Construction & maintenance
AI receptionist & agentic automation for painters
Enquiries arrive in waves: one good week and everyone wants their house painted. The agent qualifies all of them and books site visits into the weeks you still have free.
Sound familiar?
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You are up a ladder or holding a roller — answering is not an option.
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Enquiries arrive in peaks, and those are exactly the weeks you are least reachable.
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Every enquiry needs the same ten questions: inside or out, area, rot, colours, scaffolding.
What the agent does
From missed call to booked job
Answer and establish urgency
The agent answers 24/7 and qualifies the job the way you would: interior or exterior, number of windows and doors, condition of the woodwork, height, colour preference and preferred timing.
Appointment in your calendar
The site visit goes straight into your calendar at a time you are free, with address and expected duration — not a callback request, an appointment.
Summary on WhatsApp
You get a WhatsApp summary with every detail plus the photos the customer sent during the call.
Every caller recorded
Every enquiry becomes a lead with the preferred timing attached. Someone who calls in spring but wants work in autumn lands automatically on your quiet-months list.
Answers from your knowledge base
Questions about your method, paint systems, warranty, whether you repair rot and whether you work from scaffolding are answered from your own knowledge base.
Advantages
Your quiet months fill themselves
Because the agent always asks about preferred timing, you build a list of customers who actually want November. That is the most expensive list to keep by hand.
Site visits instead of callback requests
A callback request is work you still have to do. A booked visit is already in your calendar and the customer already has a confirmation.
Photos before the visit
A few photos of the woodwork tell you whether this needs a visit or a remote quote. That saves travel time.
Everything logged, including small jobs
The two-window enquiry you forget today is a day of work in January. Now it is on your list.
Drawbacks and limits
We list the drawbacks because otherwise you discover them after buying. Each one comes with how we handle it.
You do not price decorating over the phone
Square metres from a caller are an indication, not a calculation. The agent therefore books a visit rather than pretending it can quote.
Colour advice is human work
Questions about colour and materials are yours to answer. The agent notes them for the site visit instead of improvising.
Regular clients would rather reach you
For management companies and contractors you have worked with for years, an assistant feels distant. You can let known numbers transfer straight through.
Frequently asked questions
Can the agent quote a decorating job?
No, deliberately. It qualifies the job in full and books a site visit. Only if you put fixed unit prices in the knowledge base will it quote those verbatim as an indication.
Can customers send photos during the call?
Yes. The agent texts a link and the photos are attached to the enquiry, so you can see the situation before the visit.
Can it ask which season the customer wants?
Yes, that is one of the standard questions. The agent records when the customer wants the work done, so you can sort enquiries by period rather than by when they rang.
Does this work if I work alone?
Especially then. A one-person business has the widest reachability gap: by definition you are either working or on the phone, never both.
Ready to stop missing callers?
Tell us how your phone runs today and we will show you in a demo what the agent does in your situation.