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AI for Home Services & Trades

AI for trades answers the calls you can't take while you're under a sink or up a ladder. It picks up in your business name, takes the job details, tells an emergency from a routine job, books site visits into your calendar and texts you the lot. You keep your own number. You stop losing jobs to whoever answers next.

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Who is it for?

  • Plumbers
  • Electricians
  • Builders and carpenters
  • HVAC and heating engineers
  • Roofers
  • Cleaners
  • Landscapers

For most local, owner-run trades businesses, the person answering the phone is the person doing the work. The phone is the sales team.

Where do tradespeople lose time and money?

Tradespeople lose jobs every time a call goes unanswered on site. Callers rarely leave voicemails. They ring the next number on the list. Then the evenings go on returning calls, writing up jobs and chasing quotes, and repeat work like the annual boiler service is never prompted because nobody has time to remember who's due.

  1. Missed calls on the job

    You can't answer from under a floorboard, and the caller won't wait.

  2. After-hours emergencies

    A burst pipe at 10pm goes to whoever answers at 10pm.

  3. Admin in the evenings

    Returning calls, writing up jobs and sending quotes after a full day's work.

  4. Quotes nobody follows up

    Estimates go out and the customer goes quiet. Nobody asks why.

  5. One-off customers

    Annual services and repeat work never get prompted, so a customer you served well books someone else next year.

Systems for home services

How can an AI voice agent help tradespeople?

An AI voice agent answers the calls you can't take. If you don't pick up within the number of seconds you choose, the call forwards to your agent, which answers in your business name and takes the name, number, postcode, what the job is and how urgent it is. Then it messages you on Telegram, WhatsApp or SMS.

AI voice agents
Every call answered in your name
  • "Never miss a job" answering. Every caller is answered in your name instead of ringing out, and you call back between jobs with the details in front of you.
  • Emergency call-out line. Out of hours, it sorts emergencies (burst pipe, no heating, power out, leaking roof) from routine jobs (dripping tap, a quote for a new kitchen). Emergencies alert you or your on-call engineer at once. Routine jobs wait for the morning, fully written up.
  • Site visit and job booking. Books quote visits, surveys and job slots around your working hours and travel areas.
  • Job status and rescheduling. Handles "when are you arriving?" and "can we move it to Thursday?" and logs changes for you to confirm.
  • Quote follow-up and service reminders. Calls a few days after an estimate, and when a customer's annual service is due.

How can AI automations help tradespeople?

AI automations text back every missed call within seconds, so the caller waits for you instead of ringing the next number. They also chase quotes until customers decide, remind customers before jobs and when their annual service is due, and ask every customer for a Google review, all in your business name.

AI automations
One-off customers become regulars
  • Missed-call text-back. A basic text with a booking link, or an AI SMS conversation that answers the caller's questions and books the job in the chat. Built on GoHighLevel.
  • Quote follow-ups. Friendly follow-ups by text or email that stop the moment the customer books. If someone replies or clicks, you're alerted.
  • Job and visit reminders. A confirmation, then a reminder with an easy way to rearrange. Fewer wasted trips to an empty house.
  • Annual service reminders. Boiler services, gas safety checks and gutter cleans, each with a link to book.
  • Review requests. Every customer is asked, whatever their experience, as Google's review policy requires. Low scores alert you privately.

Which jobs can AI take on for tradespeople?

AI can take on the office work a trades business does around the actual job: answering the phone, triaging enquiries, booking site visits and estimates, chasing quotes, sending service reminders and asking for reviews. Each job below links to the use case it's built on.

What you call it · What the AI does · Use case
What you call itWhat the AI doesUse case
Answering service, "never miss a job"Answers or texts back every call you missMissed-call capture
Job triageAsks what the problem is, where and how urgentLead qualification
Site visit, estimate bookingBooks into your calendar around your hours and areasAppointment setting
Office lineAnswers, captures and routes every callAI receptionist
"When's the engineer arriving?"Answers job status calls and logs changesCustomer support
Quote chasingFollows up until the customer decidesLead nurture
"Your boiler service is due"Reminds customers when repeat work is dueRetention
Google reviewsAsks every customer for a review after the jobRetention

How would we build it for you?

We haven't published a trades case study yet. Here's exactly how a build works, because the set-up is what makes it fit your day.

  1. 01

    Your agent gets its own number

    We give the agent a phone number of its own. Customers never see it.
  2. 02

    We set call forwarding on your line

    You choose the mode: forward after a set number of seconds unanswered, forward when you're busy, or forward all calls after hours. Customers keep dialling the number they already have.
  3. 03

    Pick voice, text-back or both

    The voice agent answers and takes the job. Text-back sends an instant text instead, either a basic message with a booking link or an AI SMS conversation that books the job. The two can run side by side.
  4. 04

    You get every enquiry as a message

    Alerts land on Telegram, WhatsApp or SMS, plus a simple log of every call. Telegram is quickest to set up; WhatsApp needs a verified Meta business account, which takes longer.

Good to know: forwarding uses your carrier's standard settings, and we test it on your line before going live. In the UK and US it's straightforward. Some regions restrict call forwarding or new business numbers, so we check what's possible on the discovery call.

Trades terms, explained

Term · Meaning
TermMeaning
Call-outA visit to a customer's property to diagnose or fix a problem, often urgent
Site visit, surveyA visit to measure up or assess a job before quoting
Estimate, quoteThe price you give for a job, usually after a site visit
Job management softwareThe system you use to schedule jobs, send quotes and invoice
Annual serviceA yearly check, such as a boiler service, that customers need to book again
Gas safety checkA yearly safety inspection of gas appliances, required for landlords in the UK
Conditional call forwardingForwarding calls only when they're unanswered, the line is busy or it's out of hours

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What happens to calls I miss while I'm on a job?

If you don't answer within the number of seconds you set, the call forwards to your AI voice agent. It answers in your business name, takes the caller's name, number, postcode, what the job is and how soon they need someone, and messages you the details on Telegram, WhatsApp or SMS. If you'd rather text callers back, that works too. See missed-call capture.

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