An AI receptionist built for handyman services
One van, one person, and a phone that rings while you're under a sink. Every missed call is a job that went to whoever picked up.
Keep your number. Cancel anytime.
- Assistant:
Tom Beckett Handyman, this is your assistant — how can I help?
- Caller:
Hi, I've got a few small jobs. Are you around this week?
It knows what your callers mean
Nobody rings up and asks for the name on your price list. Clayta matches what people actually say to the right service and duration.
The call you can never take
The phone always rings when you're under a sink with the water off. That's the one Clayta is for.
Answers while you work
Books hourly visit, half day, full day and the rest of your list, without you putting anything down.
Answers what you get asked
Prices, hours, how long hourly visit takes — it answers from what you've told it, and takes a message rather than guessing when it hasn't been told.
Answers after you've closed
You're open maybe 50 hours a week. There are 168. A call at nine on a Sunday either becomes a booking or becomes somebody else's.
Your phone right now is a liability
When you're with a client
Rings out, then offers to take a message
Two people ring at once
The second one gets a busy tone or voicemail
After you've closed
Sits until morning — by then they've booked elsewhere
A caller who speaks Spanish
An English greeting they may not finish listening to
Knowing what was said
A name on a notepad, if that
Tap Clayta to see the same five moments handled.
Questions from handyman businesses
Every job is different. How does it book something it can't size?
By booking your time rather than the task. Most handyman work sells in hourly or half-day blocks, so it books the block and captures what the job actually is. You arrive knowing what you are walking into, and nothing has been promised on your behalf.
Can it tell someone what I charge?
It quotes your rates as you have written them — hourly, minimum callout, whatever you use. If a caller asks what a specific job will cost, it says you will confirm on site rather than inventing a total.
I'm on my own. Won't callers know it isn't me?
It says so at the start of every call: the caller is told they are speaking with an assistant and that the call is recorded. That is fixed, and it is a better first impression than a voicemail that never gets returned.
More answers in the help centre, or see exactly what Clayta does and doesn’t do.
Stop losing the calls you can't take
About 15 minutes to set up, from your phone, between jobs.
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