Can the AI receptionist book appointments?

It can text your booking page link for estimates and consultations, and the page only offers times your team is free. It can also capture a callback request for your scheduler. Dispatch and technician routes stay in the system you use for them.

Will it quote prices?

Only the prices you give it in its instructions, such as a diagnostic fee, a trip charge or an after-hours fee. Repair and replacement quotes stay with your team.

How does it know what counts as an emergency?

It follows the emergency list you give it. Calls that match transfer live to your on-call technician; everything else is booked or captured as a callback request. For gas, sparks or immediate danger it gives the caller the emergency instructions you set, such as contacting emergency services first.

Does it work with ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro or Jobber?

nexTalker works alongside the field service software you use for dispatch and invoicing. It handles calls, texts, email and follow-up, and contacts can be imported and exported, with new leads coming in through the leads API. We review your system during setup.

Can I still answer calls myself?

Yes. Business calls ring on the nexTalker iPhone app, and the AI receptionist answers when you or your team cannot. Every call is saved to the same customer record.

Can we keep our current phone number?

Usually, yes. Many service businesses start by forwarding their existing number, so the number on the truck and the website keeps working. We review your provider and routing during setup.

Home services and trades

An AI receptionist for home service businesses

Your phone rings while you are under a sink or up on a roof. Miss it, and the homeowner calls the next company on the list. nexTalker’s AI receptionist answers every call, captures the address and the problem, sends emergencies to whoever is on call, and turns the rest into booked estimates and assigned follow-up.

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Hear it now: call (470) 460-8206 and talk to our AI receptionist, any time.

Live call transfers
Chat and callbacks
Context for your team

Illustrative workflow · Sample data

A clear path from the first conversation.

Illustrative workflow

Why home service calls go to your competitor

Homeowners with a problem call until someone answers. Your team is on jobs all day, the office closes at five, and the busiest days, the first cold snap or the first heat wave, bring more calls than anyone can pick up.

A voicemail rarely gets a callback in time. By the time you return the call, the homeowner has booked someone else. Answering every call, and booking the work on that call, is often the cheapest growth a service business has.

Work out what missed calls cost a home service business with your own numbers.

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What homeowners call about

Write down the calls you get and how each should be handled. That list becomes your receptionist’s instructions and your on-call rules.

Emergencies: no heat, no cooling in dangerous heat, a burst pipe, a sparking outlet, a roof leak in a storm.
New repairs: something stopped working and they want someone out this week.
Estimates for bigger jobs: a replacement system, a remodel, a new roof.
Maintenance plans and seasonal tune-ups.
Existing appointments: arrival times, rescheduling and directions.
Billing, warranty and follow-up questions after a job.

Separate emergencies from scheduled work

Give your receptionist your own emergency list in plain words, along with any after-hours fee you want callers told about. Calls that match transfer live to the on-call technician. Everything else becomes an estimate, a booked visit or a callback for business hours.

For a gas smell, sparks, smoke or anyone in danger, the first instruction should be to leave and call emergency services or the utility. Put that first in your receptionist’s instructions, and set up team text alerts if you want your on-call person notified at the same time.

Read the setup guide for an AI receptionist for HVAC companies.

Plumbing emergencies and booking: set up an AI receptionist for plumbers.

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What the AI receptionist does on each call

The agent answers with your approved information and follows your rules for what needs a person. When a technician calls back, the details are already there.

Tells callers outside the service area you list in its instructions right away.
Captures the problem, the equipment, when it started, and how to get into the home.
Transfers emergencies live to the on-call technician; when nobody answers, it tells the caller what happens next and drafts a callback task.
Texts your booking page link for estimates, or captures a callback request for your scheduler.
Is instructed to quote only the prices you approve, such as a diagnostic or trip fee; final quotes stay with your team.
Logs every call and text on the customer’s record with a summary and the next step.

Turn estimate calls into booked jobs

A replacement system or a new roof is a sales conversation, not a repair ticket. Route those calls to your estimator or sales lead with a response deadline, and move the lead to someone else if the deadline passes. Track the job as a deal from estimate to signed, with every call, text and email on the same record, and let a Journey follow up on quotes that have not been answered.

See how lead routing gives every new lead an owner and a clock.

Use the estimate follow-up plan for home service businesses.

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A sample cold snap

This example is illustrative, not a real customer’s day. It shows how a night and morning of calls can reach your team.

Sunday, 10:50 pm: a homeowner has no heat and it is 18 degrees outside. It matches your emergency list, so the call transfers to the on-call technician, who books the visit for first thing.
Monday, 6:40 am: a water heater is leaking into the garage. The caller is in your service area, the call transfers, and the on-call technician adds it to the morning route.
Monday, 7:15 am: a homeowner asks for a quote on a new furnace. The receptionist captures the house, the system and the timeline, and routes the lead to your estimator with a two-hour response deadline.
Monday, 8:30 am: a caller outside your service area is told so right away instead of waiting for a callback.
Monday, 9:00 am: your office opens one list with both emergency visits logged, the estimate lead owned and nothing waiting in voicemail.

After the job: reviews and repeat work

Happy customers are your best marketing. Send a review request after the job, and track who clicked through. Keep maintenance customers on a reminder schedule so the next tune-up gets booked before the season starts, not after the first breakdown.

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Take the call yourself when you want to

With the nexTalker iPhone app, business calls ring on your phone like any other call. Answer when you can, and let the AI receptionist pick up when you are on a ladder. Every call, yours or the AI’s, lands on the same customer record.

See the iPhone and iPad app for business calls, texts and your CRM.

Works alongside your field service software

nexTalker does not replace your dispatch, invoicing or field service software. It handles the conversations around them: calls, texts, email and website chat, plus the follow-up they create. Contacts can be imported and exported, and new leads can come in through the leads API. We review your system and what it can share during setup.

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Bring one real call to a demo

Bring an emergency call, an estimate request and your service area. We will walk through what your receptionist says, what your on-call technician receives, and what your office sees in the morning.