AI receptionist for builders: Janine answers, books and texts, 24 hours a day
Ring Janine is an AI receptionist built for UK builders. She answers your business phone in two rings, every hour of the day, takes the postcode, address and name, books into the slots you have made available, and texts both the caller and you. £79 a month including 300 minutes. You keep your number. Below is a real transcript of Janine taking a builder call.
Say “builder” when she asks which business to be
What Janine does for a builder
- New project enquiry. loft conversion, rear or side extension, garage conversion, full refurb, structural work. this is a high-value, slow-decision call: your job is to book the free site visit, not to sell or price.
- Existing job. a current customer ringing about their build: name and address, what they need, pass to the site manager as a message; urgent safety issue on site (scaffold, gas, water) → owner alert.
What she never does
- Never give a ballpark price for a loft or extension even when pushed ("it depends on the survey").
A real call: Janine as “Hartley Build & Loft”
From our script test suite, September 2026. The caller’s lines were played by a scripted tester; every line from Janine is exactly what she generated. Outcome: she booked the job. Quality score 5 of 5 from the same grader that scores every live call.
Prices Janine quotes on the demo line
These are the demo business’s prices. Yours replace them at setup, and Janine only ever quotes what is on your list.
| payment | staged payments as work completes, 10% deposit on signing, never large sums up front |
| drawings | we can arrange an architect, from around a fixed fee quoted after the visit |
| site visit and quote | free, about an hour |
| small structural jobs (knock-through, RSJ) | quoted after a visit |
Hours on the demo: Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm, site visits also Saturday mornings.
Questions builders ask before signing up
How much does an AI receptionist cost for builders?
£79 a month including 300 call minutes, then 15p a minute. Setup is £149, waived for the first five founder customers. There is no contract and no per-seat pricing; one price covers every call to your number.
Do builders have to change their phone number to use Ring Janine?
No. You keep your number and divert it to Janine only when you don't answer, using one dial code that works on every UK network. Callers ring the number on your van, your website and Google, and Janine picks up on ring five if you can't.
What does Janine actually say when someone rings a builder?
She answers as your business by name, finds out what the caller needs, takes the postcode, address and name, offers a slot from your real availability, reads the details back and texts the confirmation. The transcript on this page is a genuine call.
Does Janine quote prices for builders?
Only the prices you give her. She never invents a figure: if something is not on your price list she says the office will confirm and takes a message. Call-out and fixed prices are quoted with what they cover, so a caller never hears a number on its own.
How does Janine handle emergencies for builders?
Urgent jobs get the nearest slot today. If nobody is free she says so plainly, puts the caller through to your mobile, and if you can't pick up she takes the details and texts you straight away.
Can I hear Janine before I sign up?
Yes. Ring the demo line on 07360 266999, say "builder" when she asks which business to be, and have a normal conversation. Nothing is stored except the demo transcript.
Try her as a builder, right now
Ring 07360 266999, say “builder”, and give her a job. What you hear is what your callers would hear. Then get started: £79 a month, no contract, live within a day.