Design-build and remodeling companies lose $67,000+ jobs every week — not because they lack skill, but because a homeowner called at 3PM on a Thursday, got voicemail, and dialed the next name on Google. Sara answers in 0.1 seconds, qualifies the project, and books the consultation. Every time. Without you lifting a finger.
Three steps from first ring to signed consultation — without you leaving the jobsite.
Every inbound call is answered in under a second. Sara asks the right questions immediately: What type of project — kitchen, bathroom, addition, or full renovation? What’s your timeline? What budget range are you working with? Do you own the home? She filters serious buyers from tire-kickers before your calendar ever gets touched.
A complete lead profile — project type, budget range, timeline, homeownership status, and preferred consultation window — drops directly into your CRM. Simultaneously, the consultation is scheduled in your design team’s calendar and the homeowner receives an SMS confirmation with your company details. Zero manual entry. Zero follow-up required at intake.
Within minutes of booking, the homeowner receives a pre-consultation checklist with project prep guidance. Day 3: a reminder SMS confirming the appointment. Post-consult: a structured follow-up designed to convert the conversation into a signed estimate. Every touchpoint branded, every step tracked.
Sara doesn’t just answer the phone — she speaks the language of high-ticket renovation. She’s scripted for design-build workflows: project type identification, budget range collection, timeline urgency, and homeownership confirmation. She filters out callers who aren’t ready to invest and routes qualified buyers directly into your consultation calendar. No wasted estimate time. No low-budget conversations draining your schedule.
| Scenario | Angi / HomeAdvisor | DFS + Sara |
|---|---|---|
| Who answers after 5PM? | No one. Leads go cold. | Sara. 0.1s. Every call. |
| What happens when owner is on jobsite? | Voicemail. Lead calls next company. | Sara qualifies and books. Owner gets SMS. |
| Lead from Angi vs. owned inbound | Price-shoppers. 4 competing bids. Race to the bottom. | Already chose you. No competing bids. |
| Follow-up after consultation | Manual. Often forgotten. Leads go dark. | Automated. Day-3 reminder. Post-consult follow-up. |
| Review collection post-job | None. Left to owner to chase. | Automated request to Google, Houzz, and Yelp. |
| Nights and weekends | Dark. Zero capture. | Active. Full intake. Consultations booked. |
Angi and HomeAdvisor sell the same homeowner to five remodelers simultaneously. You pay per lead to compete on price against four other contractors. Every job becomes a race to the bottom — and you’re paying to enter the race.
DFS works differently. Those homeowners are already calling your Google Business Profile, your website, your referrals. They already chose you. Sara captures them, qualifies their project, and books the consultation. Zero lead-sharing. Zero competing bids from the same platform. Zero cost per captured lead.
Most remodelers lose leads between the booking and the consultation. Homeowners forget. Life gets in the way. No follow-up means no-shows, cold leads, and wasted design hours. Sara’s post-booking sequence closes that gap automatically — no chasing, no manual texts, no lost revenue.
Watch how DFS captures every remodeling inquiry, nurtures leads through the design phase, and books consultations automatically.
Real answers. No sales fluff.
Sara is scripted specifically for design-build and remodeling workflows — not generic customer service. She understands the difference between a $15K bath update and a $120K full renovation, and she’s trained to ask the right qualifying questions: project type, budget range, timeline, and homeownership status. You review and approve every question she asks before go-live. She speaks your language because we built her to.
Yes — budget filtering is one of Sara’s most valuable functions for remodelers. You set your minimum project threshold during onboarding (for example, $30K minimum). When a caller indicates a budget below that threshold, Sara politely redirects them to your website for general information rather than booking a consultation. Only qualified leads reach your calendar. Your design team’s time is protected from the start.
DFS integrates natively with JobNimbus, Buildertrend, HubSpot, Go High Level, Salesforce, and most major CRM platforms used by remodeling companies. If your CRM has a webhook or API, we connect to it. Lead profiles — project type, budget, timeline, contact info, and consultation date — are pushed automatically within seconds of booking. We also support Zapier for custom integrations. Contact us with your specific CRM and we’ll confirm compatibility before you commit to anything.
Most remodeling companies are fully live within 5–7 business days. You do not need to change your existing phone number or phone system — Sara works as a call forwarding layer that activates based on your rules (after 2 rings, after hours only, or all calls). We handle the scripting, CRM configuration, calendar integration, and pre-launch testing. Your team approves the script and you go live. No hardware. No IT project. No disruption to how your office currently operates.
Sara is built to escalate gracefully. If a caller asks something outside her knowledge base or requests to speak with a human directly, she immediately offers two options: schedule a callback with your team at a specific time, or transfer to your office if someone is available. She never leaves a caller stranded or confused. For in-person showroom visit requests, Sara can collect the preferred date and add it to your calendar. Every edge case is configured with you during onboarding — nothing is left to guesswork.
Free remodeling revenue audit. We’ll calculate your exact missed consultation cost per month, model what Sara deployment looks like for your project volume, and show you the pipeline you’re leaving on the table every week you’re on-site with your phone off.
