Last night's storm took tiles off half the street. The phone starts before eight and doesn't stop. You're already up a ladder on the first job of the day.
Every call you can't take rings the next roofer on Google. The street gets fixed without you.
For roofers
You can't answer the phone from a roof.
After a storm, everyone on the street rings at once. Sayora answers every call, captures the damage and the details, and texts you the lead while you're still up the ladder.
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£49/mo. No contract. Keep your existing number.
09:31
Sayora
Text message
Last night
📞 New call · 11.47pm
Donna Whitlow · 07700 900417
Water coming through the back-bedroom ceiling at 6 Marsh Lane after tonight's wind. Tiles off above the bay window, buckets down, safe till morning. Wants a call first thing.
Listen: sayora.ai/c/uvw901
Today
📞 New call · just now
Stuart Pegg · 07700 900283
Wants a quote for replacing the felt flat roof on a single garage. No leak yet, just past its best. Free for a look-over Thursday or Friday afternoon.
Listen: sayora.ai/c/xyz234
Sound familiar?
The calls you miss are the expensive ones.
You're mid-strip on a two-storey semi, harness clipped, both hands full. The phone goes in your pocket. Twice.
By the time you're down, there are two numbers you don't recognise and no voicemails. One of them had a damp patch spreading across a bedroom ceiling.
Family dinner. The phone goes and you let it ring out. They wanted a price for replacing the flat roof on the garage.
An average flat roof replacement is around £2,500. They'll have two other quotes by Monday.
Hear how she handles it
A real call, start to finish.
Sayora
Hi, you've reached Hartley Roofing & Guttering. I'm Sayora, the AI receptionist. Pete's up on a roof this morning, but I can get this sorted with you now. What's happened?
Caller
Morning. The wind last night's taken a load of tiles off our roof, and there's a damp patch coming through the bedroom ceiling. More rain forecast tonight.
Sayora
I'm sorry, that's the last thing you need. Can I take the address? And is it a two-storey house or a bungalow?
Caller
22 Fairfax Road, LS8. Two-storey semi.
Sayora
Thanks. Is water coming in yet, or just the damp patch so far? And can you see from the ground where the tiles have come off?
Caller
Just the patch so far. There's a bare strip up near the chimney, five or six tiles maybe. A couple of them are lying in the garden.
Sayora
That's really helpful. Pete keeps space for storm damage, so he can do a patch-up before tonight's rain and price the full repair while he's up there. He's got a slot between four and five this afternoon. Shall I book you in?
Caller
Yes please. It's Carol Brearley, 07700 900528.
Sayora
You're booked, Carol. You'll get a text from Hartley Roofing confirming, and Pete will ring when he's on his way. If anything changes before then, just ring me back on this number.
One text on your phone: name, address, five or six tiles off by the chimney, damp patch in the back bedroom, booked in for four o'clock.
What she can do
Built for the way roofers actually work.
Always answers, 24/7
Storm mornings, Sunday nights, the week everyone rings at once. She picks up first time, every time, while you stay on the roof.
Trained on your roofing business
She knows whether you do slate, tile, flat roofs or all three, what you charge for a gutter clean, and how long scaffolding usually takes to book. Callers get answers, and you get fewer ring-backs about basics.
Texts you the lead in seconds
Name, number, address, what's come off and where the water's getting in. The text lands on your phone before the caller's hung up.
Books the look-over live
She offers your real availability and puts the survey straight in your calendar, mid-call. The customer gets a confirmation text from your business name.
Screens the cold sales calls
Lead-generation firms and 'Google ranking' calls get politely shut down. The only names on your list are people with a roof that needs you.
Early access
£49/mo
Everything Sayora does, unlimited minutes, cancel anytime. One recovered job pays for months of her.
Fair questions
What roofers ask before they book.
Can an answering service cope with the morning after a storm?
Storm mornings are what Sayora's for. She answers every call and gives the tenth caller the same unhurried conversation as the first, while you stay on the roof. Every lead lands on your phone as its own text, so by lunchtime you've got a list to work through instead of a screen full of missed calls.
What does she actually say when someone rings about a leaking roof?
She tells them she's an AI first, every call, then gets on with it: where the property is, whether water's coming in, what they can see from the ground, and whether it can safely wait. Then she texts you the lot. Every call is recorded and transcribed, so you can listen back to exactly how she handled it.
Can she quote prices for roofing work over the phone?
Only what you've told her. Most roofers won't price a job sight unseen, so most set her up to explain that a look-over comes first, then book it in. If you do have fixed prices, like a gutter clean or a per-tile rate for replacements, she'll happily share them.
What about insurance jobs and storm damage claims?
She can't deal with the insurer for you, but she captures what an insurance job needs from the first call: what happened, when, the damage the caller can see, and whether they've opened a claim. It's all in the text and the call transcript, so there's a record from day one.
Do I have to change my number or redo the signwriting?
No. You keep your number, and the one on the van stays right. You get a dedicated UK number for Sayora and forward your calls to it whenever you can't pick up: on a roof, driving, evenings, or around the clock. You're in control of the forwarding, and you can switch it off anytime.
What does it cost, and am I tied in?
It is £49 a month on early access, with unlimited minutes and everything included. No contract; cancel with one email whenever you like. For scale, the average flat roof replacement is around £2,500, so one call she saves pays for years of Sayora.
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Ready when you are
Stay on the roof. She's got the phone.
Sayora is live within a day and takes about an hour of your time to set up. £49 a month, unlimited minutes, no contract. Book a 15-minute call with Jacob and you'll hear exactly what she'd say to your callers.
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