AI receptionist for pest control companies: Janine answers, books and texts, 24 hours a day
Ring Janine is an AI receptionist built for UK pest control companies. She answers your business phone in two rings, every hour of the day, asks the safety question first when it is urgent, 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 pest control companie call.
Say “pest control” when she asks which business to be
What Janine does for a pest controller
- Emergency. wasp or hornet nest with an allergy in the house, rats inside a home with a baby, bedbugs in a hotel or rental with guests due. safety first: "keep everyone, and pets, out of that room until we arrive; don't try to treat it yourself." Then postcode, name, next emergency slot your
- Book a treatment. what pest, where (inside or outside, which rooms), how many or how long, children, pets or anyone with allergies, property type, postcode, name, slot.
Safety first
Before anything else on an urgent call, Janine says the safety line for your trade:
- “keep everyone, and pets, out of that room until we arrive; don't try to treat it yourself.”
What she never does
- Never say what the pest is from a description, never say a treatment will definitely work, never a price not your price list.
A real call: Janine as “Sentinel Pest Control”
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.
| domestic survey | £60, deducted from treatment |
| domestic wasp nest | £75, second nest same visit £30 |
| domestic rat mouse course | £165 for three visits |
| commercial survey | free |
| commercial contract | quoted after the survey with EHO reporting |
Hours on the demo: Monday to Saturday 8am to 6pm.
Questions pest control companies ask before signing up
How much does an AI receptionist cost for pest control companies?
£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 pest control companies 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 pest controller?
She answers as your business by name, finds out what the caller needs, asks the safety question first if it is urgent, 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 pest control companies?
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 pest control companies?
keep everyone, and pets, out of that room until we arrive; don't try to treat it yourself.
Can I hear Janine before I sign up?
Yes. Ring the demo line on 07360 266999, say "pest control" when she asks which business to be, and have a normal conversation. Nothing is stored except the demo transcript.
Try her as a pest controller, right now
Ring 07360 266999, say “pest control”, 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.