND PAGE COUNT OR NONE]

Work excluded: [________________________________]

Permit and inspection responsibilities: [IDENTIFY EACH PERMIT, RESPONSIBLE PARTY, AND REQUIRED APPROVAL]

Contractor will perform the agreed work in a workmanlike manner and comply with permits and codes that apply to it. Contractor will identify each subcontractor before that subcontractor starts work: [NAME, TRADE, AND CONTACT OR NONE].

2. Price and payment stages

Estimated total contract price: $[____]. ☐ Fixed price ☐ Time and materials, with the attached rate and materials schedule.

Taxes, allowances, and permitted reimbursable costs included in the price: [DETAILS OR NONE]

Owner may request receipts for materials or reimbursable costs and reasonable evidence that subcontractors and suppliers for completed paid work have been paid. Any lien waiver given in connection with payment must accurately state the payment received and work covered.

3. Schedule and access

Planned start date: [__/__/____]. Estimated completion date: [__/__/____].

Work hours and site access: [________________________________]

Known dependencies and owner-provided items: [________________________________]

The party learning of a material delay will promptly notify the other, describe its cause, and propose an updated schedule. A schedule or price change binds the parties only through a signed change order under Section 4.

4. Change orders

A change order must describe the changed work, price increase or decrease, payment-stage effect, and schedule effect. It becomes part of this contract when both parties sign it before the changed work begins. Emergency work that cannot wait for a signature requires the parties' written approval of scope and price as soon as practicable.

Change order form or contact method: [________________________________]

5. Completion and warranty

Contractor will notify Owner when the work is ready for review. The parties will record unfinished or disputed items and target completion dates on a signed punch list. Owner's payment for completed work does not waive a claim for work identified on that list.

Express warranty, if any (scope, term, exclusions, and claim contact): [________________________________]

Manufacturer warranties and instructions to be delivered at completion: [________________________________]

This contract does not limit rights or remedies that Colorado law makes nonwaivable.

6. Insurance, damage, and disputes

Contractor's insurance carrier and policy information supplied to Owner: [________________________________]

Each party will promptly report property damage or injury arising during the work. Contractor will correct work that does not conform to this contract at its cost, subject to the parties' written resolution of any disputed cause or scope.

Before filing a contract claim, the complaining party will give the other a written description of the dispute and a reasonable chance to discuss a resolution. This provision does not extend or shorten any statutory deadline or replace a notice required by law.

Governing law: Colorado. Agreed method and location for notices: [MAIL / HAND DELIVERY / EMAIL; ADDRESS].

7. Entire agreement and signatures

This contract and its signed exhibits and change orders state the parties' agreement. An amendment requires both parties' signatures. If a term conflicts with nonwaivable law, the remaining terms continue to apply to the extent permitted.

Owner signature: ____________________ Date: [__/__/____]

Owner printed name: [________________________________]

Contractor signature: ____________________ Date: [__/__/____]

Contractor signer's name and title: [________________________________]

Signed copy delivered to Owner on: [__/__/____] By: [METHOD]

Official source

• Colorado Revised Statutes § 38-22-101(3), 2026 Title 38