AI assistant for contractors: requests and project questions in one inbox
Requests for a renovation, customer questions during construction and appointments about additional work: Slimbot bundles WhatsApp, e-mail, phone and website into one team inbox, with the complete history for each customer.
Good afternoon, we'd like to have our bathroom and loft renovated. Do you have time this spring?
Assistant's draft
Good afternoon! Sounds like a great project. Could you briefly tell us what needs doing in the loft and send a few photos? Then the contractor will schedule a site visit.
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Sound familiar?
Customer queries come in everywhere. You answer in one place.
Without Slimbot
WhatsApp on one phone, e-mail in another inbox, DMs in yet another app
Colleagues don't know who has already replied
Questions remain unanswered in the evenings and at weekends
With Slimbot
All channels in one team inbox, on desktop and in the app
Assign, label and add internal notes: everyone sees the status
The AI assistant prepares a draft reply, you approve
In practice
What contractors & construction receive — and what Slimbot does
"We want a 4-metre extension, what does that cost?"
No guesswork: the assistant requests drawings, permit status, wishes and planning. You prepare the quote.
"When is the plasterer coming?"
Your site manager sees the question and replies; the conversation stays with the customer.
"Can we put the socket in a different place?"
Record additional work request with the client, with photo.
"Here is the architect's drawing."
File is added to the customer card, accessible to everyone in the team.
"(call during work)"
AI phone answering picks up under your number and puts the enquiry in the inbox.
WhatsApp (example)Example
CustomerGood day, we'd like to have our bathroom and loft renovated. Do you have time this spring?
AssistantGood day! Nice project. Could you briefly explain what needs to happen in the loft and send a few photos? Then the contractor will schedule a viewing appointment.
CustomerLoft is becoming a bedroom with dormer window. Photos to follow.
AssistantThank you. Your request is ready; you will receive a proposal for a viewing appointment shortly.
Fictional example; names, times and amounts are for illustration.
Try it yourself
Ask a question as a customer of a contractors & construction
Choose a question and see how the assistant responds. These are pre-written example answers (not live AI). In your own account, the assistant bases itself on your own data, and you decide whether an answer goes automatically or for approval first.
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Choose a question on the left to start the conversation.
Fictional example. Names, times and amounts are for illustration.
What it looks like
The real Slimbot inbox
Screenshots from a demo account with example conversations. Not real customers.
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How it works
Get started in three steps
From sign-up to working channel. You keep your own number.
1
Connect your channels
Your business WhatsApp, e-mail and optionally phone.
2
Record what you do
Types of projects, working area and what you need for a quote.
3
Invite your team
Office and site teams in the same inbox.
Features
What you get
Features that Slimbot has today. No promises we don't keep.
Complete requests
Type of work, address, planning, drawings and photos: the assistant asks for it before you go and look.
One file per customer
Conversations, photos and files per customer on one card, even when colleagues take over the project.
Questions during construction
Customers message one number; your site manager and office see the same conversation.
Record appointments
Discuss additional work in the chat and record it with the customer, so there's no discussion later.
Add phone
Optionally, an AI assistant answers when you're on site, with a summary in the inbox.
Smart advice in 3 clicks
What suits your contractors & construction?
Answer three short questions and see which plan and features we recommend. It's an indication: you choose yourself, and you can cancel monthly.
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Free tools
Calculate it, no sign-up required
Two calculators with your own input and visible formula, and answer templates to use immediately. No e-mail address required.
Missed-messages calculator
How many requests are left unanswered or arrive too late? Enter your own estimate. The values below are example values.
Response-time check
How many hours per week is your business unreachable for messages, and what does that mean for your response time?
Three WhatsApp replies for builders & construction, ready to copy
First response to a renovation request
Goedemiddag <naam>, bedankt voor uw aanvraag! Om te kunnen beoordelen wat er nodig is: wat wilt u laten verbouwen, op welk adres, en heeft u een tekening of foto's? Dan plan ik een kijkafspraak. Groet, <uw naam>
Record additional work
Goedemiddag <naam>, zoals besproken noteer ik als meerwerk: <omschrijving>. De kosten daarvoor zijn <bedrag> en het heeft <effect> op de planning. Wilt u akkoord bevestigen door op dit bericht te antwoorden? Groet, <uw naam>
Communicate the schedule to the customer
Goedemorgen <naam>, een korte update over uw project: deze week <werkzaamheden>, volgende week <vervolg>. Heeft u vragen, laat het weten. Groet, <uw naam>
Adjust names, times and amounts before you send. Fill in the text in <angle brackets> yourself.
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Excl. VAT, from the live price list. Start with a free account; a subscription only begins when you accept it.
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