Every demolition job starts with a walkthrough. Book it while you’re on the machine.
Nobody prices a teardown over the phone, so the only thing that call has to do is get the details down and get you on site. Your AI receptionist answers, takes the structure, the access, and the dates, sends a link for photos (Basic and up), and puts the estimate walkthrough on your calendar before the caller works down their list of three bids.
An AI receptionist for demolition contractors answers calls 24/7 in English and Spanish, captures the structure type and size, whether it is occupied, whether the utilities are disconnected, whether an asbestos survey has been done, and the date driving the job, sends a secure link for photos and drawings (Basic and up), and books estimate walkthroughs on your calendar. It never quotes and never gives permit or asbestos advice; those go straight to you.
What a missed call costs you.
- 01Homeowners are told to get three bids, so the contractor who answers is the one who gets on site first.
- 02You are running equipment or standing in a gut job with a respirator on, which is exactly when the estimate calls come in.
- 03A general contractor calling for a sub bid has a deadline, and a callback the next afternoon is a bid you did not submit.
What a missed call could be worth
Run your own numbers. Drag the sliders to match your shop, and the figure at the bottom updates as you go.
This is an estimate built from your own inputs, not a quote. Nobody can say a given missed call was a real customer, so read the result as a possibility, not a bill.
Many calls to small businesses go unanswered, and most callers never leave a message.
Not every missed call is a sale: some are spam, wrong numbers, or people you already serve. Your honest guess.
Phone callers are high-intent and convert better than a web form. The starting number is an illustrative default, not a benchmark. Your own close rate on the leads you actually reach.
For most service businesses, a single job runs a few hundred dollars. Count repeat work and referrals and a customer's lifetime value reaches several thousand. Use the number that fits you.
You can't know any single missed call was a real customer; some are wrong numbers or sales calls. But across a month, if even 25% of the would-be customers who reached your voicemail would have booked, that works out to about $5,063.
And the fix scales with the math: even Standard, our $399-a-month plan, runs about 8% of that estimate, roughly $55,962 a year below it.
First AI Employee's Essential plan is $99 a month. The question isn't whether every missed call is a lost job; it's whether catching them clears $99.
Start a 7-day free trial →An estimate from your own inputs, not a quote. The default customer value above is just a starting estimate; set it to your own.
Sources: Invoca's home-services call benchmarks on how often calls go unanswered (a home-services benchmark; the defaults here are illustrative and fully adjustable); CRM Magazine on voicemail behavior; Invoca's call-conversion benchmarks on how well phone leads convert.
On the call, it handles all of it.
24/7 bilingual answering
Picks up every call in English or Spanish, including evenings and weekends, and answers the next caller in parallel instead of sending them to voicemail.
Scope intake built for demo
Captures the structure type and size, what it is built of, whether anyone is still in it, whether the utilities are off, whether an asbestos survey is done, the access, and what the customer expects the lot to look like afterward.
Photo and plan links
Sends a secure upload link (Basic and up) so callers can send pictures of the structure or a contractor can send drawings. On a call the link goes by text once the caller agrees to it; in web chat it appears right in the conversation.
Walkthrough booking and live handoff
Books estimate walkthroughs against your connected calendar, pages you mid-call when something is urgent, and warm-transfers the caller to you when you set that up. Every call is recorded and transcribed with an up-front disclosure.
In your callers' own words.
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I need a price to tear down the house and the old detached garage.
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We’re gutting the kitchen and two baths before the remodel. How soon can someone look at it?
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I’ve got drawings and a bid date Thursday. Can you sub the demo?
Job Briefs & Client Intake: built in for demolition.
A photo of the job site turns a vague “what’ll it run me” into a real estimate before you ever leave the shop.
How Job Briefs & Client Intake works →Add-ons, rated for demolition.
We rate every add-on for how much it actually earns its keep in your trade: the must-haves and the ones you can skip. Honest stars, not a sales pitch.
Stop sending demolition callers to voicemail.
Your AI receptionist answers 24/7, qualifies the caller, and books the work, so more of your calls turn into customers instead of a competitor's.
Not for: healthcare or anyone handling protected health information. We are not HIPAA-compliant and don't sign BAAs.