There is a version of AI receptionist that building companies buy off a shelf and quietly stop using inside a month. Then there's the version that's wired into your real workflow, owned by a person on your team, and still in use a year later. We only build the second one.
Building companies · Applied AI
24/7 AI front desk, built around how a building company actually works.
What AI receptionist actually does
A 24/7 AI receptionist that answers calls and chats, books appointments, takes deposits, and routes urgent issues to a real human. Sounds Kiwi. Doesn't fumble names.
- 01 Voice + chat, both trained on your business
- 02 Knows your services, prices, and availability
- 03 Books direct into your calendar – no double-bookings
- 04 After-hours coverage with morning summary email
Built on: Vapi Twilio Claude Cal.com Stripe
The building companies reality
What we keep hearing from NZ building companies.
- Builders run multiple sites at once, and the paperwork behind each one grows faster than anyone has time to manage.
- Variations, supplier orders, and client updates are the admin layer that determines whether a build stays on schedule.
How we build AI receptionist for building companies.
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for a building company business, so value lands before the build is finished. 24/7 AI front desk.
Talk to usThe outcome for building companies
Captures the 30-40% of enquiries that used to go to voicemail. For building companies, that almost always shows up as fewer interruptions and a calmer week, not a dashboard chart.
Not your typical AI agency.
Honest about what AI can and cannot do
Ships the one workflow that pays for itself
Hours given back, never the size of the invoice
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
Questions
FAQ
When does AI receptionist actually pay back?
Inside the first quarter, in our experience. We pick the first slice specifically because it's the highest-leverage workflow for a building company – so the savings start landing before the rest of the build is finished.
Do you do hourly billing or fixed price?
Fixed price for the pilot, every time. After that it's your call – fixed price per milestone or a small monthly retainer for ongoing iteration. We don't run open-ended T&M because it disincentivises us from finishing.
Can you walk us through a comparable build?
Yes – on the first call we'll pick the closest engagement we've shipped to what you're describing and walk through the outcome, the headcount and the time it took. Captures the 30-40% of enquiries that used to go to voicemail.
Will this run on our own infrastructure?
Yes, where it makes sense. AI receptionist can sit entirely in your cloud account, with model calls routed through endpoints you control. We default to Vapi, Twilio, Claude, Cal.com, Stripe but the architecture supports your existing platform choices.
Get in touch
Talk to us about this
Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll reply with how we'd build it — no obligation.