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Phone answering for general contractors and small builders
Walking the jobsite? Clara gets the call
When your calls are routed to Clara, it captures what the customer wants done, where the project is, what plans or approvals already exist, and when they hope to begin. You review the brief and decide whether the project fits.
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- Built around project intake
- Useful across active jobsites
- You control scope and estimates
Clara’s role
Answer, capture the details, and leave the decision with you
Real customer reviews
Five stars from owners who needed the phone handled
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“This app is so helpful when I am busy and can't take calls.”
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“This is the best and easiest to set up I've ever come across.”
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Store totals checked August 12, 2026. Reviews shown are from Clara customers across different kinds of businesses.
The workday
Project calls need more than a name and number
A kitchen remodel, addition, repair, new build, subcontractor message, and change-order question each need a different next step. Clara keeps the first conversation organized without deciding feasibility, permit requirements, pricing, or the project schedule.
New project inquiries
Capture remodel, addition, repair, new-build, or commercial context with the property address and customer goals.
Estimate requests
Record scope, plans, approximate size, budget range if offered, and timing before you decide whether to invest in a site visit.
Existing projects
Take structured messages about changes, access, inspections, materials, invoices, subcontractors, or work already underway.
Trade and vendor calls
Separate customer inquiries from subcontractor, supplier, inspector, permit, and jobsite coordination messages.
A better first conversation
Know the project before you arrange the next step
A useful general-contractor inquiry explains the property, requested work, current planning stage, decision-maker, constraints, and timing. Clara captures those starting facts while design, code, structural, permit, scope, cost, and schedule decisions stay with qualified people.
- 1 Project
- Remodel, addition, repair, new build, tenant improvement, or existing-project message
- 2 Property
- Address, property type, occupancy, access, and service-area fit
- 3 Scope
- Requested work, approximate area, must-haves, plans, photos, and known constraints
- 4 Readiness
- Decision-maker, planning stage, budget range if shared, approvals, and requested estimate process
- 5 Timing
- Desired start, deadline, current project status, and approved next contact
GE
Needs project review Example general contractors inquiry
New customer · kitchen remodel
“We want to remodel the kitchen and open it into the dining room, but we do not know whether the wall can be removed”
Call summary
New kitchen-remodel inquiry with a possible wall opening. The customer has not confirmed structural conditions. Property, timing, decision-maker, and callback details are ready. No site visit, feasibility, price, or start date was promised.
Clara captured
Ready for your review
- Project
- Kitchen remodel with a possible wall opening
- Property
- Owner-occupied home inside the stated service area
- Planning
- No structural determination; plans and site conditions need qualified review
- Timing
- Customer hopes to begin within a few months
- Contact
- Decision-maker, address, callback number, and preferred contact method confirmed
You choose the next step
Example call
From ringing phone to useful summary
This is a transparent product scenario based on the US industry research. It is not a customer testimonial or performance claim.
New customer · kitchen remodel
Needs project review“We want to remodel the kitchen and open it into the dining room, but we do not know whether the wall can be removed”
Clara captured
Ready for your review
- Project
- Kitchen remodel with a possible wall opening
- Property
- Owner-occupied home inside the stated service area
- Planning
- No structural determination; plans and site conditions need qualified review
- Timing
- Customer hopes to begin within a few months
- Contact
- Decision-maker, address, callback number, and preferred contact method confirmed
Owner summary
New kitchen-remodel inquiry with a possible wall opening. The customer has not confirmed structural conditions. Property, timing, decision-maker, and callback details are ready. No site visit, feasibility, price, or start date was promised.
Clear boundaries build trust
Clara handles the first conversation, not your whole business
You set the instructions. As you review calls and keep coaching Clara, it learns more about how you run the business and how you want questions, pricing, priorities, and next steps handled.
What Clara can do
- Capture project, property, planning, timing, and contact details
- Separate new-project, existing-project, trade, vendor, and permit-related messages
- Apply the service area and project types you provide
- Organize estimate and site-visit requests for your review
What Clara will not do
- Decide design, code, structural, engineering, environmental, or permit requirements
- Promise a site visit, crew, subcontractor, material, price, start date, milestone, or completion date
- Treat a phone intake as a contract, change order, work authorization, or approved scope
- Claim access to current project-management, estimating, permit, inspection, or schedule data unless it is connected and current
Before you connect the phone
Questions from general contractors owners
Can Clara qualify a remodel or addition inquiry?
Clara can capture the property, requested work, planning stage, plans or photos already available, decision-maker, timing, and budget range if the caller chooses to share it. Your team still decides fit, feasibility, scope, and the estimate process.
Can Clara book a site visit?
Clara can record preferred times and the project address. It should only confirm a visit when current scheduling is connected and your business has approved that behavior.
Can Clara estimate a construction project?
Clara can capture the information and pricing questions your estimator needs. Site conditions, plans, labor, materials, allowances, exclusions, and the final estimate stay with your business unless a current connected workflow explicitly supports them.
Can Clara handle change-order or permit calls?
Clara can take a structured message about a requested change, permit, inspection, subcontractor, supplier, or existing-project question. It should not approve a change, interpret code, or invent a project status.
Can I test different project calls first?
Yes. Use the test-call step to try remodel, addition, repair, new-build, estimate, subcontractor, and existing-project scenarios before connecting customer calls.
Does Clara learn how I run my business?
Yes. Clara starts with the services, hours, service area, pricing, questions, and call rules you give it. As you review calls and keep coaching Clara, it learns more about how you run the business and becomes better trained around how you want calls handled.
Keep researching
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Read moreLast reviewed August 22, 2026 against Clara’s current Product Ledger and US industry research
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