Updated September 2026
An AI receptionist for general contractors and home builders.
Serious project leads booked for a site visit, and the tire kickers sorted out before you drive.
Rachel O.
Wed, Mar 18, 12:16 PM · 4:12
Kitchen and half bath remodel, budget around $60,000, ready this spring. Site visit booked.
(303) 555 0184
Tue, Mar 17, 7:44 PM · 2:26
Asked your range for a 400 square foot addition. Quoted per square foot, wants to think.
Dave K.
Tue, Mar 17, 6:58 PM · 1:08
Framing sub on the Cedar Lane job. Rain coming in through the open roof. Sent to your super.
Nina W.
Mon, Mar 16, 9:20 AM · 1:52
Architect with drawings for a new build. Wants a call back to set a bid walk.
What it does for general contractors and home builders
An AI receptionist for general contractors answers every call, text and DM while you are on the job site. It sorts a serious lead from a tire kicker, captures the scope and budget and books the site visit on your calendar. It gives a price range from your numbers when you have one, flags jobs outside your area and works the follow-up so estimates do not go cold.
- 7secondsMedian first reply to a new text, DM or form lead.
- 62%Of leads first reach out after hours or on a weekend.
- 141Appointments the AI booked, the typical one 13 minutes after the lead's first message.
Our figures as of September 29, 2026. Measured on 858 real leads across 8 client businesses (home services, real estate, business funding, and credit repair) from June to September 2026. Test contacts excluded.
Hear it handle a call like yours
The kind of call general contractors and home builders get at the worst possible time, answered and booked while you work. Then try it yourself.
- AI: Keystone Build Group, thanks for calling. What's the project?
- Customer: We want to finish our basement. A bedroom, a bathroom and a family room.
- AI: Nice. About how many square feet, and is there plumbing down there already?
- Customer: Around 900 square feet. There's a rough-in for a bathroom.
- AI: That helps. Basement finishes like that usually run $45 to $75 a square foot with us, depending on finishes. Is that in the range you were planning?
- Customer: We figured around $50,000. We'd like to start this summer.
- AI: That works. The next step is a free site visit so the owner can measure and price it for real. I have Tuesday at 5 PM or Thursday at 4 PM.
- Customer: Thursday works.
- AI: You're booked Thursday at 4 PM. I've sent the owner the square footage, your budget and the summer start.
How it sorts a contractor call
Plenty of the calls to a general contractor are not new jobs at all. The AI separates a live job site problem from a new lead and qualifies the leads before they reach your calendar.
Urgent
Straight to you or the soonest slot
Job site emergencies
Water getting into an open build, a safety issue or a sub stuck on site. It gets the address and the details and reaches your super or you right away.
Active clients with a problem
A current client with a leak, a failed inspection or a crew that did not show gets routed to you, never booked as a new estimate.
Routine
Quoted and booked on your calendar
New project leads
It asks the scope, the square footage, the budget and the timeline, gives your price range if you set one and books the site visit.
Out-of-area and out-of-scope calls
Jobs outside your area, below your minimum or outside the work you do get a polite answer without taking a slot.
Architects, bids and vendors
Bid invitations get the drawings and the due date captured for you. Sales calls get screened.
Calls it handles
A kitchen remodel lead at lunch
The AI asks what they want done, the square footage and a rough budget. Then it books a site visit and texts you the scope before you finish lunch.
A homeowner shopping three bids
The AI captures the scope and timeline and gives the price range you set for that kind of work. It gets them on your schedule so yours is the bid they remember.
Water in a half-framed addition
A storm hits an open build and the homeowner panics at 7pm. The AI gets the address and photos by text, then reaches your superintendent while the caller stays on the line.
What one missed call costs
A typical bathroom remodel runs $6,651 to $17,657.
Source: HomeAdvisor, updated June 17, 2026.
- Our starting plan
- $497 a month
- One bathroom remodel, low end
- $6,651
- Booked jobs that cover it
- 1a month
A break-even line at the low end of the range. Not a forecast.
Run your own numbers in the Missed Revenue CalculatorBooked by your rules
It only offers real openings inside the hours you set, never a day you blocked. Spam and out-of-area leads never land on your calendar.
Text from your AInow
New booking: Rachel O. Kitchen and half bath remodel, budget around $60,000, ready this spring. Site visit booked.
- Our CRMThe customer, the job and the whole conversation.
- Its calendarOn a real opening inside the hours you set.
- Your dashboardWith the call recording and a one-line summary.
- A text to your phoneThe moment it books, with the details.
After the call it keeps working
Follow-up written for every lead
A lead goes quiet? It follows up for weeks until they book or say no. Every follow-up is written for that one lead.
One memory across every channel
They text at lunch, DM at nine and call the next day. It already knows the job.
More reviews and fewer bad ones
Mark a job done and the AI asks how it went. Happy customers get your Google review link. Unhappy ones come to you first.
Rachel O.
Completed · kitchen and bath remodel
Review Keystone Build Group on Google
g.page/r/keystone-build-group/review
How it compares
Three ways owners cover the phone today, and what each one leaves on the table.
An answering service
- Billed by the minute or by the call
- A person takes a message for you
- Booking, follow-up and chat often cost extra
An in-house receptionist
- A salary, plus payroll taxes and time off
- One call at a time, during business hours
- Texts and DMs wait until there's a minute
A DIY AI tool
- You set it up and write its script
- Minutes metered, texting and follow-up often add-ons
- Nobody tunes it to your trade
TheContentLabs.AI: a flat plan from $497 a month, phone usage at cost. Every call, text and DM answered, booked by your rules and followed up. We build it and run it.
Common questions
Can it give a price on a remodel or new build?
It gives a price range, not a firm bid. You set ranges for the work you do, like a price per square foot for a remodel or a starting number for an addition. The AI shares that range, explains the real number comes after a site visit and books the visit so you can scope it in person.
Will it waste my time with leads outside my area or my trade?
No. It asks for the address and the type of work up front. If the job is outside your service area or what you build, or the budget is nowhere near realistic, it says so politely and keeps the site visit off your calendar. You only walk jobs worth driving to.
What happens when a sub or a job site calls after hours?
It tells a homeowner shopping a remodel from a real site problem. Routine questions get answered or scheduled for the morning. A safety issue, water intrusion or a sub blocked on the job reaches your superintendent or you right away, with the address and details already captured.
More trades we build for
Same system, set up for how each trade quotes and books.
- Home RemodelingA kitchen lead calls while you are on a job site
- RoofersA leak after last night's storm
- Concrete ContractorsA cracking slab the morning after a pour
- Fence InstallersA storm takes down 80 feet overnight
- Deck BuildersA spring estimate request at 7am
- Siding ContractorsStorm tore siding off overnight
- Masonry ContractorsA chimney leaning after a storm
- Foundation RepairA wall bowing after heavy rain
- Gutter CompaniesOverflowing gutters after a storm
- Solar InstallersA homeowner calls about a $400 power bill
- Welding and Metal FabricationA trailer with a cracked frame
- Epoxy & Garage Floor CoatingA two-car garage quote at dinnertime
See what every missed lead is costing you.
A free Missed Revenue Audit puts a dollar figure on every call, text and DM you miss or answer too slowly, including the ones your ads paid for. The numbers are yours to keep.