What is a painting contract?
A painting contractor and a property owner agree interior or exterior painting — surfaces, preparation, paint and colours, number of coats, schedule, price, deposit and touch-ups. Start from this template in FileIt eSignature: fill in the blanks, add the people who sign, and send it. Everyone signs online and the signed PDF is filed in your vault.
What you fill in
19 blanks, then the name and email of each person who signs: painting contractor, property owner.
1 The parties
- Contractor (your business)*
- Your phone or email*
- Contractor licence or registration
- Owner*
- Owner phone or email
2 The work
- Property address*
- Type of work* interior painting · exterior painting · interior and exterior painting · cabinet or furniture painting · commercial painting
- Areas and surfaces to be painted*
- Preparation included*
- Paint, finish and colours*
- Paint is supplied by* the Contractor, included in the price · the Contractor, charged at cost on top of the price · the Owner
3 Schedule
- Start date*
- Expected completion
4 Price and payment
- Currency*
- Contract price*
- Deposit
- Balance payment* on completion and final walk-through · half at the midpoint and the rest on completion · within 7 days of the final invoice
5 Other terms
- Workmanship warranty (months)
- Governing law*
6 Who signs
- Painting contractor signature and date, job title, initials on every page · The painter or painting company.
- Property owner signature and date, initials on every page · The owner, or the tenant or manager authorised to have the work done.
What the painting contract covers
- Scope of work
- Schedule and site
- Changes
- Price and payment
- Warranty
- Cancellation and ending the contract
- Liability and general
Sign it online in minutes
- Fill in the blanks. Names, dates and amounts go straight into the agreement — the preview shows exactly where.
- Name who signs. Tick “This is me” for your own part. FileIt builds the PDF with every signature, date and initials box on the right line, and you can check or move anything before sending.
- Send it. Each signer gets a secure link and signs from any device — no account needed. The signed PDF, with an audit trail and a Certificate of Completion, is filed in your vault and emailed to everyone.