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AI receptionist for general contractors and remodelers

Never lose another remodel to a missed call.

Rose answers every call, checks your calendar, and books the walkthrough on the call, so the homeowner never dials the next contractor. Live and answering in 7 days.

Real line, not a recording. Call (833) 309-3857 and hear Rose book a job in 60 seconds.

Built by Dr. William Banks · U.S. Army veteran · AI researcher who stops revenue leaks
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Incoming call · answered 0:01

CallerWe want to remodel two bathrooms. Hoping to get numbers this week.
AI RoseI can set a walkthrough so you get a real number. Thursday at 4:00 or Saturday at 9:30, which works?
CallerSaturday works.
AI RoseDone. You are on for Saturday at 9:30. I will text you the confirmation now.
✓ Walkthrough booked · calendar updated · notes logged

The phone rings while you run the job

You're mid-walkthrough. A five-figure bid call hits voicemail.

Option 1

Answer it yourself.

You are on a site with your hands full and the phone buzzing in your pocket. You catch it three calls too late.

Option 2

Send it to voicemail.

Fewer than 3 in 100 callers sent to voicemail leave a message, per Invoca's platform data. The rest dial the next contractor on the list.

Option 3

Pay an answering service.

They take a message and email you a name. That is voicemail with extra steps.

The third path

Rose books it on the call.

She answers in one ring, checks the calendar, and sets the walkthrough while the homeowner is still on the phone.

You're tiling a master bath across town. A kitchen remodel call goes to voicemail. The homeowner is already calling the next two contractors on her list, and by the time you call back the walkthrough is on someone else's calendar.

A missed call isn't a missed call. It's the whole project, gone to whoever picked up first.

Speed is the whole game. The contractor who picks up first is almost always the one who gets hired, and the edge is biggest in the first minute (Harvard Business Review). You don't need more leads. You need to stop losing the ones already ringing.

The math your competitors won't show

The numbers behind one missed call.

27%
of inbound calls to home services businesses go unanswered.
Invoca platform data
<3%
of callers pushed to voicemail leave a message. The rest move on.
Invoca platform data
24% vs 59%
call booking rate for small crews vs 25-plus-tech shops. Small shops lose the booking war.
ServiceTitan, June 2022 data
$12,143
average bathroom remodel value. One recovered call is not a service ticket. It is a project.
Angi, 2026 cost data

Every number above is published and attributed, and the sources are named right on the card. At 20 inbound calls a month, a 27 percent miss rate, Invoca's 47 percent lead share, a 30-point close-rate spread, and one average bathroom ticket, the modeled leak runs past $9,000 a month. Your line, your ticket sizes, your math: bring both to the intro call and we will run it together, with no multipliers and no payback theater.

Not a call center script

More than an AI receptionist for general contractors.

A remodeler's phone doesn't just carry homeowners. It carries subs, suppliers, inspectors, current clients, and spam, all on one number. During install we build Rose's playbook around exactly that mix, tuned with you, by your rules.

New lead

Books the walkthrough

Project type, timeline, and budget qualified in plain language, then a walkthrough set on your calendar while the caller is still on the line.

Sub or supplier

Routed or logged to the job

During install we set where crew and vendor calls go, routed to the right person or logged against the job, so a bid request never gets buried under a lumber delivery question.

Current client

Handled by your rules

Change-order questions and schedule checks answered or escalated the way you decide during install.

Spam

Screened out

Screening rules you set during install keep robocalls and solicitors out of your pocket and off your call log.

How it works

Three things happen on every call.

Step 01

She answers in one ring.

Rose picks up every call, live, in your business's voice. No queue, no hold music, no phone tree.

Step 02

She books the walkthrough on the call.

Rose checks your calendar and sets the estimate while the homeowner is still on the phone. No callback queue, no lead left waiting for Monday.

Step 03

She logs it where you work.

The booking lands on your calendar and CRM with the caller's details, the project notes, and the call recording attached. Nothing falls through.

This part of the engine is Inbound. It forwards your existing number, no porting and no downtime. ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, Jobber, and QuickBooks are supported today. Run Buildertrend or JobTread? Ask on the intro call and we will walk through exactly how your bookings land. See the guarantee.

The second engine part

Your old bids get a second life.

Every remodeler has a folder of five-figure estimates that went quiet. Revival works that folder: it re-contacts the homeowners behind your aged quotes and dormant leads, and books the ones still alive back onto your calendar. Answering the phone protects the leads you paid for this month. Revival recovers the ones you already wrote off.

Beyond text-back

Missed call text back, and the step past it.

A missed call text back service sends an automated text after the homeowner already hung up. That text lands while she is dialing the next contractor. Rose removes the miss itself: the call gets answered live, the walkthrough gets booked, and the confirmation text goes out with a time already on it.

Every booking is confirmed by text and logged with full call notes, so the paper trail a text-back tool promises comes standard here. And the leads that went quiet before you installed are not written off. Revival works those.

24/7 coverage, without the night shift

After hours is where the quarter leaks.

Homeowners plan remodels at the kitchen table, after dinner and on weekends, and they call while the decision is fresh. ServiceTitan's June 2022 data, measured across trade businesses, shows small shops' booking rate falls from 26 percent at peak hours to 9 percent after 6 p.m. That evening collapse lands on exactly the calls that matter most.

Rose answers at 9 p.m. on a Saturday the same way she answers at 9 a.m. on a Tuesday: live, in your business's voice. The walkthrough is booked before the caller hangs up. No answering service handoff, no morning callback pile, no night shift to hire.

The guarantee

The risk is on us.

You have been burned by a service that promised the world and emailed you a name. So we put it in writing.

Call the live line

Every call she handles is answered and logged, or the month is free.

An eligible call is a real inbound voice call; spam and wrong numbers excluded. Conditional on completing Rose's knowledge-base setup. Remedy capped at that month.

Live and answering in 7 days, or onboarding is free.

From the day your knowledge-base setup is complete to the day Rose is taking live calls on your number.

Month to month. You keep your existing number.

If you leave, we turn off forwarding at no charge and your number works exactly as before.

We will not show you a wall of five-star reviews you can't check. Call the line and hear her for yourself.

Hear Rose book a job, live

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Dr. William Banks · Founder

Who built this

Talkeeper wasn't built by a call-center company. It was built by Dr. William Banks, an AI researcher and process-improvement specialist who has spent his career finding the money businesses leak without knowing it. He is a U.S. Army veteran who led 250 soldiers and ran a $90 million operation. He pointed all of it at the simplest leak there is: the project you lose when a homeowner's call goes to voicemail.

Doctor of Management, Technology Management · MS Data Science, Northwestern · Lean Six Sigma Black Belt · PMP · U.S. Army veteran.

Straight answers

Questions a skeptic asks.

Is this just an answering service for general contractors?
No. An answering service for general contractors takes a message and emails you a name. Rose books the walkthrough on the call, then logs it to your calendar and CRM with full notes.
Will it sound like a robot to my customers?
Call (833) 309-3857 and judge for yourself. That is the whole point of a live line.
Can it tell a new lead from a subcontractor or supplier call?
Yes. During install we build Rose's playbook around your line, so new leads get qualified and booked. You set the rules for subs and suppliers, routed or logged against the job. Spam screening is part of the same setup.
What happens after hours and on weekends?
Rose answers around the clock. Standard inquiries get booked by your calendar rules. Which calls escalate straight to you is set with you during install, by your rules.
What does an AI receptionist for general contractors cost?
It depends on your call volume and which engine parts you turn on. Book an intro call and we price it to your shop. No price games on the page.
How fast can I be live?
Seven days from finishing your setup, or onboarding is free. The clock starts the day your knowledge-base setup is complete.
Do I keep my existing number?
Yes. Rose answers through forwarding on your existing number. If you leave, forwarding turns off and your number works exactly as before.
How is this different from a missed call text back service?
Text-back tools send an automated text after the call is already lost. Rose answers the call itself, live, and books the walkthrough before the homeowner dials anyone else. Text follow-up is part of the engine, not the whole of it.
Does it work with Buildertrend or JobTread?
ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, Jobber, and QuickBooks are supported today, and every booking lands on your calendar with full call notes either way. If you run Buildertrend or JobTread, ask on the intro call and we will walk through exactly how your bookings and notes land in your setup.
What if a caller has an emergency on an active job?
We set escalation rules with you during install. Calls that match the urgent phrases you choose go straight to you or your site lead. Rose books the standard inquiries. You keep the urgent ones.
Does this replace my office manager?
No. It covers the calls she physically can't: the ones that arrive while she is holding another line, at lunch, after 5, and on weekends. If nobody runs your office today, Rose is the front desk you haven't hired.
Where does Talkeeper operate?
Anywhere in the United States. Install is fully remote, run over screen share with your calendar and number forwarding, so there is no truck to wait on. The intro call is where we confirm fit for your market.
Who is behind Talkeeper?
Dr. William Banks, an AI researcher, process-improvement specialist, and U.S. Army veteran. Read his track record.

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