After-hours calls hit voicemail
Homeowners call the next contractor when they need help fast. Lancast answers and captures the job details instead of letting the lead disappear.
The problem
The job is often lost before the estimate is written.
Contractors are on-site, driving, pricing jobs, buying materials, and managing crews. The phone rings at the worst possible time. Lancast makes sure the opportunity still gets captured.
Slow follow-up kills trust
Most owners intend to reply later. Lancast sends the first response, reminder, and estimate follow-up before the lead gets cold.
No visibility into lost revenue
The owner needs to know which services are requested, how many leads came in, and what pipeline was created each week.
Construction Brain
Practical job understanding, not generic AI talk.
Lancast is built around how contractor calls actually go: what the customer needs, how urgent it is, what details matter, and what the next move should be.
Understands scope discussions
Captures service type, property condition, access notes, photos requested, and special constraints.
Identifies urgent repair calls
Flags emergencies such as leaks, electrical issues, no cooling, no heat, lockouts, and safety concerns.
Distinguishes estimate vs emergency
Separates routine quote requests from jobs that need same-day routing or owner attention.
Captures details automatically
Name, location, service needed, urgency, budget signal, timeline, and next action are summarized after every call.
Before and after
What changes when every call gets answered.
Here is what a typical contractor's week looks like before Lancast, and what it looks like once calls, follow-up, and reporting run on a system.
Before Lancast
- Missed calls after 5 PM and during job-site hours.
- No consistent follow-up after estimates were sent.
- Owner had no weekly view of lost opportunities.
- Leads were scattered across phone, text, and email.
With Lancast
- Every call answered, or recovered with a fast text-back.
- Estimate requests captured and booked instead of lost to voicemail.
- Follow-ups sent automatically after quotes and missed calls.
- Lead summaries sent to the owner automatically.
- Weekly report showing services requested and pipeline created.
Weekly Owner Report
You are not buying software. You are buying visibility and control.
Every Monday you get a one-page report showing exactly what Lancast captured, what customers asked for, and where revenue is leaking.
Free missed-call audit
Find out how many jobs your phone is losing.
We test how your business line handles busy-hour and after-hours calls, then send you a short summary of where leads are slipping and how to fix it. Free, no obligation.
- Send us your business name, trade, and the number customers call.
- We place a few test calls during and after business hours.
- You get a short summary of what happened and what to fix.
Products and services
Start with revenue capture. Expand into the operating layer.
Start with an AI receptionist that captures every job. Add follow-up, reporting, and lead reactivation as your business grows.
01
AI Receptionist
Answers calls, qualifies leads, handles FAQs, routes urgent requests, and books estimates when the contractor is busy.
02
Lead Intelligence Summary
Turns each call into a clean summary: name, service, urgency, budget signal, location, and next action.
03
Estimate Follow-Up
Sends timely SMS and email follow-ups after quote requests, missed calls, and unanswered estimates.
04
Owner Reporting
Weekly visibility into calls, booked estimates, lost opportunities, top services, and captured pipeline.
05
CRM and Calendar Sync
Sends every lead to the contractor's existing tools so job details are not trapped in call logs.
06
Old Lead Reactivation
Reaches back into old estimates, no-shows, and stale inquiries to recover jobs without extra admin work.
Pricing
Simple monthly plans. No long contracts.
Pick the plan that fits your call volume today and move up when you are ready. Not sure which one fits? Book a 15-min demo and we will recommend one.
Start here
AI Receptionist
$899/mo
For contractors who want calls answered 24/7.
- 24/7 AI phone receptionist
- Lead qualification
- Estimate booking support
- SMS and email follow-up
- CRM or calendar sync
- Weekly owner report
Contractor Sales Desk
$1,500+/mo
For teams ready to turn follow-up into a system.
- Everything in AI Receptionist
- Estimate follow-up sequences
- Old lead reactivation
- Bilingual intake options
- Monthly optimization call
Questions about plans? Book a 15-min demo or start with a free missed-call audit.
What's next
The future is the AI operating layer for small contractors.
Lancast starts by making sure no lead is lost. Over time, the same system grows into job visibility and day-to-day operations.
Now
Revenue Capture
AI receptionist, missed-call recovery, lead summaries, estimate follow-up, weekly owner report.
Next
Pipeline Intelligence
Service trends, booked-estimate rate, lead source quality, old-lead reactivation, owner dashboard.
Later
Job Tracking
Basic progress updates, customer status messages, crew notifications, materials or access reminders.
Future
Estimating Support
Light estimating intake, photo requests, scope prep, takeoff support, and quote-readiness checks.
Free contractor walkthrough
Show us one real job flow. We will show where revenue is leaking.
Bring a missed call, a recent estimate request, or a slow follow-up example. We will map how the AI receptionist and weekly owner report would handle it.