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A home services answering service built for people who work with their hands.

Every home service trade has the same structural problem. The hours you are most reachable are the hours nobody calls, and the hours they call are the hours your hands are full.

Ava covers all of them, sorted to the rules of your specific trade.

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The same problem wearing different clothes

An HVAC company loses calls in the heatwave surge. A plumber loses them at 2am. A roofer loses them in the 48 hours after a storm. A restoration company loses them at every hour, because water damage has no schedule.

The pattern underneath is identical \u2014 demand arrives in bursts you cannot staff for, at times you cannot answer, and the first company to pick up usually wins the job outright.

Which is why the fix is the same across all of them, even though the questions on the call are quite different.

Tuned per trade, not generic

HVAC
No-cool and no-heat triage, diagnostic fee quoted, maintenance agreement holders prioritised, replacement enquiries escalated.
Plumbing
Shutoff guidance first, active leak versus contained, after-hours premiums stated, emergencies escalated by your rules.
Roofing
Storm damage versus routine, insurance claim status captured, inspections booked, service area enforced when storms pull distant calls.
Electrical
Hazard questions first, partial versus full outage, commercial routed separately, permit work escalated.
Restoration
Water category, source and whether it is stopped, carrier and claim status, immediate safety instructions.
Landscaping, windows, general contracting
Same structure, tuned to the questions that decide whether a job is worth your slot.

Why one system works across trades

Home service calls are structured in a way that most industries are not. Something broke, here is where, here is how urgent, is it inside your area. That shape holds whether the thing that broke is a compressor or a roof.

What changes per trade is the specific questions and the triage rules. Those are set during onboarding, which is why we spend fourteen days on setup rather than handing you a generic script.

The honest limitation is that this works because home service calls are predictable. It would not transfer well to industries where every call is a negotiation.

Common questions

My trade is not listed. Will it work?
Probably, if your calls follow the broken-thing-needs-fixing shape. Tell us the trade and we will say honestly whether it fits.
Can it handle more than one trade?
Yes, if you run multiple service lines. Each gets its own triage rules and routing.
How long does tuning take?
It is most of the 14-day setup. The first week is us learning your trade, your area and your rules.
Pick your trade. We tune the rest.
$995 setup plus $799 a month. Live in 14 days.
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