AI receptionist · Sydney trades
An AI receptionist for Sydney tradies
You cannot answer the phone with your hands inside a wall cavity. So the call rings out, the caller does not leave a message, and thirty seconds later they are talking to the next tradie on their list.
Durbacti builds a 24/7 AI phone receptionist that picks up while you are on the tools, takes the job details properly, and books the quote into your calendar. You get the work without stopping the work.
The problem is not that you miss calls. It is when you miss them
A missed call in an office is an inconvenience. A missed call in a trade is a lost job, because the person ringing you has a burst pipe or a dead switchboard and they are working down a list until someone answers. They are not waiting for a call back.
The times you cannot answer are the times people ring most: mid-morning when you are on a roof, mid-afternoon when you are under a house, and after five when they finally get home and see the problem. Voicemail does not solve this. Most people hang up on it rather than leave a message, and the ones who do leave one have usually rung someone else first.
Hiring someone to answer the phone does not fit either. The call volume does not justify a full-time person, an answering service reads from a script and cannot tell an emergency from a quote request, and either way nothing is happening at nine at night.
What changes
Today: You are on a job. The phone rings out, and there is no message.
With Durbacti: The call is answered on the second ring, and you get the job details as a message before you are back in the ute.
Today: A caller with a burst pipe gets voicemail and rings the next plumber.
With Durbacti: Urgent jobs are recognised and put straight through to your mobile. Everything else is captured and can wait.
Today: You spend the evening returning calls, half of which have already booked someone else.
With Durbacti: Quotes are booked into your calendar during the day, so the evening is yours.
Today: Saturday and Sunday enquiries sit unanswered until Monday.
With Durbacti: Weekend callers are answered, qualified and booked for the week ahead.
What we build for trades and home services
24/7 AI phone receptionist
Answers every call in a natural voice, captures the job, the address and the urgency, and transfers real emergencies straight to you.
How it worksJob and quote scheduling
Books site visits around where you already are and what you are already doing, then sends the reminders that stop no-shows.
How it worksLead generation
Brings a steady flow of quote requests from local businesses and property managers in your service area.
How it worksApps for field crews
Gives the crew a mobile tool for jobs, checklists, photos and reporting that syncs back to the office as it happens.
How it worksAI receptionist for tradies: common questions
Will it know the difference between an emergency and a quote?
Yes. We set the rules with you, for example burst pipes or no power going straight through to your mobile, and everything else captured as a message and a booking.
Can it quote a price over the phone?
No, and it should not. It gathers what the job involves, the address and the access, so you can quote accurately instead of guessing from a voicemail.
Will customers know it is not a person?
It sounds natural and introduces itself as your virtual receptionist. Most callers simply get their questions answered and their job booked without giving it a thought.
Do I have to change my phone number?
In most cases no. We connect the receptionist to your existing number or set up call forwarding, so customers keep ringing the number already on your van.
What if I only need it after hours and on weekends?
That works. Plenty of trades run it only outside working hours, or route it to answer only when you do not pick up within a few rings.
How long before it is running?
A focused setup for a trade business is often live within one to three weeks, depending on how many job types it needs to handle and what it connects to.
See what this would look like for your business
A free 30 minute call. We work through how your calls and bookings run now, where they are slipping, and what an AI receptionist would actually change. You leave with a plan either way.
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