During a Los Angeles bathroom remodel, the owner asks to add a heated floor that changes both price and scope. What should the contractor do before installing it?
Correct Answer
B) Get a written change order signed by the customer and contractor before the change.
A CA home improvement contract price or scope change must be made by a written change order signed by the customer and contractor before the change becomes part of the contract.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
A CA home improvement contract price or scope change must be made by a written change order signed by the customer and contractor before the change becomes part of the contract.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Price the heated floor in a work order and ask for signatures after installation.
Price the heated floor in a work order and ask for signatures after installation. skips the written authority, scope, price, notice, or release control needed for project contracts.
Option C: Record the request in a daily log and treat the log as the contract amendment.
Record the request in a daily log and treat the log as the contract amendment. skips the written authority, scope, price, notice, or release control needed for project contracts.
Option D: Add the heated-floor charge to the final invoice as a field extra.
Add the heated-floor charge to the final invoice as a field extra. skips the written authority, scope, price, notice, or release control needed for project contracts.
Memory Technique
Project Contracts square for Managing Owner-Requested: scope, authority, price, paper.
Reference Hint
Study anchor (closed-book): memorize Project contracts from CSLB 2026 Law Book; CSLB Home Improvement Contracts / Business and Professions Code Section 7159; know the rule or calculation trigger without relying on exam-room lookup.
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