Tradies in Wellington
Up the scaffold in a southerly? Your phone still gets answered.
Tradies Line is the AI receptionist for Wellington tradies. When the southerly blows out your roof day and the reschedule calls pile up, it answers the calls you can't take. It books the job or captures the lead, and confirms it by text.
No card needed. Keep your existing 04 number or mobile.
~173 days a year
of gusts over 60 km/h, so roof and scaffold days get blown out and rebooked
~1,500 leaks a month
reported across the region on an ageing pipe network, so burst-pipe calls never stop
~60%
of Wellington sections sit on a slope, so most jobs need a site visit and more calls per job
The calls the weather makes you miss
The southerly cancels your roof day.
Wind days mean reschedules, and reschedules mean phone calls at the worst times, usually while you're up on the next job.
Burst pipes don't wait for business hours.
An ageing network means leaks around the clock. The after-hours caller rings until someone picks up.
Hill jobs mean more calls per job.
Steep access and tight sites mean a site visit before every quote. That's more phone calls than a flat city, and more chances to miss one.
What it does on a Wellington call
It answers on your existing 04 number.
Your customers keep ringing the number they already know. When you're on the tools, driving, or off for the night, the call forwards to your AI receptionist and gets answered in a natural local voice.
It books the job or takes the lead.
It books the job straight onto your calendar, or captures a structured lead with the suburb and the details you need to quote. One SMS confirms any booking, in your business name.
It rebooks the weather days.
When a southerly wipes out a roofing day and everyone rings at once, the second and third callers get answered too, not an engaged tone. It captures the job, the suburb and the access, and works to your services, prices and hours.
It texts you on urgent jobs.
A burst pipe from the toby in, a leak through a ceiling. When a call is a genuine emergency it texts your own mobile with the details while the caller is still on the line, on every plan.
Major suburbs we cover
Common questions
I cover the Hutt and Porirua but not Kāpiti. Can the AI say that?
Yes. It answers with your service area and only books jobs where you work.
What happens when the southerly cancels my day and everyone rings at once?
Busy-line forwarding means the second and third callers get answered too, so a blown-out day becomes a full booking sheet instead of missed calls.
Do I need a new number?
No. You keep your existing 04 number or mobile and set up conditional call forwarding in your phone settings, in a few minutes. The dashboard has step-by-step instructions for the major NZ carriers.
Will my customers know it's an AI?
It answers in natural, fluent English, takes the job details properly, and introduces itself as an AI so there are no surprises. No hold music, no offshore call centre.
What does it cost?
Solo is $99 a month, Teams is $299. Both start with a 7-day free trial.