The AI receptionist for post-construction cleaning companies.
Post-construction cleaning is booked by site managers who are standing on a site with a deadline. When they call, they need a company that can commit to a date and understands rough, final and touch-up phases. They do not leave voicemails; they call the next number.
Zela answers immediately, captures the square footage, phase, handover date and site conditions, gives a ballpark if you allow it, and books your estimator for the walkthrough — while the site manager is still on the phone.
The phone problem is different in post-construction cleaning.
Builders call between site tasks
A site manager rings while walking a job. If the call is not answered in the next 20 seconds, it is gone.
Scope is the whole quote
Rough clean or final clean? Windows and stickers? Dust from drywall or just sweeping? Every unasked question is a margin lost on site.
Dates slip and calls come in waves
Handover dates move, then three jobs land in the same week. Someone needs to absorb the reschedules without dropping the new enquiries.
Here is how Zela handles the call you are missing right now.
Zela answers in under a second, asks the questions a post-construction cleaning quote actually needs, prices from your own rules, and books the job into your live schedule. Prices in the example are illustrative — she uses yours.
Qualifies by phase, square footage and handover date
- Rough, final and touch-up phases captured separately
- Square footage, number of units and storeys on every lead
- Window, sticker and label removal, and pressure washing as scope items
- Per-square-foot ballparks where you allow them; walkthroughs where you don’t
- Handover deadlines and site access hours recorded
- Insurance certificate and W-9 sent automatically on request
Incoming call
Answered by Zela
- CallerWe’ve got a new-build townhouse project finishing next month. Need a final clean on twelve units.
- ZelaThanks for calling — we do a lot of new-build finals. Roughly what size are the units, and is this a final clean before handover, or a rough clean first as well?
- CallerAbout 1,400 square feet each. Final clean only. Handover is the 28th.
- ZelaUnderstood — twelve final cleans at around 1,400 square feet before the 28th. For a project this size we quote after a walkthrough so we can confirm the window and sticker removal scope. I can have our estimator on site Tuesday at 8am. Where is the project located?
- CallerRiverside Estates, Lot 14. Tuesday works.
- ZelaBooked. I’ll email you the confirmation and our insurance certificate now. What is the best email, and who should our estimator ask for on site?
What else Zela does for a post-construction cleaning company.
Date changes absorbed
When a handover slips, the site manager calls Zela and the booking moves — without the reschedule reaching your cell mid-job.
Repeat-builder accounts
Calls from builders you already work with are recognised and can be booked against agreed rates or transferred to you.
Residential renovation leads
Homeowners finishing a remodel get quoted from your residential post-reno rates and booked the same way.
See the full list of what she does — inbound receptionist, bookings, notifications, reactivation, messages and transfers.
Post-construction cleaning owners ask us this.
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Will contractors and site managers talk to an AI receptionist?
They will talk to whoever answers and can commit to a date. Zela answers instantly, asks the right scope questions, books the walkthrough and emails the confirmation and insurance certificate. That is a better experience than the voicemail they usually get.
Can she quote a post-construction clean over the phone?
For residential renovations, yes, from your per-square-foot or per-room rates. For multi-unit and commercial projects she books a walkthrough unless you allow ballpark ranges.
How does she handle handover dates that move?
The site manager calls, Zela finds the booking, moves it to the new window and confirms in writing. You find out from the schedule, not from a missed call.
Can she send our COI and W-9 automatically?
Yes. Documents you supply can be emailed on request during the call, which saves the back-and-forth that delays a job start.
We also do commercial janitorial. Same system?
Yes. Post-construction, janitorial and residential lines all run through the same receptionist with their own quoting rules and transfer paths.
Also run commercial cleaning, pressure washing, move-out cleaning work?
Zela handles every cleaning vertical from one receptionist. See how she works for each.
Hear Zela quote a clean — today.
Leave your details, pick a time, and we'll call you with Zela live on the line. Fifteen minutes and you'll know whether she belongs on your phone.
- A 15-minute call where you hear Zela take a real enquiry
- Your own price list turned into a working quote flow
- A revenue estimate based on the calls you are missing today
- No credit card, no contract, no pressure