Iris
Receptionist
Answers every call on the first ring, books the job, and flags the real emergency. Day or night.
The job-site phone, answered while you're on the tools.
An AI receptionist and a full front office for your contracting business. Iris answers every call while you're on the tools, Diego builds estimates from your rates, and Dorian chases every open quote until it's a yes or a no.
- Picks up
- First ring
- Estimates
- From your rates
- Follow-up
- 24h · 72h · 7d
- Wins back
- Past customers
The short answer · “ai receptionist for contractors”
What does an AI receptionist for contractors do?
An AI receptionist for contractors answers your phone when you can't: on a roof, under a house, running a crew. Iris picks up on the first ring, day or night, finds out what the caller needs, and books the job straight onto your calendar. A homeowner comparing three contractors usually hires the one who answered, and with Iris on the line, that's you.
At Whitmore, the receptionist comes with a crew. Diego builds estimates from the rates you save, labor, materials, and permits itemized, so the quote goes out the same day instead of after dinner. Dorian follows up on every open quote at 24 hours, 72 hours, and 7 days, and reaches out to past customers when the season turns. Whitmore sends one recap at the end of the day.
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You keep the tools you already run. If your jobs live in Jobber, Housecall Pro, or Buildertrend, they stay there; Whitmore works the front of the business, answering, booking, quoting, and following up, and hands you the summary. Setup takes minutes: forward your number, teach the room your trade, and the calendar starts filling.
Meet your crew
Five specialists, one flat rate. They work together in a single chat and plug into the tools you already run.
Diego
Estimator
Builds estimates from your real rates: labor, materials, permit, itemized and defensible.
Dorian
Sales Rep
Chases every open quote until it's a yes or a no, and wins back past customers when the season turns.
Eleanor
Executive Assistant
Works web-form and inbox leads, books appointments, and keeps the calendar clean.
Whitmore
COO
Runs the room and sends one end-of-day recap. Ask him anything about the day.
The demonstration
A week on the calendar, booked without you.
An illustration of the week filling itself: a call Iris answered from the job site, a website chat she picked up at night, a DM she caught. Each entry carries its source, so you know where the work came from.
Week of April 6
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Demonstration data. On your calendar, the names are your customers'.
The math
Every missed call is a job walking to the next name on the list.
You're under a house; the phone rings twice and stops. Here's what that's costing, in your numbers.
- of home-services calls go unanswered
- 0%
- of home-services calls go unanswered
- of missed callers never call back
- 0%
- of missed callers never call back
- won't bother to leave a voicemail
- 0%
- won't bother to leave a voicemail
Industry research: Signpost · VoiceCharm · Aira
Your shop · your numbers
Walking out the door
$0/ month
That’s $82,560 a year, assuming you’d close just 40% of the calls you’re missing.
Iris picks up on the first ringHear her answer
How does it start?
Live in minutes, not a quarter.
- 01
Point your number at her
Keep the number your customers know. Forward always, after-hours only, or only when you miss it. Your call.
- 02
Teach the room your trade
Your rates, your service area, the questions every caller asks, and the customers you've already served. It learns once and keeps it on file.
- 03
Watch the calendar fill
Calls become bookings, estimates go out the same day, last season's customers get asked back, and the recap lands by five.
A day on the tools
You're on the job. The room runs the office.
One text at the end of the day. Everything that came in is handled, and the customers worth winning back are getting asked.
The room· Brief in progressLive
- OwnerOn a job till 4. Anything I need?
Iris · ReceptionistFour calls. Two booked, Tuesday 9 and Thursday 2, confirmations sent. One was a water-heater quote; I took the details.
Diego · EstimatorDraft's ready on the Jenkins repipe: labor, materials, permit. Two open questions before it leaves draft.
Dorian · Sales RepThe Alvarez estimate's been quiet six days. I'll nudge it tonight, in your voice.
- OwnerGood. It's nearly deck season too.
- Dorian · Sales Rep
Already drafted. I can reach last spring's staining customers with a personal note from your inbox, a few a day so it never looks like a blast. Say the word and it goes.
Eleanor · Executive AssistantTomorrow's first job moved to 8:30 at their ask. Calendar's clean.
- Whitmore · COO
Nothing's on fire. Full recap's in your inbox.
A contractor's best sales hour is the one he spends on the tools. Our job is to make sure the office doesn't cost him it.
Reference · typed and signed
To the owner reading this on a tailgate,
I run the room here, so let me be plain. Iris answers your line while you build. Diego prices the work from your rates and never lowballs your labor. Dorian asks for the job again when you'd have let it go quiet.
None of them takes a lunch, and the recap lands before you're off the site. I'd put this crew up against any front office in town.
Whitmore
COO · The Whitmore Agency
The honest comparison
How does it compare to an answering service?
An answering service takes a message. A contracting business needs the job booked, the quote out, and the follow-up sent.
| Capability | Whitmore | A traditional answering service |
|---|---|---|
| Answers 24/7, including from the job site | First ring, day or night | ~Coverage hours vary by plan |
| Books the job onto your calendar | Real openings, held on the spot | ×Takes a message for you to return |
| Builds estimates from your rates | Diego drafts, you approve | × |
| Chases open quotes until they answer | 24h, 72h, and 7-day follow-up | × |
| Knows your trade and service area | Learns your business from day one | ~Reads from a script you maintain |
| What it costs | Plans from $49 a month | ~Commonly billed per call or per minute |
Comparison reflects typical answering-service offerings. Specific providers vary.
Before you hand over the phone
Yes. Iris answers with a natural voice, handles interruptions, spells names back, and never rushes a caller. Most don't ask; the ones who do get a straight answer.
She knows the difference between a burst pipe at 10 PM and a running toilet. Real emergencies page you immediately; the rest book the next open slot.
No. If you run your jobs in Jobber, Housecall Pro, or Buildertrend, keep running them. Whitmore is the front office on top: it answers, books, quotes, and follows up, and hands you the summary.
Diego builds them from the rates you save, labor, materials, permits, and marks anything he's unsure of as an open question instead of guessing. You approve before anything leaves.
Yes. Tell Dorian who to reach, last spring's deck jobs, every customer in a zip code that's gone quiet, anyone you've tagged, and he drafts a personal note in your voice. You approve it once, then it sends a few a day from your own inbox, and the replies come back to you.
No. It speaks plumbing, electrical, HVAC, roofing, and general contracting, and you can teach it the specifics of your shop.
One flat monthly rate for the whole team, starting at $49 a month. No per-call or per-minute math. You start with a 7-day free trial, no card required, and see the room working before you pay anything.
Elsewhere in the catalog
Plate I · Front Desk
AI receptionist
Real calls, answered. Warm, gracious, never rushed.
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Plate IV · Front Desk
Missed-call recovery
The call you couldn't take, taken and booked.
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Plate XXIX · Custom Agents
Contractor estimator
Clean, defensible estimates from your real rates.
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Forward your number tonight.
By tomorrow morning, every call gets answered, every estimate goes out the same day, and the customers worth winning back start getting a note, all while you stay on the tools.
7-day free trial · No card required · Keep your number