Clara for Builders
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Clara for Builders
Explore how Clara can help your builders business succeed
When you're walking a jobsite, you can't keep the phone on you. Most builder calls are estimate requests. And most estimate requests go to whoever picks up first. 
You're three jobsites in by lunch — supervising crews, walking framing, meeting an inspector. The phone rings, you miss it, and the homeowner is already talking to the next builder. Clara answers every call, captures the project details, and gets the lead back to you while it's still warm.
For a general contractor, the phone is a constant interruption you can't actually answer. You're walking a slab pour, you're up in the attic checking a vent stack, you're meeting an inspector for a framing sign-off — the phone rings, you can't get to it, and by the time you do, the missed call list is six deep. The same pattern repeats every day. Most contractors handle it by calling back at the end of the day. Most callers don't wait that long.
Remodel and addition leads are particularly time-sensitive because homeowners almost always call multiple contractors. Research published in Harvard Business Review found that businesses contacting a new lead within five minutes are 100 times more likely to make contact than those waiting thirty. For a kitchen remodel worth $40,000 or an addition worth $150,000, the builder who answers the phone has a significant edge — they get the site visit, they set the frame for the bid, and they're the one every other quote is compared to.
Research from Invoca puts the small-business missed-call rate at around 25%. For general contractors — physically on a jobsite most of the working day, often with crews to manage and clients to walk through plans — the real rate runs higher. Each missed call is potentially a job worth tens of thousands of dollars; even a small share of those that convert adds up to significant revenue over a year. The competing builder isn't winning on price or skill. They're winning by answering the phone.
Estimate requests
Remodel projects
Addition inquiries
Repair callouts
Change orders
Subcontractor coordination
Permit & inspection follow-ups
After-hours leads
One person. Every call covered
One business, multiple people, total coverage.
Everything in Solo, then:
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