--- title: "AI receptionist for contractors and home improvement" description: "An AI voice agent built on Speko that answers calls for a contractor, scopes the job, flags electrical hazards, and books the visit." canonical: "https://speko.ai/solutions/contractor-receptionist" last-updated: "2026-11-11" --- > ## Speko page index > The complete index of every page on this site is at: https://speko.ai/llms.txt > Read it before exploring further. It lists the exact Markdown URL for every canonical HTML page. # AI receptionist for contractors and home improvement Use cases Answer every project call and book the visit or estimate. Press the sphere to call [Build your own](https://platform.speko.ai/sign-in) Birchwood Builders 1. Front office Birchwood Builders, front office. What project can we help with? 2. You I need a few outlets fixed and a door rehung. Try saying “I need a few outlets fixed and a door rehung.” “Can you give me a quote to redo my kitchen floor?” ## Where calls cost you jobs - Each call can be for a different trade. - You are on a ladder when a new project calls. - Small jobs and large projects need different next steps. ## What changes with the agent on the phone **Speed** Each trade gets its own questions in one call. **Revenue** The agent books visits and estimates on the first call. **Staff time** You stay on the job while the agent does the intake. ## What the agent does Pick a step to see it in the call, or play the call. It is written for this page and is not a recording. Example call, written for this page Birchwood Builders Birchwood Builders, front office. What project can we help with? Caller A couple of outlets stopped working, and one feels warm. Birchwood Builders A warm outlet needs a look soon. If it's safe, switch that circuit off at the breaker. Any smoke or burning smell? Caller No smoke. I'll turn it off. Birchwood Builders Thanks. An electrician can come tomorrow between 8 and 10. Does that work? Caller Yes. Birchwood Builders Booked for 8 to 10 tomorrow. What's the address and a good number? ## Put the system in place 1. ### 1Answer every call Point your number at the agent, or bring it over SIP. It answers whenever the number rings. [Phone number setup](https://docs.speko.ai/guides/phone-agents) 2. ### 2Qualify and book on the call A workflow asks your questions and books from your calendar while the caller is still on the line. [See the workflow builder](https://speko.ai/voice-agent-workflow-builder) 3. ### 3Hand off what needs a person Urgent calls transfer to your team, at the moments you choose in the workflow. 4. ### 4Follow up the rest Callers who did not book go on a call list for an outbound follow-up call, or get a text from the same number. [SMS setup](https://docs.speko.ai/sms/registration#fees) 5. ### 5Measure and improve Speko scores every call. Test each change against simulated callers before it goes live. [See monitoring](https://speko.ai/voice-agent-monitoring) [Get started free](https://platform.speko.ai/sign-in) [Book a demo](https://speko.ai/book) $10 in credit on signup ## What missed calls are worth The agent costs $0.09 per minute. A 3 minute inbound call on a Speko number is from $0.30. Example values. Set your own to see what missed calls are worth. Of those, how many would book Minutes per call **Jobs booked from missed calls** 15 **Revenue those jobs bring** $4,500 **Agent cost, 180 min at $0.09 plus carriage** from $18.00 **Revenue for each $1 of agent cost** $250 [Start answering every call](https://platform.speko.ai/sign-in) $10 in credit on signup **Cost details** - $0.09 per minute on Speko infrastructure, across speech-to-text, the language model and text-to-speech. - Phone calls on Speko numbers add the carrier's charge for the call, including its taxes and fees, plus 20%, at least $0.01 per minute inbound and $0.015 per minute outbound. US calls usually cost the minimum; some international routes cost more. Calls over your own SIP trunk add nothing. - A Speko phone number costs $1 setup and $2 a month for most numbers, paid from your credits. A number the carrier prices higher sells at the carrier's setup price. - Calls bill from answer to hang-up. Ringing, unanswered calls, and calls where the agent never speaks or that fail on our side cost nothing, refunded automatically. [See the full pricing](https://speko.ai/pricing) ## Questions **Can one agent handle several trades?** Yes. The workflow branches on the kind of job, so each trade gets its own questions and next step. **Can it pass a call to me?** The agent can transfer the call to a person. A blind transfer hands the call over at once. A warm transfer lets the agent speak to the person first. You decide in the workflow when each one happens. **Can I keep my business number?** Yes. Bring your own number over a SIP trunk, or buy a Speko number in the console. Calls over your own SIP trunk add no telephony charge from Speko. **What does a receptionist agent cost?** A call costs $0.09 per minute on Speko infrastructure across speech-to-text, the language model and text-to-speech. A Speko phone number adds the carrier's charge plus 20%, at least $0.01 per minute inbound. 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